Patent ID: 7559881

Claim:
An exercise apparatus for assisting a user to lose weight and tone muscles, said exercise apparatus comprising: a base member; an elongated and rectilinear central shaft having axially opposed top and bottom ends; first and second couplings attached to said top and bottom ends respectively; first and second handles coupled to said first coupling and extending outwardly away from said central shaft; first and second leg rails attached to said second coupling and extending laterally away from said central shaft; a rectilinear auxiliary shaft having axially opposed top and bottom ends connected to said second coupling and said base member respectively; means for rotatably connecting said auxiliary shaft to said base member in such a manner that said auxiliary shaft and said central shaft return to a vertically oriented equilibrium position after being offset from a vertical axis while being simultaneously rotated about the vertical axis; an anchor rod directly and statically conjoined to said bottom end of said auxiliary shaft; an outer ring concentrically positioned about said anchor rod and fixedly engaged to said base member; a sleeve fitted over a bottom tip of said anchor rod; and a plurality of deformably resilient springs having opposed ends anchored directly to said outer ring and said sleeve respectively; wherein each of said springs cooperatively extends and contracts along a respective linear path when said auxiliary and central shafts are pivoted along a corresponding arcuate path.