Portable resistance exercise machine

Abstract

A portable leg or arm powered exercise device for a person that may include a seating pad permanently or detachably affixed to a support base upon which one or more resistance members are mounted for engagement by one or both feet or hands of the user. Preferably the resistance members include coil springs to provide the resistance and spring control guides to prevent overly sharp angular bending of the coil springs.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A portable resistance leg or arm powered exercise assembly in cooperation with a seating member comprising: 
 a. a seat anchor pad for adjustable placement on said seating member;    b. a strap securely attached to said anchor pad;    c. a support base and securely affixed thereto an upright support member for connection with strap; and    d. at least one resistive leg exercise foot or arm pedal member securely affixed to said support base.    
     
     
         2 . The exercise assembly of  claim 1  comprising: 
 a. said seating member is a chair and said seat anchor pad conforms to said chair seat and allows an individual to sit thereon;  
 b. said support base has spaced apart lateral supports having a rigid connecting cross member attached across said supports and said upright support member is attached to said cross member; and  
 c. said strap includes adjustable lengthening means.  
 
     
     
         3 . The leg exercise assembly of  claim 1  wherein: 
 a. said exercise foot or arm pedal member includes a pair of coil springs having distal ends connected to said support base.  
 
     
     
         4 . The exercise assembly of  claim 3  wherein: 
 a. each coil spring is formed with a hollow proximal section, into which a first interiorly disposed spring control member having a tapered end extends, and a hollow distal section into which a second interiorly disposed spring control member having a tapered end extends; and  
 b. said bend control members are positioned so that their respective tapered ends are adjacent without touching one another.  
 
     
     
         5 . The exercise assembly of  claim 4  comprising: 
 a. a pair of exercise foot pedal members having an n-shape are securely affixed to said support base.  
 
     
     
         6 . The exercise assembly of  claim 2  comprising: 
 a. said adjustable strap has a distal end with a retainer ring attached thereto which is releasably connected to said support base.  
 
     
     
         7 . The exercise assembly of  claim 6  wherein: 
 a. said upright support member includes disconnect means for disconnecting the strap when it is moved to either side a predetermined distance.  
 
     
     
         8 . The exercise assembly of  claim 7 , wherein: 
 a. said disconnect means is a member attached to said upright support member having a general inverted “V” shape with the top portion of said inverted “V” bent forward to disengage from said retainer ring on said adjustable connecting strap upon a predetermined side movement of said strap in relation to said upright support member.    
     
     
         9 . A portable resistance leg or arm powered exercise assembly comprising: 
 a. a support base,    b. a pair of laterally spaced foot or arm pedal members having an attached end operatively attached to said support base and a distal end movable through an arc and each foot or arm pedal member including a coil spring formed with hollow interior portions,    c. a pair of spring control members mounted within said hollow interior portions of each of said coil springs and each spring control member having a tapered end, and    d. said tapered ends of said pairs of control members in each foot or arm pedal member are disposed with their tapered ends adjacent one another.    
     
     
         10 . A portable resistance leg or arm powered exercise assembly as described in  claim 9  comprising: 
 a. each of said pedal members is formed in a generally U-shape having elongated portions having attached ends and a distal end movable through an arc;  
 b. each of said elongated portions of said U-shaped pedal members include a coil spring having a hollow portion;  
 c. each of said elongated portions of said U-shaped pedal members include a pair of spring control members mounted within said hollow portion of said coil spring and each control member having at least one tapered end; and  
 d. said spring control members are disposed in each of said elongated portions with the tapered ends adjacent without touching one another.  
 
     
     
         11 . A portable resistance exercise assembly as described in  claim 9  comprising: 
 a. wherein each of said pedal members are operatively attached to said support base so that said movable distal ends move in an arc below said attached end.  
 
     
     
         12 . A portable resistance exercise assembly as described in  claim 10  comprising: 
 a. wherein each of said U-shaped pedal members are operatively attached to said support base so that said distal ends of said elongated portions move in an arc below said attached ends.  
 
     
     
         13 . A portable resistance exercise assembly as described in  claim 9  comprising: 
 a. said exercise assembly is attached to a seating device.  
 
     
     
         14 . A portable resistance exercise assembly as described in  claim 10  comprising: 
 a. said exercise assembly is attached to a seating device.  
 
     
     
         15 . A portable resistance exercise assembly as described in  claim 9  comprising: 
 a. a seat member;  
 b. a seat anchor pad for placement on said seat member; and  
 c. a strap attached to said seat anchor and operatively connected to said leg exercise assembly.  
 
     
     
         16 . A portable resistance exercise assembly as described in  claim 10  comprising: 
 a. a seat member;  
 b. a seat anchor pad for placement on said seat member; and  
 c. a strap attached to said seat anchor and operatively connected to said exercise assembly.