Exercise apparatus with turntable and pivoting poles

Claim 1

An exercise apparatus, comprising a base designed to rest upon a floor surface and extending from a front end to a rear end, a platform mounted to said base, right and left pivot arms extending between pivot ends mounted to said base and distal ends that can be grasped by a person standing on said platform, and a pivot assembly including right and left flanges secured to said base approximate said front end and extending upward from said floor surface, right and left brake pads positioned between said right and left flanges and adjacent respective flanges, with said pivot ends of said right and left pivot arms positioned between said right and left brake pads, and outwardly facing bearing plates on said pivot ends adjacent respective brake pads, and a single central brake pad positioned between inwardly facing bearing plates on said pivot ends, wherein said right and left flanges, said right and left brake pads, said pivot ends, and said central brake pad are secured relative to one another by a bolt extending through holes therein and a knob that mates with said bolt, and said pivot ends are rotatable relative to one another and said opposing flanges, subject to frictional resistance provided by said brake pads, whereby three brake pads engage four bearing plates and two flanges.