Claims
- 1. A machine for exercising the abductor muscles comprising in combination, a seat for receiving a user, a backrest mounted for pivotal movement at a rear portion of the seat for adjusting the angular position of the backrest relative to the seat, at least one movement arm mounted for movement about a generally vertical axis between an inner position and an outer position in response to engagement by outer portions of the thigh of the user upon exerting abductor muscles, resistance means opposing movement of the movement arm in one direction, means for adjusting the inner position of the movement arm in accordance with the size of the user's thigh, said movement arm including a thigh pad and a thigh pad mounting portion movable laterally relative to the movement arm to adjust the position of the thigh pad, said thigh pad being mounted on the thigh pad mounting portion, means pivotally mounting the thigh pad for movement about a generally vertical axis relative to the thigh pad mounting portion, means for locking the backrest in selected angular position relative to the seat, and wherein said thigh pad-mounting portion is pivotable laterally to adjust the lateral position of the thigh mounting portion relative to the seat and a user's thigh, and means releasably holding said thigh pad mounting portion in a laterally adjusted position.
- 2. The machine defined in claim 1 including transmission means interconnecting the movement arm and the resistance means including a cam and cam follower operatively connected between the resistance means and the movement arm to transmit motion from the movement arm to the resistance means.
- 3. The machine defined in claim 2 wherein said resistance means is a weight stack including a generally vertically extending weight stack pin, and said cam follower is operatively connected to the weight stack pin to move the same.
- 4. The machine defined in claim 3 wherein said transmission means includes actuating lever connected to the weight stack pin and a cam follower lever interconnecting the actuating lever and the cam follower, said cam follower lever being pivotally mounted to fixed portion of the machine.
- 5. The machine defined in claim 1 including pivot means located below the seat and pivotally mounting said thigh pad mounting portion for lateral movement relative to the movement arm.
- 6. The machine defined in claim 5 further including means mounting said thigh pad mounting portion for pivotal movement about said generally vertical axis, a cam, a rigid connecting member interconnecting said cam and said means mounting the thigh pad mounting portion, a cam follower engageable on said cam to be driven thereby, and means including a lever holding the cam follower and pivotally mounted with respect to a fixed portion of the machine for transmitting movement of the cam follower to said resistance means.
- 7. A machine for exercising leg muscles comprising in combination, a seat for receiving a user, at least one movement arm, means mounting the movement arm for movement about a generally vertical axis between inner and outer positions in response to engagement by the leg of a user, said movement arm including a pad-mounting portion pivotable laterally inwardly and outwardly relative to the seat and the movement arm for adjustment purposes, means releasably holding said pad-mounting portion in laterally adjusted position, resistance means opposing movement of said movement arm in one direction about said generally vertical axis, transmission means interconnecting said resistance means and said pad-mounting portion including a connecting member connected to said pad-mounting portion, a rotatable cam connected to said connecting member, a cam follower engageable with said cam, a lever pivotally mounted with respect to a fixed portion of the machine and holding said cam follower, said lever being connected to the resistance means.
- 8. The machine defined in claim 7 wherein said pad-mounting portion is mounted for pivotal movement relative to the movement arm at a location below said seat.
- 9. The machine defined in claim 7 wherein said means releasably holding said pad-mounting portion includes a locking pin extending laterally from said pad-mounting portion, and a receptacle receiving said locking pin.
- 10. A machine for exercising the abductor muscles comprising in combination, a seat for receiving a user, at least one movement arm, means mounting the movement arm for movement about a generally vertical axis between inner and outer positions in response to engagement by the leg of a user, said movement arm including a pad-mounting portion pivotable laterally inwardly and outwardly relative to the seat and the movement arm for adjustment purposes, means releasably holding said pad-mounting portion in laterally adjusted position, resistance means opposing movement of said movement arm in one direction about said generally vertical axis, transmission means interconnecting said resistance means and said pad-mounting portion including a rotatable, a cam follower engageable on the cam and a lever pivotally mounted with respect to a fixed portion of the machine and holding said cam follower, said lever being connected to the resistance means.
- 11. The machine defined in claim 10 wherein said means releasably holding said pad-mounting portion includes a locking pin extending laterally from said pad-mounting portion, and a receptacle fixed to the machine and receiving said locking pin.
- 12. A machine for exercising the abductor muscles comprising in combination, a seat for receiving a user, at least one movement arm, means mounting the movement arm for movement about a generally vertical axis between inner and outer positions in response to engagement by the leg of a user, said movement arm including a pad-mounting portion pivotable laterally inwardly and outwardly relative to the seat for adjustment purposes, means releasably holding said pad-mounting portion in laterally adjusted position, resistance means opposing movement of said movement arm in one direction about said generally vertical axis, and transmission means interconnecting said resistance means and said movement arm to transmit motion between said movement arm and said resistance means.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of the following U.S. applications:
U.S. application, Ser. No. 08/397,938, filed Mar. 3, 1995, entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXERCISING ADDUCTOR MUSCLES;
U.S. application, Ser. No. 08/194,460, filed Feb. 8, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,421,796 entitled TRICEPS EXERCISE MACHINE; and
U.S. application, Ser. No. 07/947,284, filed Sep. 15, 1992, entitled EXERCISE MACHINES AND METHODS.
The entire disclosures of each of the above-identified parent applications are incorporated by reference into the subject application as part hereof.
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