Patent ID: 7108645

Claim:
A leg stretching apparatus comprising: a frame, said frame supporting a seat attached to a top portion of said frame enabling a user's legs to straddle said frame below said seat; a pair of leg supporting wings, each mounted on opposite sides of said seat to an end of a hinge support bar positioned on said top portion of said frame; a threaded rod enclosed within said frame for raising and lowering said leg supporting wings in response to a turning of a crank extending from said frame; a universal joint attached to an upper end of said threaded rod; said frame comprises a wing drive housing having said universal joint attached to an upper end of said threaded rod enclosed therein; a drive bar having a hex nut located in the center of said drive bar which screws on said threaded rod; and said drive bar further comprises a pair of drive extensions, each of said drive extensions being welded to opposite sides of said hex nut and extending through an opening in opposite sides of said wing drive housing.