Patent ID: 7794375

Claim:
A hamstring exercise apparatus for strengthening hamstring muscles, said hamstring exercise apparatus comprising: a portable frame adapted to receive and support a user thereon, said frame including a rear axle extending transversely to a longitudinal length of said frame, a seat section mounted at a front end of said frame, and a plurality of handle bars extending upwardly from said front end of said frame and statically engaged to said seat section; a plurality of front swivel wheels coupled to said front end of said frame; and a plurality of rear wheels coupled to said rear axle; wherein said frame is provided with a first opening intermediately disposed between said rear axle and said seat section for receiving user feet therethrough while the user is seated on said seat section and facing said rear end of said frame; wherein said frame is further provided with a second opening intermediately disposed between said handle bars, said second opening for receiving the user feet therethrough while the user is seated on said seat section and facing said front end of said frame; wherein said frame comprises a U-shaped bottom section having a rear end situated distally of said rear axle for providing support to the user feet, said bottom section extending along an entire longitudinal length of said frame and being monolithically formed with said handle bars at said front end of said frame; wherein said bottom section is oriented along a horizontal plane registered above said rear axle and thereby supported by said rear axle.