Multipositionable portable and collapsible horizontal bar exercising apparatus

Abstract

Exercising apparatus having a frame made of detachably, telescopically coupled tubular members. In a free standing version of the invention, a U-shaped exercising cross bar has vertical end sections coupled to a spider member at each side of the frame. These vertical end sections are adjustable up and down to selectively vary the usable height of the cross bar and are locked in proper adjusted positions by pin and aperture connections. A pair of downwardly diverging legs are coupled to the spider on each side of the frame. Horizontal tubular feet extend across the frame at the front and back and connect the lower ends of corresponding legs together. A pair of horizontal, floor level tension rods interconnect the front and back feet to keep them from moving apart and the legs from spreading when the cross bar is loaded. A door-stabilized, floor-supported version of the invention is made by combining some of the parts of the free standing version. A closed rectangular frame is made by using the cross bar and a duplicate thereof from the free standing version for the top and bottom members of the rectangular frame, and coupling them by using two of the legs from the free standing version as side members. The rectangular frame so made is substantially the size and shape of a door and the upper cross bar is supported in spaced parallel relationship from the top of the door while the bottom cross bar is crowded into the corner between the door and the floor. It is held at the top by quickly releasable spring members and the whole frame may handily be stored behind the door when not in use.

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