Patent ID: 7144352
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A free-standing portable exercise device for executing push-ups in an inclined standing position and for simultaneously exercising the abdominal muscles of the user, the device comprising: a tubular base; two elevated substantially stationary spaced-apart handles supported by a structure above and connected to said base; an upwardly spring-biased pad having an outer major face supported by said structure and being positioned between said handles at an axis parallel to its major axis and proximate to a lower surface; means for pivotally supporting said pad on said structure; said pad sized and configured to directly engage the abdomen of an exercising user with said major face maintaining a position in a plane substantially parallel to the abdominal area of said exercising user executing push-ups in an inclined standing position; whereby said upwardly spring-biased pad moves in an arcuate forward-downward direction when engaged and pressed upon by the abdomen of an exercising user white said base and said handles remain substantially stationary to support the user in variable inclined standing positions.