Patent ID: 6090022
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A61H,A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus, comprising:a base frame;a front post being upwardly extended from said base frame;a bench having front and back ends, and a pair of sides extending between said front and back ends of said bench;said back end of said bench being pivotally coupled to said base frame;said front end of said bench being attached to said front post;a backrest being pivotally coupled to said bench;a motor having a pair of opposite outwardly extending rotating shafts, said motor being mounted to said bench adjacent said backrest;one of said rotating shafts of said motor being outwardly extended towards one side of said bench, the other of said rotating shafts of said motor being outwardly extended towards the other of said sides of said bench;a pair of side posts upwardly extending from said base frame such that said bench is positioned between said side posts;each of said side posts having a pulley rotatably mounted thereto;each of said rotating shafts having a spool coupled thereto;a pair of elongate flexible cables each having a pair of opposite ends, one end of said each of said cables being coupled to said backrest; anda first of said cables being looped around one of said pulleys and the other end of said first cable being wound around one of said spools, a second of said cables being looped around the other of said pulleys and the other end of said second cable being wound around the other of said spools.