Patent ID: 9089468
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A tilting inversion exerciser comprising: a supporting stand, a table rotatably supported on said supporting stand with a pivot axle for supporting a user on said table, and including an extension extended therefrom, and including a foot support attached to said extension, and including a carrier attached to said extension, and a foot retaining device including a lever pivotally attached to said carrier with a pivot spindle, and including a foot anchor device attached to said lever and movable toward and away from said foot support of said extension with said lever when said lever is pivoted relative to said carrier, a latch member attached to said lever for selectively engaging with said carrier and for adjustably anchoring said lever and said foot anchor device to said foot support of said extension at a selected angular position, and a lock device for selectively locking said latch member to said lever and for preventing said latch member from being moved relative to said lever, wherein said carrier includes a channel formed therein for slidably receiving and engaging with said latch member, and includes a plurality of depressions formed therein and communicative with said channel of said carrier for selectively engaging with said latch member and for adjustably anchoring said lever and said foot anchor device to said foot support of said extension at the selected angular position, said foot retaining device includes a sliding member slidably received and engaged in said lever, and said latch member is attached to said sliding member, and said latch member includes an enlarged head engaging with said carrier and for preventing said latch member from being disengaged from said channel and said depressions of said carrier, said foot retaining device includes a stem slidably engaged in said lever and secured to said sliding member and moved in concert with said sliding member for moving said sliding member along and relative to said lever, said foot retaining device includes an actuating knob attached to said stem for anchoring and supporting said lock device, said lock device is pivotally mounted to said lever with a pivot shaft, said lock device includes a recess provided therein, and said actuating knob includes a protrusion provided therein for engaging with said recess of said lock device and for locking said lock device to said actuating knob, said lever includes a cap attached thereto and having a hole formed in said cap for slidably engaging with said stem and arranged for forming a space between said actuating knob and said cap, and said lock device includes a lock protrusion for selectively engaging with said space which is formed between said actuating knob and the cap and for locking said lock device to said actuating knob and said lever.