Flat row exercise machine
OwnerRichard J. Hooleinventor
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Abstract
A flat row exercise machine is disclosed. The machine includes a base structure, a pair of front and rear vertical frame members fixed to the base structure and extending upwardly therefrom, and a horizontal member fixed between the pair of rear vertical frame members. The machine also includes a pair of levers having upper ends coupled pivotally to the horizontal member and each lever having a lower end configured to hold at least one removable weight or a tension band, where the pair of levers are configured to move independently of each other. A pair of arms extend outwardly from the lower ends of the pair of levers, where each arm is configured to be raised by a user such that the upper ends of the pair of levers pivot in place as the user moves a distal end of the pair of arms in an up and down motion.
Claims20
A flat row exercise machine, the machine comprising:
- a base structure to engage a substantially horizontal surface;
- a pair of front vertical frame members fixed to the base structure and extending upwardly therefrom, the front vertical frame members being substantially parallel to one another;
- a pair of rear vertical frame members fixed to the base structure and extending upwardly therefrom, the rear vertical frame members being substantially parallel to one another;
- a horizontal member connected between the pair of rear vertical frame members;
- a pair of levers having upper ends coupled pivotally to the horizontal member and each lever having a lower end configured to hold at least one removable weight, a tension band, or any combination thereof, wherein the pair of levers are configured to move independently of each other;
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- a pair of arms each arm extending outwardly from a respective lower end of the pair of levers, wherein each arm is configured to be raised by a user such that the pair of levers resist the user raising the pair of arms.
A flat row exercise machine, the machine comprising:
- a base structure;
- a plurality of vertical frame members fixed to the base structure and extending upwardly therefrom;
- a pair of levers having upper ends coupled pivotally to the vertical frame members and each lever having a lower end;
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- a pair of arms extending outwardly from the lower ends of the pair of levers, wherein a distal end of each arm is configured to be raised independently of the other arm by a user resulting in the respective lever to pivot about its upper end.
A flat row exercise machine, the machine comprising:
- a base structure to engage a substantially horizontal surface;
- a pair of front vertical frame members fixed to the base structure and extending upwardly therefrom, the front vertical frame members being substantially parallel to one another;
- a pair of rear vertical frame members fixed to the base structure and extending upwardly therefrom, the rear vertical frame members being substantially parallel to one another;
- a horizontal member connected between the pair of rear vertical frame members;
- a pair of levers having upper ends coupled pivotally to the horizontal member and each lever having a lower end configured to hold at least one removable weight, a tension band, or any combination thereof, wherein the pair of levers are configured to move independently of each other;
- a pair of arms each arm extending outwardly from a respective lower end of the pair of levers, wherein each arm is configured to be raised by a user such that the pair of levers resist the user raising the pair of arms;
- a center bench support having a series of adjustment holes, wherein the center bench support is configured to removably receive and support a cantilevered bench above the pair of arms at a desired height;
- a pair of horizontal hinge pins disposed at a proximate end of each arm of the pair of arms, wherein the distal end of each arm is configured to rotate in a horizontal plane about the horizontal hinge pin;
- a pair of slotted pins to removably secure the bar or the pair of handgrips to the pair of arms, wherein the bar or pair of handgrips are configured to rotate in both the horizontal plane and a vertical plane relative to the pair of arms;
- an elbow interposed between the lower end of each lever and a proximate end of each pair of arms, wherein each elbow having a weight peg to received a free weight thereon;
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- an upper tension pin fixed to each of the levers and configured to receive a first end of a tension band thereon, and the base structure having a lower tension pin configured to receive a second end of the tension band, wherein the tension band is elastic and configured to resist the user as the user is raising the pair of arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.