Device for stretch exercising muscles

Claim 1

A DEVICE UPON WHICH THE USER STANDS FOR EXERCISING THE MUSCLES OF THE HUMAN BODY TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL FITNESS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING: A BASE IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATED GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BOX MOLDED IN ONE PIECE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A BOTTOM WALL, AN OPEN TOP, A FRONT END WALL, A LOWER REAR END WALL, AND LONGITUDINALLY INCLINED TRANSVERSELY SPACED SIDE WALLS CONNECTING SAID END WALLS, SAID FRONT AND REAR END WALLS BEING INCLINED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BOX IN THE SAME DIRECTION, SAID FRONT END WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH A THROUGH FINGER RECEIVING RECESS IN ITS UPPER EDGE AND A PAIR OF OUTSTANDING INTERNAL SUPPORTS RECESSED BELOW SAID UPPER EDGE ON EACH SIDE OF BUT ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECESS, SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH SEVERAL ELONGATED LONGITUDINAL LUGS ADJACENT SAID FRONT END WALL, TWO OF SAID LUGS BEING SPACED TRANSVERSELY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE APART ON EACH SIDE OF A THIRD LUG EXTENDING ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID BOX, EACH OF SAID LUGS BEING PROVIDED WITH LONGITUDINALLY SPACED WALL PORTIONS FORMING A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSE THROUGH SLOTS, WITH THE SLOTS IN EACH OF SAID LUGS BEING TRANSVERSELY ALINED WITH THE SLOTS IN THE OTHER LUGS TO FORM LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSE SETS OF SLOTS; AN ELONGATED FOOT SUPPORTING PLATFORM MOLDED IN ONE PIECE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL AND ADAPTED TO BE INCLINED LONGITUDINALLY ABOVE SAID BOX, SAID PLATFORM INCLUDING A REAR END, A FRONT END ADAPTED TO REST UPON SAID SUPPORTS AND ACCESSIBLE THROUGH SAID RECESS, AND AN UPPER SURFACE INCLINED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BOX IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID END WALLS; A GENERALLY U-SHAPED ROUND WIRE BALE INCLUDING A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED ARMS CONNECTED BY A LOWER TRANSVERSE LEG ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SETS OF SLOTS; A FRONT HINGE PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID ARMS AND SAID PLATFORM ADJACENT SAID FRONT END THEREOF AND ALONG A FIRST TRANSVERSE AXIS AT POINTS SPACE A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE APART ON EACH SIDE OF THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID PLATFORM COMMON TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID BOX; AND A REAR HINGE PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID REAR END OF SAID PLATFORM TO SAID BOTTOM WALL ADJACENT SAID REAR WALL ALONG A SECOND TRANSVERSE AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST AXIS AT POINTS SPACED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE APART ON EACH SIDE OF SAID COMMON LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE; WHEREBY THE INCLINATION OF SAID PLATFORM CAN BE VARIED READILY BY MANUALLY RAISING AND LOWERING SAID FRONT END OF SAID PLATFORM FOR SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID BALE AND SETS OF SLOTS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE UPON WHICH THE USER STANDS FOR EXERCISING THE MUSCLES OF THE HUMAN BODY TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL FITNESS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING: A BASE IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATED GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BOX MOLDED IN ONE PIECE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A BOTTOM WALL, AN OPEN TOP, A FRONT END WALL, A LOWER REAR END WALL, AND LONGITUDINALLY INCLINED TRANSVERSELY SPACED SIDE WALLS CONNECTING SAID END WALLS, SAID FRONT AND REAR END WALLS BEING INCLINED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BOX IN THE SAME DIRECTION, SAID FRONT END WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH A THROUGH FINGER RECEIVING RECESS IN ITS UPPER EDGE AND A PAIR OF OUTSTANDING INTERNAL SUPPORTS RECESSED BELOW SAID UPPER EDGE ON EACH SIDE OF BUT ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECESS, SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH SEVERAL ELONGATED LONGITUDINAL LUGS ADJACENT SAID FRONT END WALL, TWO OF SAID LUGS BEING SPACED TRANSVERSELY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE APART ON EACH SIDE OF A THIRD LUG EXTENDING ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID BOX, EACH OF SAID LUGS BEING PROVIDED WITH LONGITUDINALLY SPACED WALL PORTIONS FORMING A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSE THROUGH SLOTS, WITH THE SLOTS IN EACH OF SAID LUGS BEING TRANSVERSELY ALINED WITH THE SLOTS IN THE OTHER LUGS TO FORM LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSE SETS OF SLOTS; AN ELONGATED FOOT SUPPORTING PLATFORM MOLDED IN ONE PIECE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL AND ADAPTED TO BE INCLINED LONGITUDINALLY ABOVE SAID BOX, SAID PLATFORM INCLUDING A REAR END, A FRONT END ADAPTED TO REST UPON SAID SUPPORTS AND ACCESSIBLE THROUGH SAID RECESS, AND AN UPPER SURFACE INCLINED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BOX IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID END WALLS; A GENERALLY U-SHAPED ROUND WIRE BALE INCLUDING A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED ARMS CONNECTED BY A LOWER TRANSVERSE LEG ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SETS OF SLOTS; A FRONT HINGE PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID ARMS AND SAID PLATFORM ADJACENT SAID FRONT END THEREOF AND ALONG A FIRST TRANSVERSE AXIS AT POINTS SPACE A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE APART ON EACH SIDE OF THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID PLATFORM COMMON TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID BOX; AND A REAR HINGE PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID REAR END OF SAID PLATFORM TO SAID BOTTOM WALL ADJACENT SAID REAR WALL ALONG A SECOND TRANSVERSE AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST AXIS AT POINTS SPACED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE APART ON EACH SIDE OF SAID COMMON LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE; WHEREBY THE INCLINATION OF SAID PLATFORM CAN BE VARIED READILY BY MANUALLY RAISING AND LOWERING SAID FRONT END OF SAID PLATFORM FOR SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID BALE AND SETS OF SLOTS.