Exercise apparatus

Claim 2

Exercise apparatus comprising: housing means having a base portion for supporting said housing means on a supporting surface and said housing having a top portion; counter means on said housing; sensor means on the top portion of said housing means for sensing physical contact with the top portion of said housing means, said sensor means being connected to said counter means wherein said counter means is incremented when a person makes physical contact with the top portion of said housing means during a push-up; and a plurality of platform elements each having a lower surface for supporting said platform element on a supporting surface and an upper surface, said platform elements being stackable, one on top of another, wherein the lower surface of one platform element is received on the upper surface of another of said platform elements, said base portion of said housing means being adapted to be received on the upper surface of an uppermost platform element.

Claim 3

In the exercise apparatus of claim 1, said counter means comprising a digital counter, said sensor means comprising a button switch positioned on the top portion of said housing means, and a plunger arm mounted on said button switch, said button switch being electrically interconnected with said digital counter means wherein said digital counter means is incremented when said button switch is actuated.

Claim 4

The exercise apparatus of claim 2 further comprising padded cushion means on the top portion of said housing means, said padded cushion means extending over said plunger arm and said button switch and being secured to said housing means.

Claim 5

In the exercise apparatus of claim 1, said base portion of said housing means having a recessed cavity therein, said lower surface of said platform elements having a recessed cavity therein, said upper surface of said platform elements having a raised neck portion generally corresponding in dimension to said recessed cavity in said base portion of said housing means and said recessed cavity in said lower surface of said platform element, said platform elements being stackable one on top of another wherein the recessed cavity of one platform element is received in interfitting engagement on the raised neck portion of another platform element, said housing means being stackable on top of an uppermost platform element wherein the recessed cavity of the base portion of the housing means is received in interfitting engagement with the raised neck portion of said uppermost platform element.

Claim 6

In the exercise apparatus of claim 1, said base portion of said housing means and said lower surface of said platform elements each including gripping means for preventing movement of the housing means and the platform elements with respect to each other and with respect to the supporting surface.

Claim 7

In the exercise apparatus of claim 5, said gripping means comprising a resilient rubber strip disposed around an outer peripheral edge of the base portion of the housing means and an outer peripheral edge of the lower surface of the platform elements.

Claim 8

Exercise apparatus comprising: housing means having a base portion for supporting said housing means on a supporting surface and said housing having a top portion; counter means on said housing; and sensor means on the top portion of said housing means for sensing physical contact with the top portion of said housing means, said sensor means being connected to said counter means wherein said counter means is incremented when a person makes physical contact with the top portion of said housing means during push-up, said counter means comprising a digital counter, said sensor means comprising a button switch assembly positioned on the top portion of said housing means, said switch assembly being electrically interconnected with said digital counter wherein said digital counter is incremented when said button switch is actuated, a plunger arm having a first end mounted over said button switch and a second end facing upwardly, said exercise apparatus further comprising padded cushion means on the top portion of said housing means, said padded cushion means extending over said second end of said plunger arm and being secured to said housing.

Claim 9

Exercise apparatus comprising: housing means having a base portion for supporting said housing means on a supporting surface and said housing having a top portion; counter means on said housing; and sensor means on the top portion of said housing means for sensing physical contact with the top portion of said housing means, said sensor means being connected to said counter means wherein said counter means is incremented when a person makes physical contact with the top portion of said housing means during push-up, said counter means comprising a digital counter, said sensor means comprising a button switch assembly positioned on the top portion of said housing means, said switch assembly being electrically interconnected with said digital counter wherein said digital counter is incremented when said button switch is actuated, a plunger arm having a first end mounted over said button switch and a second end facing upwardly, said exercise apparatus further comprising padded cushion means on the top portion of said housing means, said padded cushion means extending over said second end of said plunger arm and being secured to said housing.

Claim 10

A push-up counter comprising: a housing having a generally flat base portion for supporting said housing on a supporting surface, a recessed cavity in said base portion, and said housing having a top portion; digital counter means mounted in said housing; button switch means mounted on the top portion of said housing, said button switch means being connected to said digital counter means wherein said counter means is incremented when a person actuates said button switch means during a push-up; a padded cushion mounted on said top portion of said housing over said button switch; a plurality of stackable platform elements each including an upper surface having a raised neck portion and a lower surface having a recessed cavity therein, said lower surface being operable for supporting said platform element on a supporting surface, said platform elements being stackable one on top of another wherein the recessed cavity of one platform element is received in interfitting engagement on the raised neck portion of another one of said platform elements, said housing being stackable on the upon an uppermost platform element to adjust the vertical height of the housing means above the supporting surface wherein the recessed cavity in the base portion thereof is received in interfitting engagement on the raised neck portion of the uppermost platform element.

Claim 11

A push-up counter comprising: a housing having a generally flat base portion for supporting said housing on a supporting surface, a recessed cavity in said base portion, and said housing having a top portion; digital counter means mounted in said housing; button switch means mounted on the top portion of said housing, said button switch means being connected to said digital counter means wherein said counter means is incremented when a person actuates said button switch means during a push-up; a padded cushion mounted on said top portion of said housing over said button switch; a plurality of stackable platform elements each including an upper surface having a raised neck portion and a lower surface having a recessed cavity therein, said lower surface being operable for supporting said platform element on a supporting surface, said platform elements being stackable one on top of another wherein the recessed cavity of one platform element is received in interfitting engagement on the raised neck portion of another one of said platform elements, said housing being stackable on the upon an uppermost platform element to adjust the vertical height of the housing means above the supporting surface wherein the recessed cavity in the base portion thereof is received in interfitting engagement on the raised neck portion of the uppermost platform element.