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Apparatus to maintain spinal alignment during the squat exercise

Title: Apparatus to maintain spinal alignment during the squat exercise

Related Patent Categories: Exercise Devices, User Manipulated Force Resisting Apparatus, Component Thereof, Or Accessory Therefor, Utilizing Weight Resistance, Including Stationary Support For Weight, Having Lever Carrying The Weight

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070287606, Apparatus to maintain spinal alignment during the squat exercise.

1) An apparatus to maintain spinal alignment during the squat exercise comprising: A rest or plurality of rests that are positioned against the anterior to middle portion of the shoulders generally capable of exerting a downward and posteriorly directed force; A rest or plurality of rests positioned against the lower spine, i.e. small of the back, generally exerting an anteriorly directed force; A connecting member between the anterior shoulder rests and the posterior lower back rests of each side, such that when the user exerts force onto either rest, the opposite rest will exert a reciprocal rotational force against the user; A point on the connecting member between the rests, that lies along the neutral, i.e. mechanical, axis of the spine, where resistance can be applied and transmitted to the user through the anterior and posterior rests; The result of the forces created by the opposing anterior shoulder rests and lower back rests, is that the spine is compelled to remain in alignment and is prevented from flexing forward.

2) An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the rests applied to anterior and middle potions of the shoulders are comprised of two parallel rests that lie on the left and right side of the shoulders, and contact the front to middle portion of the shoulders; generally capable of exerting a posteriorly directed force.

3) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member between the shoulder rests and the lower back rests is in fact a lever whose pivot point is positioned over the neutral, i.e. mechanical, axis of spine, which generally lies behind the head and over the middle of the posterior shoulders.

4) An apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a connecting member from each of the shoulder rests, which travels through the pivot point of the connecting member and extends posteriorly behind the user and behind the neutral mechanical axis of the spine.

5) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member from the shoulder rests which proceeds posteriorly, past the pivot point, will be intersected by and have attached to it a transverse crosspiece between the connecting members of each side.

6) An apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a lumbar rest attached to the transverse crosspiece between the left and right sides; which can rotate in an arc around this transverse connector for the purpose of engaging the lumbar rest against the low back.

7) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the the pivot point on the connecting member between the anterior shoulder rests and the posterior lumbar rests can engage a long lever arm that is hinged on an external, immobile base, such that when the user exerts force on the applied shoulder and lumbar pads, the engaged lever arm will be raised and travel up with the user. Any resistance carried by or applied to the external lever arm will likewise be carried by the user, through the lever arm attachment on the pivot point of the connecting member between the anterior shoulder rests and the posterior shoulder rests.

8) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pivot point on the lever between the anterior shoulder rests and the posterior lumbar rest can have weight resistance applied directly to it by means of a hook, a peg, a post, or a cradle that holds a weight plate, a barbell or a dumbbell onto the pivot.

9) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pivot point on the lever between the anterior shoulder rests and the posterior lumbar rest can have weight resistance applied directly to it by means of a cable or a plurality of cables that exert a downward force.

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