Patent ID: 7094188

Claim:
A method of exercising in an exercise chair having a generally horizontally supported seat, a pivot linkage connected to the seat, a front leg support connected to said linkage to determine a chair knee joint axis, a rear back support connected to said linkage to define a chair hip joint axis, a seat back, and a fulcrum pivot spaced above said chair hip joint axis and connected to said seat back and said linkage, said method comprising the steps of: occupying the chair by a user when said seat back is in an upright position; positioning the user's anatomical knee joints generally in alignment with said chair knee joint axis; positioning said user's anatomical hip joints generally in alignment with said chair hip joint axis; exerting a rearward force on said seat back to rotate said front leg support about said knee joint axis from an at rest position to a raised position and said seat back about said fulcrum pivot from said upright position to a backward inclined position; and relaxing said rearward force to enable said front leg support to pivot back to said at rest position and return said seat back to said upright position.