Knee exercising device

Claim 1

A knee exercising device for use by a user sitting on a chair, or the like, with the leg of the knee to be exercised being raised by a spacer placed between the thigh of that knee and the seat of the chair, said device comprising a relatively thin, plate member adapted to be interposed between the buttocks of the user and the chair seat and position the device relative to the user's knees, said plate member being removably positioned on the chair seat, a lever disposed between the legs of the user and pivotally mounted, intermediate its length, on said plate member for movement about a horizontal pivot axis, the pivotal axis of the lever being positioned generally parallel to and in general vertical alignment beneath the pivot axis of the knee joint, the upper portion of said lever being engagable by the user, a leg engaging pad, and means for mounting said pad on the lower portion of said lever for engagement with the lower leg, of the knee being exercised, in an area adjacent to and spaced above the user's foot, whereby the user may manually displace the upper end of the lever to apply a controlled pressure on the lower leg in flexing the knee joint.