Variable resistance leg exercising device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention includes an elongate base upon which as exerciser reclines.
The base is light in weight and may be supported by a floor or a table as desired by the exerciser.
Moreover, the base is padded for the exerciser's comfort.
The base has two parts that are hingedly connected to one another along a transversely disposed folding line; this enables folding of the base to decrease its length when it is to be stored.
When the device is in its fully deployed configuration, it occupies a horizontal plane.
The head of an exerciser is positioned at a first end of the base and the exerciser's feet overhang the second end of the base.
A transversely disposed, padded cross bar is positioned in longitudinally spaced apart relation from said second end of the base, in substantially the same horizontal plane within which the base is positioned, so that an exerciser lying on his or her side may place one ankle below said cross bar.
Exercise is then undertaken by alternately lifting and lowering the leg against a resistance supplied to the cross bar.
The exerciser may also lay in a supine or other position and lift the bar repetitively.
The cross bar is the transversely extending part of an elongate, "L"-shaped resistance bar that includes a longitudinally extending part in addition to said cross bar part.
The longitudinally extending part is spaced apart from the base and is parallel to a side thereof.
The resistance bar has a telescopic construction so that its length is adjustable to fit exercisers of differing heights, and the construction locks the cross bar against rotation at each telescopic setting.
The resistance bar is pivotally mounted to the housing of a variable resistance means that is fixedly secured to a preselected edge of the base.
The variable resistance means includes a pair of coiled springs disposed in closely spaced lateral relation to one another within said housing.
A handle that extends out of the housing so that it can be selectively manipulated by an exerciser is affixed to each coiled spring