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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2009
Howard Jay Solow, Boulder, CO (US);
Julie Lobdell, Longmont, CO (US);
Nicholas D. Smith, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Chad Follmar, Louisville, CO (US);
Jeffery T. Samson, Boulder, CO (US);
Nicholas Aldo Nespeca, Eldorado Springs, CO (US);
Howard Jay Solow, Boulder, CO (US);
Julie Lobdell, Longmont, CO (US);
Nicholas D. Smith, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Chad Follmar, Louisville, CO (US);
Jeffery T. Samson, Boulder, CO (US);
Nicholas Aldo Nespeca, Eldorado Springs, CO (US);
Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc., Venice, CA (US);
Abstract
An exercise table which finds use in Pilates exercising includes an outer framework, a slidably movable support platform, and a foot bar against which a user's feet can be engaged while sliding the support platform against the bias of springs by extending and retracting the user's legs. The frame has supporting legs which are tapered inwardly and downwardly so that one exercise table can be nestably stacked on another by inserting the tapered legs of an overlying exercise table through an opening in the frame of an underlying table until the frames themselves are closely adjacent. The foot bar, shoulder blocks, and pulleys used in operation of the table are also movable between elevated use positions and lowered storage positions to facilitate closely adjacent nestable stacking of identical exercise tables. Various systems are disclosed for accommodating different sized individuals while retaining desired resistance from resilient elements incorporated into the table.