(19)
(11) EP 0 806 226 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/46

(21) Application number: 97300641.4

(22) Date of filing: 31.01.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: A63B 23/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE DK ES FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 02.02.1996 US 595694

(71) Applicant: Concord Chase, Inc.
Iselin, New Jersey 08830 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ho, Charles
    Taipei, Taiwan (CH)
  • Casey, Michael E.
    Worthington, Ohio 43085 (US)
  • Gennaro, John A.
    Clark, New Jersey 07066 (US)

(74) Representative: Charlton, Peter John 
Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

   


(54) Pivotal abdominal exercise apparatus


(57) The invention comprises an abdominal exercise apparatus comprising a base frame, a pair of connecting tubes, a substantially U-shaped frame, elbow tubes, and pivoting means, for example a pair of stands comprising a base and two opposing walls, each opposing wall having an opening therein on a common horizontal axis relative to said base; wherein each of said stands is connected to one elbow tube by means of a pin, said pin extending horizontally through an opening in one opposing wall of said stand, through said elbow tube, and through the other opening in the other opposing wall of said stand, such that said apparatus may move about the axis formed by said pins.






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