Lower extremity exerciser

Claim 1

In a lower extremity exercise board device of the type for use with endless elastic bands including a planar bed member closely associating with a plurality of vertical sockets for receiving band engageable peg members, the improvement comprising: support means associating with the undersurface of the bed member forming an open-ended channel and at least one storage chamber to a side of the channel, said support means including; an elongate support member rigidly connected to the bed member to be supportively arranged at the undersurface of the bed member and extend outwardly of the bed member along one edge thereof and generally parallel to said channel, said support member having an upper horizontal surface including a plurality of spaced-apart vertical sockets having axes at generally right angles to said planar bed and an external vertical edge surface including horizontal spaced-apart apertures having axes at generally right angles to the socket axes, said upper horizontal surface forming a depressed shoulder with respect to the edge of said bed member; a slidable bar means movably arranged within said channel and terminating at an outward end thereof in band-engageable means, the bar means being movable outward of said channel to position said outward end at a pre-selected distance from said bed member; latching means associated with said slidable bar means capable of securing the bar means at pre-selected positions from the bed member; a plurality of band engageable peg members insertably cooperative with said vertical sockets and horizontal apertures wherein peg members are sized to be vertically held upon insertion at said sockets, and horizontally held when inserted at said apertures, wherein said peg members are capable of being selectively insertable to provide for a variety of band arrangements for different exercises; and, securement means associated with said storage chamber means capable of removably storing peg members; wherein said improved device provides for a removably looping engagement of endless elastic bands around said peg members and band-engageable means without mechanical fastening of bands, and wherein said peg members and slidable bar means enable the device to be selectively arranged for a wide variety of band orientations.