Foot exercising apparatus

Claim 1

A foot exercising apparatus comprising: a front stand made from a hollow, rectangular bar transversely disposed at the front, and fastened with a top frame having a unitary horizontal plate extended backwards in the middle and terminated to a vertical plate; a rear stand made from a hollow, rectangular bar transversely disposed at the back in parallel with said front stand; two floor tracks bilaterally connected between said front and rear stands at the top, each floor track having an inverted T-channel through the respective length respectively fastened with a series of equally spaced pin bearings; two slides respectively fitted into the T-channel on either floor track and moved to slide back and forth on said pin bearings alternatively, each slide having a pair of rollers supported above the top of the respective floor track; a chassis transversely disposed in the middle between said front and rear stands, having a flat top raised from two opposite lower ends thereof, the two opposite lower ends of said chassis being respectively fastened to said floor tracks at the bottom; a pulley assembly consisted of a first pulley and a second pulley respectively mounted on said top frame on two opposite ends thereof, an adjusting wheel mounted on an angle plate fastened to the vertical plate of said top frame, and a third pulley and a fourth pulley respectively mounted on said rear stand at the top by a frame at locations corresponding to said first and second pulley respectively; a drag resistance regulating device comprised of a damping wheel mounted on the flat top of said chassis at the top and controlled by a knob; two locating members respectively fastened to said slides at an inner side; two stop blocks respectively fastened to said slides below said respective locating member to limit the moving distance of said slides on said tracks within said front and rear stands; a first linking-up cable having one end fastened to the locating member on either slide, and an opposite end wound through said first pulley, said adjusting wheel and said second pulley in proper order, and then fastened to the locating member on the other slide; a second linking-up cable having one end fastened to the locating member on either slide, and an opposite end wound through said third pulley and said damping wheel, then wound through said fourth pulley, and then connected to the locating member on the other slide; and two foot plates respective mounted on said slides at the top.