Leg-ankle-foot exercise assembly

Abstract

An exercise assembly structured to direct the foot-ankle-leg, knee, etc. and associated portions of a person's body through a plurality of different paths of movement, wherein each path of movement comprises an at least partially different configuration such that exercise resulting from the various movements will be concentrated on predetermined portions of the body being exercised. The platform is suspended by a support assembly interconnected to a base and is preferably, but not exclusively, directed through the aforementioned paths of movement manually by the user. A sensor assembly including a processor may determine and store selected movements of the platform for graphical or other visual display to the user and for programmed duplication of the sensed paths movement when desired. A weight assembly including at least one but preferably a plurality of different weights are interconnected to the platform and extend outwardly therefrom to provide additional resistive forces to the user's foot, ankle, and leg as they are exercised.

1 . An exercise assembly structured to exercise predetermined portions of a user's body including a leg, ankle, and foot, said exercise assembly comprising: 
 a) a platform removably attached in supporting engagement with a foot of the user,    b) a base movably interconnected in supporting relation to said platform,    c) a support assembly connected to said base and disposed to support said platform in a substantially outwardly suspended relation to said base,    d) a drive assembly connected to said base and interconnected in driving relation to said platform, and    e) said drive assembly, platform and said support assembly interconnected and cooperatively structured to regulate movement of said platform through a plurality of paths of movement each having a variable range of motion.    
   
   
       2 . An assembly as recited in  claim 1  wherein each of said plurality of paths of movement comprises a different configuration determinative of which predetermined portion of the user's body is exercised.  
   
   
       3 . An assembly as recited in  claim 1  wherein said drive assembly comprises a plurality of drive motors each interconnected in driving relation to said platform.  
   
   
       4 . An assembly as recited in  claim 3  wherein each of said drive motors is disposed and structured to move said platform relative to a different predetermined axis of rotation.  
   
   
       5 . An assembly as recited in  claim 4  wherein said plurality of drive motors are collectively and cooperatively structured and disposed to move said platform through a substantially universal range of motion.  
   
   
       6 . An assembly as recited in  claim 3  wherein said plurality of drive motors are concurrently operative and cooperatively structured to direct said platform through a substantially universal range of motion.  
   
   
       7 . An assembly as recited in  claim 1  further comprising a sensor assembly including at least one sensor disposed and structured to determine at least the path of movement of said platform, said sensor assembly further including a processor responsive to data received from said sensor and including storage capabilities for storage and retrieval of the data received from said sensor.  
   
   
       8 . An assembly as recited in  claim 7  further comprising a display facility connected to said processor and structured to visually display representations of the paths of movement of said platform on a real time basis.  
   
   
       9 . An assembly as recited in  claim 8  wherein said sensor assembly comprises a plurality of sensors each disposed and structured to determine a path of movement of said platform relative to a different, predetermined axis of rotation, each of said sensors connected to said processor, said processor responsive to store and retrieve data received from said plurality of sensors.  
   
   
       10 . An exercise assembly structured to exercise predetermined portions of a user's body including the leg, ankle, knee and foot, said exercise assembly comprising: 
 a) a platform removably attached in supporting engagement with a foot of the user,    b) a base movably interconnected in supporting relation to said platform,    c) a support assembly interconnected to said base and disposed to support said platform in a substantially outwardly suspended relation to said base, and    d) a sensor assembly operatively interconnected to said platform and structured to determine the paths of movement and the range of motion of said platform.    
   
   
       11 . An assembly as recited in  claim 10  further comprising a display facility connected to said processor and structured to visually display representations of the paths of movement of said platform on a real time basis.  
   
   
       12 . An assembly as recited in  claim 11  wherein said sensor assembly comprises a plurality of sensors each disposed and structured to determine a path of movement of said platform relative to a different predetermined axis of rotation, each of said sensors connected to said processor, said processor responsive to store and retrieve data received from said plurality of sensors.  
   
   
       13 . An assembly as recited in  claim 1  further comprising at least one weight assembly interconnected to said platform and disposed laterally outward therefrom.  
   
   
       14 . An assembly as recited in  claim 13  wherein said weight assembly includes an elongated arm extending laterally outward from said platform and at least one weight member secured to said arm substantially adjacent an outer end thereof.