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Foot-and-lower-leg-exercise-apparatus

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Details

Inventors: Christopher, Gilman O.; Bulla, John G.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Donnelly; Jerome W.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Shields; H. Gordon

Foot and leg exercise apparatus includes a pair of pedals pivoting on a base element. At the front of the base is a vertical post and a tee element telescopes relative to the vertical post. The post and the element include aligned apertures for adjusting the height of the tee element relative to the post. A pin is inserted into the desired aligned apertures in the post and tee element at the desired height. Tension springs are secured to the tee element and to the pedals for moving the pedals upwardly. The user's feet are disposed on the pedals and the user's feet and legs are exercised by pivoting the pedals against the tension springs. By adjusting the height of the tee element, the force of the tension springs may be varied. Sets of tension springs of varying strength may be used progressively. For forced exercise, a motor and cams may be used to move the pedals downwardly against the upward biasing force of the tension springs.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What we claim is: 1.
Exercise apparatus for a user's feet and legs comprising in combination: a base element; a first pedal pivotly secured to the base element; a second pedal pivotly secured to the base element; a post extending vertically on the base element remote from where the first and second pedals are pivotly secured to the base element; a tee element vertically adjustable relative to the post said tee element including a vertically oriented section and a horizontally oriented section; first tension spring disposed between, said horizontally extending section of the tee element and the first pedal to provide an upward bias force to move the first pedal upwardly; and a second tension spring disposed between the tee element and the second pedal to provide an upward bias force to move the second pedal upwardly.
2.
The exercise apparatus of claim 1 in which the pedals include rear stop elements.
3.
The exercise apparatus of claim 1 in which the post includes a plurality of pairs of aligned apertures, and the tee element includes a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, and the vertical portion includes a pair of aligned apertures for selectively aligning with a desired pair of the plurality of pairs of aligned apertures of the post for varying the height of the tee element in order to vary the force of the tension springs.
4.
The apparatus of claim 1 in which the post and the tee element both include flat portions for preventing the rotational movement of the tee element and the tension springs relative to the foot pedals.
5.
The apparatus of claim 1 in which the post includes a pair of aligned apertures, and the vertical portion of the tee element includes a plurality of aligned apertures for varying the height of the tee element to vary the force of the tension springs.
6.
The apparatus of claim 1 in which the post is removable from the base element for storage and transport.
7.
The apparatus of claim 1 in which the post is pivotly secured to the base, and the base includes a bottom recess for receiving the horizontal portion of the tee element for storage and transport when the post is pivoted on the base

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