Brian P Cole

US Patent:

6746384, Jun 8, 2004

Filed:

Apr 16, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/835633

Inventors:

Brian Cole - Newport News VA
Wayne A. MacMasters - Hampton VA

Assignee:

Maccole Enterprises, L.L.C. - Newport News VA

International Classification:

A63B 2100

US Classification:

482130, 482142, 482907

Abstract:

An apparatus for exercising the muscles of the lumbar region of a subjects back includes a seat, a vertical support member to which the back end of the seat is attached so that the centerline extending from the from the front to the back of the seat forms an angle with the vertical member in the range of 65 to 75 degrees and with the front end of the seat being inclined downward to the surface on which the vertical support member stands, a base attached to the bottom end of the vertical support member, a cylindrical roller pad that is rotatably mounted to the vertical support member at a position above the seat, a knob that is adjustably mounted to the vertical support member, and a hand-held weight which the subject grasps and holds near the subjects body while performing the strengthening exercises. In a first embodiment, these entail the subject sitting on the seat and assuming a first position with subjects upper torso bent over so as to be proximate the thighs and a hand-held weight grasped and held near the subjects chest. The subject then moves to a second position by raising the upper torso while continuing to hold the hand-held weight near the subjects chest and keeping the pelvis and sacrum in contact with the pad.