Patent ID: 7651452
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Exercise apparatus comprising: an elongate platform having a head end and a foot end, and a surface adapted to accommodate a user lying in a recumbent position thereon; a leg of adjustable length adjacent each said end of said platform; a track provided in said platform, parallel to a longitudinal axis of the platform, and comprising a main portion and a depending portion angled relative to said main portion and housed at least partially within said leg adjacent said head end, a junction being formed in the track between the main portion and the depending portion; a back-rest element pivotally mounted in the platform at a point intermediate its ends, which back-rest element is capable of rotation between a first position wherein it lies flush with the platform surface, a second position wherein it is inclined relative thereto; and at least one transitional position therebetween, wherein said track is completely enclosed by said platform and said back-rest when said back-rest is in the first position; means for adjusting and retaining said back-rest element in said first, second and transitional positions, said means comprising a strut, having a head pivotably connected to the underside of the back-rest element, and a foot slidably received in said track, such that said strut is raised and lowered at certain points of said track; wherein by adjustment of at least one of the legs and rotation of the back-rest element between its first, second and transitional positions, the apparatus is capable of being re-arranged to form each member of a range of alternative configurations comprising bench, chair, seated incline, intermediate incline and step configurations.