Patent ID: 7648444

Claim:
A leg exercise device, consisting essentially of: a pair of footplates, each of said footplates including a tubular metal sleeve having a longitudinal slot attached to the center of a bottom face of each footplate transverse to the longitudinal axis of said footplates for rotatably supporting said pair of footplates upon an axle rod; a footplate support assembly for rotatably supporting said pair of footplates on the axle rod on a base assembly; an adjustable handle assembly for assisting a user to position themselves in a comfortable stance upon said footplates with the user balanced above said axle rod, wherein said handle assembly includes a first tubular support member and a second tubular support member, said support members being secured at a lower end on opposite sides of said base assembly adjacent the center of said base assembly, said support members extending forward to form an acute angle relative to the said base assembly, said handle assembly further including an elongated flat plate secured at one end to an exterior portion of said upper end of said first tubular support member and secured at a second end to an exterior portion of said upper end of said second tubular support member, said elongated flat plate forming a knee rest and brace for stabilizing said tubular support members in parallel alignment; and said footplate support assembly being secured to said tubular support members for rotatably supporting an individual upon said footplates above said base assembly for independent pivotal movement about said axle rod, wherein said footplate support assembly includes a first axle rod support brace being configured for rotatably receiving one end of said axle rod, a second axle rod support brace being configured for rotatably receiving a second end of said axle rod, wherein said base assembly is provided in the form an elongated left rail, an elongated right rail, a front base bar and a rear base bar connected end to end forming a rectangular structure for safely supporting the leg exercise device on any flat surface.