Laterally pivoted weight training device
AssigneeDiversified Products Corporation
InventorIra J. Silberman
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Abstract
An exercising device for developing primarily the muscles of the neck. The device comprises a pivoted weight support having a cushioned lower surface which is raised and lowered by motions of the user's head. The device may be supported in mounting brackets affixed to the legs of an exercising bench. The exercising device has a generally J-shaped frame having a generally upstanding lower portion and a generally arched upper portion which has a free end. A stop device is carried by the frame at the free end of the upper portion for engaging and supporting a laterally extending portion of the weight support when the latter is in its lowest rest position.
Claims17
An exercising device for use with interchangeable weights of selected quantity comprising:
- an inverted, generally J-shaped frame having a generally upstanding lower portion and a generally arched upper portion joined at one end to said lower portion along a back side of said frame and having a free opposite end, said frame being adapted to be supported in a stationary position relative to a user-supporting surface;
- weight support means pivoted to said back side of said frame and extending laterally therefrom for pivotal movement about a substantially horizontal axis, said weight support means being adapted to support weights of selected quantity and including a user-engageable lower lifting surface against which a generally upward exercising force is applied to pivot said weight support means about said axis and raise the weight supported thereon;
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- stop means carried by said frame at said free end of said upper portion for engaging and supporting the laterally extending portion of said weight support means in a lowest rest position wherein the weights are disposed substantially laterally of the vertical plane containing said axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.