US 12,285,376 B1
Stretch apparatus and method of multidirectional stretching using same
Spence Spencer, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Spence Spencer, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,667.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/234,540, filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Int. Cl. A61H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/0266 (2013.01) [A61H 2201/0192 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1253 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1642 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stretch apparatus comprising:
a) a base configured on a ground surface;
b) an ankle beam tower coupled to the base and comprising an ankle riser extending vertically from the base;
c) an ankle beam coupled to the ankle riser and extending horizontally above the base along an ankle beam length axis and configured to support a foot or an ankle, wherein said ankle beam is circular in cross-section and comprises an ankle beam cup, a curved depression in the ankle beam that is configured to retain said foot or ankle in position laterally along said ankle beam;
wherein the ankle beam is vertically adjustable and comprises an ankle beam lock configured to retain the ankle beam to the ankle beam tower in a vertical position;
d) a leg beam tower coupled to the base and comprising a leg riser extending vertically from the base;
e) a leg beam coupled to the leg riser and configured horizontally above the base and below the ankle beam and extending along a leg beam length axis configured to support an upper leg portion;
wherein said leg beam is circular in cross-section and comprises a leg beam cup, a curved depression in the leg beam that is configured to retain said upper leg in position laterally along said leg beam; and
wherein the leg beam length axis is offset a length offset distance and a vertical offset distance from the ankle beam length axis;
wherein the ankle beam is at least 150 mm above the leg beam, whereby in use for stretching, the stretch apparatus is configured with the ankle beam vertically above the leg beam such that an ankle of a person is positioned over the ankle beam and elevated above a knee of said person retained by the leg beam.