Combined chair and exercising device

Claim 1

A retractable exercising device comprising a chair, said chair having a seat portion, a fixed back portion and fixed arm portions, and providing a space beneath said seat portion, exercising apparatus, movable means carrying said exercising apparatus in a fully operative condition, said movable means being movable between a first position in which said exercising apparatus is in said space beneath said seat portion, and a second position in which said exercising apparatus is forwardly of said seat portion for manipulation of said exercising apparatus by a person seated on said chair, a forward closure panel carried by said movable means, said closure panel being positioned adjacent and beneath the forward edge of said seat portion when said movable means is in said first position, for thereby concealing said exercising apparatus, enclosed fixed side portions beneath said arms for said chair for enclosing said space from the side, said movable means including a platform, said exercising apparatus being positioned on said platform, and track means for guiding said platform in a rectilinear path between said first position and said second position, and stop means for positioning said movable means in positions intermediate said first position and said second position, said track means including a duality of telescoping segmented tracks, the segments of at least one of said tracks having alignable openings therein, said stop means including a pin insertable into said openings when said openings are so in alignment.