Patent ID: 6206805
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercising stepping platform for allowing a person to step up and down from a first location on a floor to a second, raised position, said exercising platform comprising:a rigid body having an upper substantially horizontal surface to allow a person to stand thereon, said body being rigid enough to support human weight at any position along said upper horizontal surface, said body sized in height to allow stepping action from a floor adjacent said body for a human being;said body having a lower substantially horizontal surface adapted to rest on the floor;said body having two substantially parallel side members connected together by a transverse side member wherein said rigid body is substantially U-shaped;a central vertical recessed hollow portion defined by said U-shaped body sized to receive both feet of a human being facing in any direction with sufficient space for stepping out of said recessed portion;said body having length and width dimensions sized to receive a pair of human feet on said upper substantially horizontal surface of said body that defines a U-shaped perimeter around the central recessed portion, wherein a user can step from multiple directions inside and outside of the platform for an enlarged range of human stepping actions available for exercising;means for adjusting the width dimension of said rigid body wherein said means includes said transverse side member having at least one axially extended arm member removably disposed in an aperture defined by at least one of said two substantially parallel side members;at least one spacer member removably disposed on said at least one extended arm member to space apart said transverse side member and at least one of said two substantially parallel side members to increase the width dimension of said rigid body;said transverse side member includes two axially extended arm members, said arm members removably disposed in two apertures, one each of said apertures defined by one of said two substantially parallel side members; andtwo spacer members, one each of said two spacer members disposed between said transverse side member and one of said two substantially parallel side members.