Therapeutic and body exercising apparatus

Claim 1

A THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS FOR BODY EXERCISE AND MOTION COMPRISING; (1) A PLATFORM PROVIDING A SUPPORT SURFACE FOR THE BODY OF THE USER, (2) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID PLATFORM FOR FREE ROTATION THROUGH 360 DEGREES AND AROUND A HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING BEARING MEANS SPACED VERTICALLY ABOVE THE PLATFORM SURFACE WHEN SAID SURFACE IS HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, SAID PLATFORM HAVING AT LEAST ONE BEARING ENGAGING MEMBER FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID BEARING MEANS; (3) A HARNESS ATTACHED TO THE PLATFORM AND MOVABLE THEREWITH, THE HARNESS HAVING ADJUSTABLE STRAP MEANS FOR LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY STAPPING THE USER TO A SELECTED LOCATION ON THE PLATFORM AND FOR MAINTAINING THE USER IN THIS LOCATION ON THE PLATFORM DURING THE ROTATION THROUGH ANY PORTION OF THE CYCLE, (4) AN ADJUSTABLE STEP SLIDABLE TO ONE OF SEVERAL POSITIONS IN RELATION TO THE PLATFORM AND RELEASABLY LOCKABLE IN ONE OF THESE POSITIONS RELATIVE TO THE PLATFORM SO THAT THE STEP CAN BE PREPOSITIONED RELATIVE TO THE PLATFORM TO ENABLE THE USER TO ESTABLISH A POSITION ON THE PLATFORM WHEREBY WHEN THE USER STRAPS HIMSELF ON THE PLATFORM HE AND THE PLATFORM WILL BE IN A CONDITION OF SUBSTANTIALLY STATIC BALANCE, AND (5) MEANS ON SAID STEP FOR RETAINING THE FEET OF THE USER ON THE STEP REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION OF THE BODY OF THE USER.