Patent ID: 6527685
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A collapsible reformer exercise apparatus comprising:a telescopic rectangular frame having a first frame section and a second frame section, the first frame section including two spaced apart parallel tubular first rail members extending from a first end thereof, each first rail member having an open end opposite the first end, the second frame section including two spaced apart parallel second rail members, each having one end telescopically received in the open end of one of the first rail members of the first frame section, wherein the frame is extendable between a collapsed storage position and an extended operating position; a movable carriage mounted on the rail members of the frame for supporting a user during movement of the carriage along the rail members between the ends only in the operating position, wherein the carriage is held substantially stationary in the storage position; and an elongated elastic member extending between the first end and the movable carriage for biasing the carriage toward the one end of the frame when the frame is in the operating position.