Office exercise furniture

Abstract

An office chair and office desk independently incorporating certain activity features into the chair and desk arrangements allowing the user to perform beneficial exercise without leaving the chair or desk by utilizing movable exercise arms attached to adjustable variable resistance bearing assemblies attached to the chair seat or the desk to provide a full range of omnidirectional exercises.

We claim:  
     
         1 . An exercise device comprising: 
 a. furniture member;    b. a pair of exercise members available to a user wherein each of said exercise members is a hand engageable lever operably connected to said furniture member;    c. each of said exercise members is connected to a first exercise member locating means;    d. each of said first exercise member locating means is connected through a connecting rod to a second exercise member locating means at an angle thereto, and each of said second exercise member locating means is connected to said furniture member;    e. one of said locating means is an adjustable variable resistance bearing member; and    f. said exercise members are capable of independent omnidirectional motions during exercise by movement of each of said exercise members against the adjusted resistance in said respective variable resistance bearing members.    
     
     
         2 . An exercise device as described in  claim 1  comprising: 
 a. said first and second exercise member locating means are adjustable variable resistance bearing members.  
 
     
     
         3 . An exercise device as described in  claim 1  comprising: 
 a. one of said locating means connected to each of said exercise members is an adjustable pivot hinge.  
 
     
     
         4 . An exercise device as described in  claim 1  comprising: 
 a. both of said first and second exercise locating means connected to each of said exercise members are adjustable variable resistance bearing members; and  
 b. an adjustable pivot hinge is connected between each of said adjustable resistance bearing members.  
 
     
     
         5 . An exercise device as described in  claim 1  comprising: 
 a. said angle between each of said exercise locating means is a right angle.  
 
     
     
         6 . An exercise device as described in  claim 1  comprising: 
 a. said furniture member is a chair having a base and a seat supported by said base.  
 
     
     
         7 . An exercise device as described in  claim 1  comprising: 
 a. said furniture member is a desk having a base and a desk top connected to said base.  
 
     
     
         8 . An exercise device as described in  claim 6  comprising: 
 a. a stationary arm rest member connected to said seat.  
 
     
     
         9 . An exercise device as described in  claim 6  comprising: 
 a. said first and second exercise member locating means are adjustable variable resistance bearing members.  
 
     
     
         10 . An exercise device as described in  claim 6  comprising: 
 a. one of said locating means connected to each of said exercise members is an adjustable pivot hinge.  
 
     
     
         11 . An exercise device as described in  claim 6  comprising: 
 a. both of said first and second exercise locating means connected to each of said exercise members are adjustable variable resistance bearing members; and  
 b. an adjustable pivot hinge is connected between each of said adjustable resistance bearing members.  
 
     
     
         12 . An exercise device as described in  claim 6  comprising: 
 a. each of said exercise members is formed with offset lower portions.  
 
     
     
         13 . An exercise device as described in  claim 12  comprising: 
 a. a pair of stationary arm rest member connected to and disposed on opposite sides of said seat;  
 b. said first and second exercise member locating means are adjustable variable resistance bearing members; and  
 c. mounting means connecting said second exercise member locating means to each other and to said seat of said chair.  
 
     
     
         14 . An exercise device as described in  claim 10  comprising: 
 a. each of said exercise members is formed with offset lower portions;  
 b. a pair of stationary arm rest member connected to and disposed on opposite sides of said seat;  
 c. each of said adjustable pivot hinges is disposed beyond the edge of said seat.  
 
     
     
         15 . An exercise device as described in  claim 7  comprising: 
 a. said first and second exercise member locating means are adjustable variable resistance bearing members.  
 
     
     
         16 . An exercise device as described in  claim 7  comprising: 
 a. one of said locating means connected to each of said exercise members is an adjustable pivot hinge.  
 
     
     
         17 . An exercise device as described in  claim 7  comprising: 
 a. each of said exercise members is formed with offset lower portions.  
 
     
     
         18 . An exercise device as described in  claim 7  comprising: 
 a. both of said first and second exercise locating means connected o each of said exercise members are adjustable variable resistance bearing members; and  
 b. an adjustable pivot hinge is connected between each of said adjustable resistance bearing members.  
 
     
     
         19 . An exercise device as described in  claim 1  comprising: 
 a. both of said first and second exercise locating means connected to each of said exercise members are adjustable variable resistance bearing members;  
 b. said angle between each of said exercise locating means is a right angle:  
 c. said furniture member is a chair having a base and a seat supported by said base;  
 d. mounting means connecting said second exercise member locating means to each other and to said seat of said chair;  
 e. said first and second exercise member locating means are connected to each other by a relatively short, generally straight connecting member; and  
 f. manually engageable means connected to each of said first and second adjustable variable resistance bearing members for independently varying the amount of resistance to forces imposed by movement of said first and second exercise members.