Patent ID: 9168165
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A61F,A63B

Abstract:
1. A device for assisting a human user in properly performing a leg exercise, the leg exercise of the type where, for a single repetition of the exercise, the user starts in a standing position with his or her feet flat on a ground surface, with the toes of each foot pointing forward, the user thereafter leans forward on a first leg attached to a first foot, and begins to bend at a first knee of the first leg and continuing to bend at the first knee until a portion of the first leg about the first knee is substantially parallel to the ground surface, and completing the repetition by rising back to a standing position, wherein, in the proper performance of the above described repetition, the user's first knee does not extend forward of the toes of the first foot and does not turn inward, the device comprising: a rigid foot engagement member sized and shaped to engage the first foot the foot engagement member defining an open bottom such that the first foot of the user contacts the ground surface when said device is in use and wherein the foot engagement member is adapted to contact only a top and an inside edge of the user's foot; a rigid shin engagement member attached to the vertical member, the shin engagement member sized and shaped to abut a portion of the lower front of the first leg, the shin engagement member comprising structure which restricts forward movement; a rigid round surface support member extending laterally from the foot engagement member and oriented such that the ground surface support member extends parallel to the ground when a wearer of the device is standing on the ground, thereby restricting inward movement of the user's knee; and means for retaining the device in engagement with the first leg.