US 6,981,934 B1
Machine for doing squats and other exercises
Tessema Dosho Shifferaw, 1019 Solano Ave., Albany, Calif. 94706 (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/909,953.
Int. Cl. A63B 21/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 482—133 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exercise machine comprising: a horizontally extending platform for receiving an exerciser, an upright post mounted on the platform, a carriage which can be moved along the post in upward and downward directions by the exerciser, and a plurality of elastic elements which can be selectively connected to the carriage to assist or resist movement of the carriage in the upward and downward directions.