Patent ID: 8235877

Claim:
An apparatus ( 10 ) for exercising a user's body comprising, a table ( 20 ) having a tabletop ( 22 ) and a support structure ( 40 ) elevating said tabletop above ground level ( 12 ), said tabletop having an upper section ( 24 ) to receive an upper portion of said user's body thereon and a lower section ( 26 ) to receive a lower portion of said user's body thereon, said tabletop movably coupled to said support structure; a first actuator ( 60 ) coupled to said lower section of said tabletop, said first actuator arranged and designed to raise said lower section of said tabletop relative to ground level, thereby pivoting said tabletop relative to said support structure and lowering said upper section of said tabletop relative to ground level; a restraint ( 80 ) movably coupled to said lower section of said tabletop, said restraint arranged and designed to restrain said user's body to said restraint; a second actuator ( 70 ) coupled to said restraint, said second actuator arranged and designed to axially move said restraint relative to said lower section of said tabletop and to operate concurrently with said first actuator; and a control device ( 68 ) arranged and designed to control said first and second actuators ( 60 , 70 ), and capable of use by said user while said user is restrained, thereby allowing said user to use said apparatus ( 10 ) without assistance from another person.