Patent ID: 7108642

Claim:
An exercise apparatus, comprising: a frame configured to rest on a floor surface; a seat mounted on a first portion of the frame; an upper body support pivotally mounted on a discrete, second portion of the frame, wherein the upper body support and the frame cooperate to define a first pivot axis, and the upper body support is configured and arranged to extend generally vertically upward in front of the seat; a lower body support pivotally mounted on a discrete, third portion of the frame, wherein the lower body support and the frame cooperate to define a discrete, second pivot axis, and the lower body support is configured and arranged to extend generally horizontally outward beneath the upper body support and forward of the seat; and a constraining means, interconnected between the lower body support and the upper body support, for constraining the upper body support and the lower body support to pivot toward one another, and in respective, opposite directions relative to both the frame and the seat; and a resisting means, interconnected between the frame and the upper body support, for resisting downward movement of the upper body support relative to the frame; and wherein the second frame portion is disposed beneath a planform defined by the seat, and the third frame portion is disposed beneath the planform defined by the seat.