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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
May. 24, 1999
Robert W. McBride, Springfield, MO (US);
Newton Lin, Taiwan, TW;
Marjolein Brugman, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Stamina Products, Inc., Springfield, PA (US);
Abstract
An exercise device comprising a frame structure constructed and arranged to be supported in an operative position on a horizontal surface so as to extend longitudinally therealong. An exercise support is fixedly mounted on one longitudinal end of the frame structure in a position spaced above the horizontal surface when the frame structure is supported thereon in an operative position. The exercise support is constructed and arranged to enable a user to engage the user's feet with the exercise support or grip the user's hands on the exercise support. A seat is carried on the one end portion of the frame structure in longitudinally spaced relation with respect to the exercise support. A plurality of rollers made of yieldable material is rotatably supported on the frame structure in an upwardly arched array extending longitudinally upwardly from the seat and arching downwardly toward an opposite longitudinal end of the frame structure to rollingly support a user thereon. The seat has a downwardly inclined position enabling a user to accomplish back decompression, lower back or side stretches while supported supine, prone or on a side respectively on the seat and the rollers with the user's feet engaging with the exercise support or to accomplish lower back strengthening exercises while supported prone on the seat and rollers with the user's hands gripping the exercise support with outstretched arms.