Patent ID: 6383122
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus comprising:(a) a frame having a foot end section, a head end section, a leftward portion and rightward portion; (b) a carriage having a footer portion, a header portion, a leftward lateral side and a rightward lateral side, said carriage being mounted to travel back and forth longitudinally along the frame; (c) a rebound system comprising first and second flexible members, each having a central portion and first and second end portions, with the first end portions of the first and second flexible members being connected to, respectively, the leftward and the rightward lateral side at first and second carriage connecting locations, and the second end portions of the flexible member being connected to, respectively, the leftward and rightward portions of the frame at first and second frame connecting locations; (d) a resilient resistance section that is located substantially at the central portions of the first and second flexible members, and arranged to yieldingly resist lateral separation of the central portions of the first and second flexible members, whereby movement of the carriage in a direction where the first and second carriage connecting locations move away from the first and second frame connecting locations causes the central portions of the flexible members to move away from one and then against a resisting force of the resistance section urging the central portions toward one another.