Patents Examined by Browne William R.
  • Patent number: 4185818
    Abstract: A leg exercising device adapted to strengthen hip abduction and adduction muscles comprising body support members secured to a frame to support the human body such that the median axis of the human body is substantially parallel to the central axis of the body support members. A pair of padded leg support members, adapted to engage the side of the legs, and a fluid flow resistence member are secured to the body support members to resist movement of extremities of the leg support members in a lateral direction between a first position wherein the feet of a user are adjacent the median axis of the body of the user to a second position wherein the extremities of the leg support members are spaced from the median axis of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Inventor: Jerry D. Brentham