Ex parte GEORGE - Page 18




                Appeal No. 98-2352                                                                                                       
                Application 08/245,870                                                                                                   


                18.  An apparatus for exercising the lower back muscles of a user comprising:                                            
                a frame;                                                                                                                 
                a kneeling platform mounted to said frame for supporting a user in a kneeling                                            
                position;                                                                                                                
                means mounted to said frame for preventing forward movement of the hip of a                                              
                user kneeling on said platform;                                                                                          
                lever means pivotally mounted to said frame for movement about a pivot axis and                                          
                disposed for engagement by the upper back of a user in said kneeling position for                                        
                backward and forward user-induced movement of said lever means for exercise of                                           
                the user’s lower back muscles; and                                                                                       
                resistance means operatively connected to said lever means for resisting said                                            
                backward user-induced movement with a predetermined resistive force.                                                     

























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