Patent ID: 8216116

Claim:
A machine for gymnastic exercises, particularly for muscle stretching, comprising a supporting frame, a seat which is fixed with respect to said supporting frame, and a back rest which is pivoted to said supporting frame for moving said back rest between a position which is substantially inclined with respect to said seat and a position which is substantially perpendicular with respect to said seat, the machine further comprising a carriage which is slidingly associated with said supporting frame so as to have a translational motion and which is functionally connected to said back rest by way of kinematic connection means for transferring the translational motion of said carriage to said back rest and/or vice versa, a pushing footboard being provided on said carriage in a position above a sitting surface of said seat such that said pushing footboard is arranged for being actuated by being pushed by a user's lower limbs to provide said translational motion of said pushing footboard and of said carriage.