Exerciser for muscles used in skiing

Claim 1

Apparatus for exercise of muscles used in skiing comprising a base, a pair of rotational bearing members fixed to said base, a pair of platform members each positioned substantially centrally over each of said bearing members, a plurality of coil springs each with a first end and a second end, the first end of each of said coil springs being attached to one of the platform members and the second end of each of said coil springs being attached to the other of the platform members, a pair of rocker assemblies is mounted upon each of said platform members, a foot platform is mounted centrally over each of said pairs of rocker assemblies, each of said rocker assemblies comprises an upper and a lower flexible bushing, a formed member, a pair of tubular bushings, and a pair of retaining members, said formed member has a horizontally extending flattened portion, a vertical extension and a body, said body of said formed member has extending from the opposite sides thereof a shaft, said shaft passes through said tubular bushings, said tubular bushings are fixed to said platform members by said retaining members, said flattened portion is positioned between said upper and said lower flexible bushings, said vertical extensions engage the lower surfaces of said foot platforms in touching relationship thereto, said upper flexible bushings are fixed to the lower surfaces of said foot platforms, said lower flexible bushings are fixed to the upper surfaces of said platform members.