Adaptable Exercise Platform with Leg Strengthening Feature

Abstract

An adaptable exercise apparatus designed to assisting those with reduced physical abilities, whether due to injury or age, perform a range of low impact exercises and stretches. The apparatus may include a stackable exercise platform having upturned lateral edges serving as ergonomically shaped gripping points. The apparatus may further include a shortened, flat-topped stackable exercise platform with a declined angle terminal end. The shortened flat-topped stackable exercise platform provides an individual with a declined angle on which to stretch individual's calf muscles.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus to assist an individual with reduced physical abilities perform light exercises and stretches, said apparatus comprising:
 at least one stackable exercise platform having a superior surface and an inferior surface with a length between three and four feet, a width between two and three feet, and a thickness between two and six inches for the purpose of providing the individual with a comfortable and elevated surface on which to perform light exercises and stretches, wherein lateral edges of said at least one stackable exercise platform are turned upwards and rounded in an ergonomic fashion forming handrails running the length of said at least one stackable exercise platform, and said superior surface and the inferior surface of said at least one stackable exercise platform are complimentary in shape allowing for secure coupling of said at least one stackable exercise platform when said at least one stackable exercise platform is placed in vertical adjacency with another said at least one stackable exercise platform.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a shortened-length exercise platform with at least one decline angle terminal end for the purpose of providing a gradient on which to stretch one's calves while performing light exercises or stretching on the comfortable and elevated surface of said at least one stackable exercise platform, wherein said shortened-length exercise platform with at least one decline angle terminal end having a length less than half as long as said at least one stackable exercise platform and an inferior surface that is complimentary in shape to the superior surface of said at least one stackable exercise platform allowing for secure coupling of said shortened-length exercise platform with at least one decline angle terminal end to said at least one stackable exercise platform when placed in vertical adjacency. 
 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each handrail is a U-shaped handrail having a first rounded portion and a second rounded portion. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein said superior surface is connected to the first rounded portion, and said inferior surface is connected to the second rounded portion. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the first rounded portion and the second rounded portion are integrated and form the U-shaped handrail. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the shortened-length exercise platform is flat topped. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the inferior surface of said shortened-length exercise platform have curved lateral edges. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the curved lateral edges are positioned over the lateral edges of said at least one stackable exercise platform. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the width of said at least one stackable exercise platform is equivalent to a width of said shortened-length exercise platform. 
     
     
         10 . An apparatus to assist an individual with reduced physical abilities perform light exercises and stretches, said apparatus comprising:
 at least one stackable exercise platform having a superior surface and an inferior surface with a length between three and four feet, a width between two and three feet, and a thickness between two and six inches for the purpose of providing the individual with a comfortable and elevated surface on which to perform light exercises and stretches, wherein lateral edges of said at least one stackable exercise platform are turned upwards and rounded in an ergonomic fashion forming handrails running the length of said at least one stackable exercise platform, and said superior surface and the inferior surface of said at least one stackable exercise platform are complimentary in shape allowing for secure coupling of said at least one stackable exercise platform when said at least one stackable exercise platform is placed in vertical adjacency with another said at least one stackable exercise platform; and   a shortened-length exercise platform with at least one decline angle terminal end.   
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein each handrail is a U-shaped handrail having a first rounded portion and a second rounded portion. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein said superior surface is connected to the first rounded portion, and said inferior surface is connected to the second rounded portion. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the first rounded portion and the second rounded portion are integrated and form the U-shaped handrail. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein said shortened-length exercise platform is flat topped. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein said shortened-length exercise platform comprises an inferior surface that have curved lateral edges. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the curved lateral edges are positioned over the lateral edges of said at least one stackable exercise platform. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the width of said at least one stackable exercise platform is equivalent to a width of said shortened-length exercise platform. 
     
     
         18 . An apparatus to assist an individual with reduced physical abilities perform light exercises and stretches, said apparatus comprising:
 at least one stackable exercise platform having a superior surface and an inferior surface with a length between three and four feet, a width between two and three feet, and a thickness between two and six inches for the purpose of providing the individual with a comfortable and elevated surface on which to perform light exercises and stretches, wherein lateral edges of said at least one stackable exercise platform are turned upwards and rounded in an ergonomic fashion forming handrails running the length of said at least one stackable exercise platform, and said superior surface and the inferior surface of said at least one stackable exercise platform are complimentary in shape allowing for secure coupling of said at least one stackable exercise platform when said at least one stackable exercise platform is placed in vertical adjacency with another said at least one stackable exercise platform,
 wherein each handrail is a U-shaped handrail having a first rounded portion and a second rounded portion, 
 wherein said superior surface is connected to the first rounded portion, and said inferior surface is connected to the second rounded portion, and 
 wherein the first rounded portion and the second rounded portion are integrated and form the U-shaped handrail; and 
   a shortened-length exercise platform with at least one decline angle terminal end.   
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein said shortened-length exercise platform is flat topped. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein said shortened-length exercise platform comprises an inferior surface that have curved lateral edges.