Exercise bar carriage locking mechanism
AssigneeHablamer, LLC
InventorFrank Kilby
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus comprising: a frame; first and second vertical guides coupled to the frame; first and second carriages carried on the respective first and second vertical guides, each of the first and second carriages having an upper carriage portion, a lower carriage portion and a carriage locking mechanism operable to lock and release the lower carriage portion to a selected vertical position along the first and second vertical guides; and an exercise bar coupled to the upper carriage portion of the first and second carriages, the exercise bar operable to translate or rotate to actuate the carriage locking mechanism.
Claims20
An exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- first and second vertical guides coupled to the frame;
- first and second carriages carried on the respective first and second vertical guides, each of the first and second carriages having a first carriage portion, a second carriage portion and a carriage locking mechanism comprising a locking assembly operable to lock and release at least one of the first or second carriage portions to a selected vertical position along the first and second vertical guides, and wherein the locking assembly of each of the first and second carriages requires a same vertical position along the first and second vertical guides for the locking operation and remains in a locked position until release;
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- an exercise bar coupled to the first or second carriage portion of the first and second carriages, the exercise bar operable to actuate the carriage locking mechanism.
An exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one vertical guide coupled to the frame;
- a carriage carried on the vertical guide, the carriage comprising a first carriage and a second carriage and a carriage locking mechanism comprising a locking protrusion assembly operable to lock and release the first or second carriage relative to the at least one vertical guide;
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- an exercise bar coupled to the first carriage, the exercise bar operable to actuate the carriage locking mechanism to lock or release the second carriage relative to the at least one vertical guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.