Abstract: A feet-binding apparatus for a tilting inversion exercise machine comprising an adjusting device, a control device, and an ankle holder. The adjusting device is connected to the tilting inversion exercise machine. The control device includes a pivoting member pivotably connected to the adjusting device, a ratchet fixed to the adjusting device and having a frictional portion, a pawl pivotably connected to the pivoting member and having a claw portion at an end thereof, a control bar fixed to the pivoting member at an end thereof, and an actuating rod inserted inside the control bar and pivotably connected to the other end of the pawl to be driven by a force to drive the claw portion to engage with or disengage from the frictional portion. The ankle holder includes a first binding cushion assembly fixed to the adjusting device, and a second binding cushion assembly fixed to the pivoting member.

Abstract: A lifting toilet chair having arm rests which are utilized to provide a leveraging action to allow the user to control the ascent and descent of a pivoting toilet seat as well as to assist the user in raising himself/herself from a sitting to a standing posture.

Abstract: A base of a mattress for a massage bed. The mattress comprises a leather or vinyl cover, a thin foam pad, a thick foam pad and a dense foam pad. The base supports the mattress and includes a mesh layer made of an elastic mesh cloth, and a strap layer made of a plurality of woven straps interlaced together. Accordingly, the base of the mattress of the present invention provides the massage bed with a good supporting force, resilience, and ductility, and reduces the overall weight of the massage bed to a range from about 14 kilograms to about 15 kilograms, whereby the mattress bed is compact and easily carried by a user.

Abstract: An angle-adjustable tabletop personal support apparatus includes a positioning base for positioning on the top of a table, a supporting mattress unit pivoted to the positioning base and adapted to support the user's head and chest, and an angle adjustment unit provided between the positioning base and the supporting mattress unit and adapted to support the supporting mattress unit on the positioning base in a tilted position.

Abstract: A folding collapsible massage bed constructed to include a bedstead formed of two equal open frames hinged together by leaved hinge means, two mattress elements respectively mounted on the open frames, two legs respectively pivoted to the open frames, two cord members bilaterally connected between the legs to limit the outward turning angle of the legs, four folding braces bilaterally symmetrically connected between the legs and hinge leaves of the hinge means, and locking means adapted for locking the folding braces in the extended position.

Abstract: An improved massage bed structure, which is foldable into a compact case to facilitate transport and storage, including a bed frame, a mattress, an inclination adjusting structure and a height adjusting structure. The inclination and height adjusting structures permit easy adjustment of the angles of inclination of a back pad and the massage bed, and the height of a waist and hip pad to comply with ergonomics. A pillow is provided to provide good support for the user's head and is capable of height and angle adjustment. A rest plate is mounted at the lower end of the pillow to provide support for the user's elbows to help the user to relax the shoulder muscles to thereby enhance massaging effects.

Abstract: A massage chair including a main support frame and large and small curved rod frames. Specifically, the user can use a retaining pin to engage any of several round holes formed in the intermediate section of the main support frame to adjust the position of the hip pad, which is mounted to the large curved rod frame, which rides on a block secured to the retaining pin. The main support frame abuts against an eccentric angular block to enable the user to adjust the distance between the curved part of the main support frame against which the angular block abuts and the center of rotation of the block to permit micro-adjustment of the inclination of the main support frame.

Abstract: Collapsible recumbent exercise bicycle apparatus wherein the seat is pivotably coupled to the base and the seat back is pivotably coupled to the seat. The seat and seat back are therefore convertible between an upright user-supporting configuration and a folded storage configuration. Further, the base is telescopically collapsible to reduce the footprint of the apparatus for storage.

Abstract: A self-locking quick release bracket having a body which surrounds a support rod having a line of cavities. The body includes an internal projection adapted to be placed into a selected one of the cavities at a desired elevation along the rod. The body is so formed that it can be tilted relative to the rod to remove the projection from a cavity and allow the bracket to be moved longitudinally along the rod in order to change the location of the bracket on the rod.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus having movable elements which are manipulatable against resistance by a user to selectively exercise either the abdominal muscles or the back muscles of the user. The movable elements are interconnected for concurrent movement. Resistance to their movement is provided by an elastic resistance band which is secured to one of the elements and to a fixed support structure of the exercise apparatus. An adjustment mechanism is provided for pre-tensioning the resistance band.

Abstract: A striding exerciser comprising a frame having a base adapted to be supported on a horizontal surface and a pair of spaced upright supports each secured to and extending upwardly from the base. A pair of stride assemblies are each mounted to the frame and each includes a leg member and an arm member, arranged to pivot about a respective first and second pivot axis. A first mechanism is provided for interconnecting the leg member and the arm member within each stride assemblies for concurrent pivoting movement in the same angular direction about their respective pivot axes and a second mechanism is provided for interconnecting the pair of stride assemblies for concurrent pivoting movement in opposite angular directions about the pivot axes.

Abstract: Abdominal exercise apparatus wherein upper and lower body supports are provided and interconnected to coordinate upper and lower abdominal workouts. Resistance for the abdominal exercises may also be provided by the apparatus. Further, the interconnection between the upper and lower body supports may be selectively disconnected so that individual upper and lower abdominal exercises can be performed.

Abstract: A treadmill provided with pivoting poles of adjustable resistance to enable a user to partake of both an upper body workout and a lower body workout. The poles are mounted about raised pivot axes at approximately the level of the knees of a user standing on the treadmill belt.

Abstract: Exercise apparatus which enables the user to selectively perform a bench press exercise or a butterfly exercise using the same apparatus elements without requiring any modification to the apparatus by the user. A pair of exercise arms are mounted to a pivot bar for pivoting movement each about a respective one of a pair of parallel pivot axes and are interconnected for concurrent pivoting movement in opposite angular directions about the pair of pivot axes by respective intermeshed circular gear segments. The pivot bar is mounted to an overhead member for pivoting movement about a horizontal pivot axis. When a butterfly exercise is being performed, the apparatus provides equal resistance to both of the user's arms and insures that both arms move at the same speed. When a bench press exercise is being performed, the meshing of the circular gear segments locks the exercise arms together.

Abstract: Portable storage support structure adapted for resting on a floor and leaning against a wall includes elongated first and second members having a bend so as to together define a plane, and a support bar secured to the upper one of the members which lies within the plane and extends generally orthogonally to a major axis of the upper member. The length of the support bar is shorter than the projection of the lower member away from the upper member major axis so that the center of gravity remains between the distal end of the lower member and the wall. The upper end of the upper member and the distal end of the lower member frictionally engage the wall and the floor, respectively, so as to maintain the position of the support structure when a downwardly directed load is applied to the support bar.