Exercise machine with adjustable rack out hooks and adjustable counterweighted safety tiers
AssigneeHoist Fitness Systems, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey O. Meredith, Tyler S. Hilderbrand
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Abstract
An exercise machine with an adjustable safety tier and rack out hook system, having: (a) a safety tier attached to and moveable along each of a pair of upwardly-extending guide rods, wherein the safety tier can be rotated to a locked position such that the safety tier latches onto the upwardly-extending support member or rotated to an unlocked position; (b) a counterweight connected to each safety tier; and (c) a rack out hook attached to and moveable along each of the upwardly-extending guide rods, wherein the rack out hook can be rotated to a locked position such that the rack out hook latches onto the upwardly-extending support member or rotated to an unlocked position.
Claims13
An exercise machine having an adjustable safety tier and rack out hook system, comprising:
- a frame comprising:
- a pair of upwardly-extending support members, and
- a pair of upwardly-extending guide rods, wherein one of the guide rods is positioned next to each of the upwardly-extending support members;
- a safety tier attached to and moveable along each of the upwardly-extending guide rods, wherein the safety tier is configured to be rotated to a locked position such that the safety tier latches onto a respective one of the upwardly-extending support members or to an unlocked position such that the safety tier disconnects from the respective upwardly-extending support member;
- a counterweight connected to each safety tier;
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- a rack out hook attached to and moveable along each of the upwardly-extending guide rods, wherein the rack out hook is configured to be rotated to a locked position such that the rack out hook latches onto a respective one of the upwardly-extending support members or to an unlocked position such that the rack out hook disconnects from the respective upwardly-extending support member and
- wherein the safety tiers and rack out hooks each rotate around the upwardly-extending guide rods from their locked to unlocked positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.