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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1997
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 ; 482112 ; 482117 ; 482121 ; 482130 ; 482134 ;
Abstract
An exercise apparatus for toning the mid-section and lower portion of the body, especially helpful for handicapped individuals who have marginal or only functional use of their lower extremities on an involuntary basis whereby a physically able person or a physically challenged person manipulates a pendulum bar, freely suspended from a semi-flexible member in a quarter circular oblique movement, while strapped to the apparatus in a seated position, and whereas the flexibility of the flexible member is predetermined by design or controlled hydraulically by the user.