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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1993
Kenneth W Stearns, Houston, TX (US);
Stearns Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An exercise machine is provided having a platform on which a user is supported in a reclining position with the weight of the user being utilized as a resistance which may be selectively varied to the various exercises which may be performed on the exercise apparatus. A lever is pivotally connected to the platform with the lever being actuated by the user for raising one end of the platform with respect to a pivot point with resistance to such raising being varied by the pivotal mounting of the lever on the platform. Two of the various embodiments include a base support having a rail on which a lever has a roller mounted for riding movement thereon and pivotally connected to a lower leg for pivotal movement. Other embodiments include a lever having telescoping members with an inner one of such telescoping member being selectively fixed to a rail. Such inner telescoping member reciprocates within an outer telescoping member as the platform is raised and lowered.