Articulated storable exercise bench
AssigneeDiversified Products Corporation
InventorGary Rockwell
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Abstract
An adjustable, floor-supported exercise bench has an articulated frame which can be locked in a horizontal position or inclined with the center portion of the frame depressed to provide proper support for a user and a fixed "reach" relative to an exercise member, regardless of the inclinations of the bench cushions.
Claims20
An adjustable, floor-supported exercise bench for use in performing weight-lifting or other resistance-type exercises, and which supports a user in either a horizontal or an inclined position comprising:
- front and rear seat cushions arranged end-to-end, longitudinally of the bench;
- front and rear subframes respectively supporting said front and rear seat cushions;
- front and rear support means respectively pivotally supporting said front and rear subframes above the floor, said front support means being rigidly secured to said front subframe adjacent its distal end to pivot about the floor as it supports the said distal end above the floor while maintaining said end at a substantially constant distance from the floor;
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- coupling means intermediate said front and rear support means for:
- (a) pivotally interconnecting said subframes;
- (b) maintaining said subframes in a locked position with said seat cushions substantially coplanar;
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- (c) permitting said subframes to pivot downwardly intermediate said front and rear support means from a locked horizontal position to an unlocked inclined position with said seat cushions diverging upwardly from their proximal ends.
An adjustable, floor-supported exercise bench for use in performing weight-lifting or other resistance-type exercises, and which supports a user in either a horizontal or an inclined position comprising:
- a free-standing, floor-supported weightlifting frame having a pair of laterally spaced, upright barbell support posts and an upwardly extending fixed support member located medially of said barbell support posts, each of said posts having a barbell rest cradle at its upper end;
- front and rear seat cushions arranged end-to-end, extending forwardly, longitudinally and medially of said barbell support posts with said rear seat cushion proximate said posts;
- front and rear subframes respectively supporting said front and rear seat cushions, said rear subframe hinged to and supported by said fixed support member;
- a depending leg supporting the front end of said front subframe, said depending leg having a fixed length and being disposed at a fixed angle to said front subframe as it contacts the floor and maintains the said distal end of the front subframe at a substantially constant distance above the floor;
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- coupling means intermediate said fixed support member and said depending leg for:
- (a) pivotally interconnecting said subframes;
- (b) maintaining said subframes in a locked position with said seat cushions substantially coplanar;
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- (c) permitting said subframes to pivot downwardly intermediate said fixed support member and said depending leg to a floor-supported unlocked position with said seat cushions diverging upwardly from their proximal ends, said rear subframe pivoting about said fixed support member and the bottom of said depending leg pivoting about the floor along with said front subframe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.