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US 12,134,006 B2Granted
Collapsible freestanding exercise station
AssigneeMWA Company
InventorsMichael Alfandre, Theodore R. Espiritu, Jr., Daniel H. Stuart, Zachary D. Henderson
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Abstract
An exercise station with a pull-up bar is disclosed. The exercise station is freestanding without engaging external structures, and supports a user in performing an exercise routine, such as pull-ups or dips. The exercise station may be collapsed to a small footprint and a low vertical profile without removal or disassembly of the exercise station's components.
Claims20
An exercise station comprising:
- a base;
- a first stand;
- a second stand;
- and
- a pull-up bar,
- wherein, in an expanded state of the exercise station, the base is configured to rest on a floor, the first stand is coupled to the base in a substantially vertical orientation, the second stand is coupled to the base in a substantially vertical orientation, and the pull-up bar is coupled to the first stand and to the second stand in a substantially lateral orientation,
- wherein, in a collapsed state of the exercise station, the base is configured to rest on a floor, the first stand is coupled to the base in a substantially lateral orientation, the second stand is coupled to the base in a substantially lateral orientation, and the pull-up bar is coupled to the first stand and to the second stand in a substantially lateral orientation, and
- wherein, in the expanded state of the exercise station, the first stand and the second stand define a vertical-lateral plane, and wherein the first stand and the second stand each remain substantially in the vertical-lateral plane during a transition from the expanded state of the exercise station to the collapsed state of the exercise station.
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A collapsible, freestanding exercise station comprising:
- a base configured to rest on a floor;
- a first stand comprising a first lower stand member and a first upper stand member, wherein the first lower stand member is hingedly coupled to a first side of the base at a lower end of the first lower stand member, and wherein the first upper stand member is hingedly coupled to an upper end of the first lower stand member at a lower end of the first upper stand member;
- a second stand comprising a second lower stand member and a second upper stand member, wherein the second lower stand member is hingedly coupled to a second side of the base at a lower end of the second lower stand member, and wherein the second upper stand member is hingedly coupled to an upper end of the second lower stand member at a lower end of the second upper stand member;
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- a pull-up bar hingedly coupled to an upper end of the first upper stand member at a first side of the pull-up bar, and hingedly coupled to an upper end of the second upper stand member at a second side of the pull-up bar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.