Patent ID: 7628734

Claim:
A foot platform assembly for supporting the weight of a user while the user exercises, comprising: a pair of flexible, generally parallel bars of a hard plastic material, each bar being substantially straight when undeflected and being sufficiently flexible to bend significantly in a springing manner, in a generally vertical plane as well as in a generally horizontal plane, when engaged in exercising movements by a user, a single foot platform of a size configured and sufficient for running in place with two feet by an exerciser, connected to the two flexible bars and spanning between the two bars and defining a single contiguous area between the two bars for running in place, the platform having four connectors, two spaced apart at each of two opposed sides of the platform, each side being adjacent to one of the flexible bars, and each connector engaged on the flexible bar at a respective position on the flexible bar, and suspension frames suspending the two flexible bars by their ends so as to position the platform above a floor, whereby an exercising user can run in place or perform other exercises with feet engaged against the platform, in a manner that avoids rigid impact due to the springing suspension of the platform with movement of the platform afforded in both vertical and horizontal directions.