Patent ID: 7128700
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise device comprising: an exercise-support assembly including a base, said base having a front end and a rear end, and an exercise chair mounted to said base, said exercise chair including a seat and a pivotally reclinable seat back, said seat having a first side and a second side, said chair being pivotally mounted to said base so that said seat back reclines toward the rear of said base; a first resistive element adapted to maintain said seat back at a defined angle with respect to said seat in the absence of an external force being applied to said seat back, said first resistive element adapted to provide a resistance force to any force tending to cause said seat back to recline; a pair of curvilinear conduits mounted on opposing sides of said base, each of said curvilinear conduits having a first terminating end, a second terminating end, and a substantially straight section connected to a large arcuate section interposed therebetween, said curvilinear conduits being mounted so that (i) said substantially straight sections extend generally parallel to a centerline of said base at a location that is below said seat and that is laterally spaced from said first side and said second side of said seat, respectively, (ii) said first terminating ends being positioned proximate a front edge of said seat, and (iii) said large arcuate sections curving upward so that said second terminating ends are above and behind said seat at an operable distance; and at least one resistive band, including a lower grip, an upper grip, and a second resistive element extending through one of said curvilinear conduits and connecting at opposing ends of said curvilinear conduit to said lower grip and said upper grip, proximate said first and second terminating ends of said curvilinear conduit, respectively.