Leg exerciser adaptable to an office chair
Improvements in an exercise cycle is disclosed. The cycle is adaptable to an office chair with a hook feature that allows for easy engaging and disengaging of an office chair floor leg, support or caster. The extending hook allows for users of different heights to make use of the chair hook without requiring a user to change hooks to accommodate different heights of a user and office chair casters. The pedals are connected through a common axis and connect to a loading mechanism. There can be a flywheel and a transmission that alters the turning rate of the flywheel and/or the loading mechanism. The size and shape of the resistance loading housing is configured to fit under a common office desk. The user's weight, is transferred to the plate through the office chair caster to improve the stability of the desk bike.
1. A leg exerciser that is adaptable to an office chair comprising:
a resistance leg exerciser machine;
said resistance leg exerciser machine having a hook on an extendable support plate structure;
said hook extending from said support plate;
said hook is secured to said floor support plate and rises in an arc up and over said support plate at an angle that is configured to capture a caster of a chair within said hook;
said hook being configured to capture said caster of the office chair within essentially three sides of said hook while said caster is on said support plate, and
said hook is open on a fourth side whereby said caster can freely move or roll off said support plate and out of said hook without requiring said caster of the office chair to be lifted over said hook.
2. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , wherein said hook allows engaging and disengaging of a caster said floor support of said chair.
3. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 2 , wherein said hook allows for users of different heights to make use of said hook.
4. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 3 , further includes a control arm that locks into said extendable structure to adjust a distance between said hook and said resistance leg exerciser machine.
5. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , wherein said extendable structure is removable from said resistance leg exerciser.
6. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 5 , wherein said extendable support plate structure is fully removeable from said resistance leg exerciser machine with removal of a set screw that prevents said extendable support plate structure from being removed from said resistance leg exerciser machine.
7. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , wherein when said caster of said chair rests on said support plate a load of a user on said chair is transferred through said caster onto said support plate.
8. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 7 , wherein a portion of the load on said chair is transferred to said plate through said caster onto said support plate.
9. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , further includes a variable resistance mechanism.
10. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 9 , further includes a flywheel.
11. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , further includes the office chair.
12. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 11 , wherein using said leg exerciser presses the caster of said chair into said hook.
13. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , wherein said leg exerciser is enclosed in an essentially vertical housing with pedals that are placed on opposing sides of said essentially vertical housing.
14. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 13 , further includes a support leg that extends on opposing sides of said essentially vertical housing.
15. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , wherein said hook is usable as a handle for transportation of said leg exerciser.
16. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , further includes wheels on a front of said leg exerciser.
17. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , wherein said support plate further includes a back plate.
18. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , wherein said leg exerciser is configured to fit under a desk.
19. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , wherein said hook is formed from a round or a rectangular tube.
20. The leg exerciser that is adaptable to the office chair according to claim 1 , said angle of said hook is configured at an angle to floor support wherein said caster is retained within said hook while a user is using said leg exerciser.