Patent ID: 7981005

Claim:
An exercise device comprising: a base comprising a rotatable central seat and a fixed support upwardly extending out of the seat wherein the seat is adapted to rotate about the support; first and second carriage assemblies each comprising two opposite rails each having one end formed as a joint pivotably secured to either side of the seat so that each of the first and second carriage assemblies is adapted to either pivot upward about the seat to dispose in a folded position or pivot downward about the seat to dispose in a horizontal ready to use position, a bar disposed across the other ends of the rails, and a foot plate adapted to rotate horizontally with respect to the rails and move along the rails; first damping assembly disposed in the first carriage assembly and comprising two first rollers wherein one first roller is fixedly secured to the seat between the joints of the first carriage assembly and the other first roller is fixedly secured to an intermediate portion of the bar of the first carriage assembly respectively, a first elastic belt passing the first rollers, and two first attachments formed at both ends of the first elastic belt respectively, the first attachments being releasably fastened at the first carriage assembly; and second damping assembly disposed in the second carriage assembly and comprising two second rollers fixedly secured to the seat between the joints of the second carriage assembly and an intermediate portion of the bar of the second carriage assembly respectively, a second elastic belt passing the first rollers, and two second attachments formed at both ends of the second elastic belt respectively, the second attachments being releasably fastened at the second carriage assembly, wherein in a first configuration one first attachment is stopped by one first roller on the bar of the first carriage assembly, the other first attachment is releasably secured to the foot plate of the first carriage assembly, one second attachment is stopped by one second roller on the bar of the second carriage assembly, and the other second attachment is releasably secured to the foot plate of the second carriage assembly; and wherein in a second configuration one first attachment is releasably secured to the foot plate of the first carriage assembly, the other first attachment is stopped by the other first roller on the seat, one second attachment is releasably secured to the foot plate of the second carriage assembly, and the other second attachment is stopped by the other second roller on the seat.