Patent ID: 8105216
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A free-standing exercise device for exercising abdominal muscles of a user being in a substantially upright position, comprising: a. a base lower structure; b. an upper structure, which is located above said base lower structure and connected to said base lower structure, comprising a substantially U-shaped member, two elevated, substantially stationary spaced-apart handles fixed to and extending centrally from said U-shaped member, and two further members, one of said further members extending at an angle from one end of said U-shaped member and another of said further members extending at an angle from another end of said U-shaped member; c. tensioning means formed from a continuous loop of elastomeric material extending from each of said further members of said upper structure; and d. a rod freely suspended by said tensioning means along a horizontal plane vertically lower than a horizontal plane passing through said handles, said rod further being suspended in a spaced-apart position between said handles and a position to be assumed by said user, said rod being configured, positioned and sized to directly engage an abdomen of said user, who may exercise by pulling himself/herself forwards and backwards relative to said handles while grasping the handles in a substantially upright position, and said rod being configured, positioned and sized to be displaced against a resistance of the tensioning means by the abdomen of the user as the user pulls himself/herself toward the handles.