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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony Fontenot, Mamou, LA (US);
Robert N Montgomery, Broussard, LA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
482111 ; 482129 ;
Abstract
A method of abdominal exercise utilizing an apparatus which includes a flexible element mounted to a seat, the flexible element having a transverse handle manipulated by a user in at least two planes when sitting on the seat straddling the flexible element. The apparatus further includes a back strap and a lap belt. The flexible element in one embodiment being a urethane column having rigidity control by vertical adjustment of the handle relative to the column. The flexible element in a second embodiment is a self-contained fluidized unit providing resistance in at least two planes.