Portable foldable exercise cot

Claim 1

In a portable exercise device, comprising: a cot having longitudinal side members with central elbows permitting the ends of said cot to collapse inwardly toward each other, a foldable cot-support frame which, when extended, includes a longitudinal M-shaped tubular member along each side of said cot, each said M-shaped member including four tubular segments connected by means of pivot pins passing through adjacent ends thereof, and stop means limiting the maximum angular displacement of said tubular segments about said pivot pins, to retain said segments to form said M-shaped member, the improvements whereby the strength and safety of said device are increased without loss of portability, said improvements comprising: cap member stop means having sidewalls and end walls, said cap member enclosing the pivotally connected tubular segments with said pivot pin journaled in said sidewalls, the end walls of said cap member diverging outwardly at the maximum desired angular displacement of said tubular segments to define stops limiting said displacement to said desired maximum angle, the width of said cap member being such that the adjacent ends of said segments are positioned therewithin in side-by-side relation.