Patent ID: 6013014
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
An abdominal muscle exercise apparatus adapted for use by an exerciser sitting on a couch, the exercise apparatus comprising:(a) a plate spaced apart by spacers from a rear portion of a couch, the plate attached to a pair of spaced apart inverted substnatially U-shaped arms overlapping a top portion of the couch;(b) a harness attachment device located on a front surface of each inverted U-shaped arm;(c) a bracket attached to a back surface of the plate;(d) a tension cord attached at a top end to the bracket and at a bottom end to an L-shaped tension clamp;(e) a push rod movable within a vertical bore in the bracket and having a bottom portion insertable in an orifice of the tension clamp so that pushing down on the push rod while simultaneously turning the push rod relieves tension on the tension cord and thereby on the plate and inverted U-shaped arms; and(f) a harness attached to the upper body of an exerciser and attached via retracting elastic straps to the harness attachment device on the U-shaped arms so that movement of the upper body of the exerciser exerts resistance against the exerciser's abdominal muscles.