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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2000
Robert W. McBride, Springfield, MO (US);
Stamina Products, Inc., Springfield, MO (US);
Abstract
An exerciser includes an upright frame assembly constructed and arranged to be disposed in an operative position supported on a horizontal surface. The upright frame assembly has a user support assembly to support a user thereon. First, second and third moving assemblies are disposed in normal inoperative positions with respect to the user support assembly. The first, second and third moving assemblies are manually engaged and individually manually moved away from the normal inoperative position thereof into a desired extended position by a user supported on the user support assembly. First, second and third connecting terminals are connected to the first, second and third moving assemblies, respectively, so that the first and third connecting terminals and the second and third connecting terminals move away from one another when any one of the moving assemblies is moved away from the normal inoperative position thereof. The set of resilient resistance structures has operative extents and is separately connected between the first and third connecting terminals and between the second and third connecting terminals. The set of resilient resistance structures provide resilient resistance throughout the operative extent thereof to the relative movement of the first and third connecting terminals and the second and third connecting terminals away from one another and a resilient bias throughout the operative extent thereof to move the first and third connecting terminals and second and third connecting terminals toward one another.