Patent ID: 9168417
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercising apparatus for exercising muscles in the abdominal region of a user's body, the apparatus comprising: a stationary primary body support configured to support upper portions of the user's body including the abdominal region, the primary body support including a primary body support surface oriented in an inclination plane to support a back of the user's body resting against the inclined primary body support surface to support the user's body in a rearwardly inclined position, the primary body support including a secondary body support surface to support buttocks of a user's body resting on the secondary body support surface when the body is resting in the inclined position against the primary body support surface; a movable carriage positioned generally lower than the primary body support surface for being engaged by lower leg portions of the user's body, the carriage being movable along a substantially linear path oriented substantially parallel to the inclined plane of the primary body support surface such that the carriage is movable substantially parallel to the primary body support surface by the legs of the user as the user's body is supported in the inclined position against the primary body support surface; and a resistance application assembly configured to apply an adjustable degree of biasing force to the movable carriage in a direction generally away from the secondary body support surface to resist movement of the movable carriage toward the secondary body support surface.