Patent ID: 6669609
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exerciser comprising:a frame assembly including a base structure and an upright structure fixed to said base structure and extending upwardly therefrom, said base structure having downwardly facing surfaces for engaging an upwardly facing surface to support the base structure thereon, said base structure extending forwardly of said upright structure so that said upright structure cannot be tipped over forwardly except by the entire frame assembly being tipped forwardly about the forward end of said base structure acting as a fulcrum on the support surface upwardly facing, said upright structure including an upper pair of left and right flexible exercising pull lines carried by said upright structure at an upper end portion thereof so as to extend therefrom downwardly and forwardly, and a lower pair of left and right flexible exercising pull lines carried by said upright structure at a lower end portion thereof so as to extend therefrom downwardly and forwardly or upwardly and forwardly, said upper and lower pairs of pull lines being (1) trained over left and right upper and lower horizontally swingable sets of directional pulleys fixedly attached at upper and lower ends of said upright structure and (2) having user interconnecting structures configured to be interconnected by a user either with the user's hands or the user's feet so as to be pulled by the user in substantially any plane of motion, thereby allowing the user to perform toning and range of motion exercises, an extensible and retractable resilient resistance system carried by said upright structure and operatively connected to said flexible pull lines so as to separately, resiliently resist movement of the left of said upper and lower pull lines and the right of said upper and lower pull lines from the upper and lower end portions of said upright structure, respectively; and a bench assembly configured and positioned to support a user in a prone, supine or sitting position thereon so as to enable the user so positioned to interconnect with said user interconnecting structure and pull said pull lines against said resilient resistance, said bench assembly including a bench frame and a bench pad mounted on said bench frame for movement between a raised operative user supporting position spaced above said bench frame, a lowered operative position disposed adjacent said bench frame and a storage position wherein said bench assembly is connected alongside said upright structure.