Exercise apparatus

#The present invention relates to an exercise apparatus, more particularly to a vertical type body-building rack.

#The present invention is to provide a vertical type body-building rack which is furnished with the upper and the lower exercise mechanisms in parallel for hand and foot exercise by the user. The upper exercise mechanism is adjustably mounted on the upper rack and the lower exercise mechanism is firmly mounted on the lower rack. The scope of usage of conventional single-unit body-building equipment is limited since it is designed to do body-exercising only for a fixed part of the human body.

#Also, it does not achieve the goal of obtaining equilibrium exercise. An assembly type body-building equipment designed for physical exercise in any part of the human body is available. But, it requires much space, and is also of higher cost than the single-unit and has not met the needs of the popular market.

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a front view of the position-adjusting device of the present invention.

#FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the hand-exercising mechanism of the present invention.

#The vertical type body-building rack according to the present invention generally consists of a supporting frame 1, a hand-exercising mechanism 2 and a foot-exercising mechanism 3, in which, both two mechanisms are furnished in parallel and connected to the frame 1 respectively with the upper and the lower shaft bearings. The detailed descriptions are as follows: As illustrated in FIG. 1, the frame 1 comprises a substantially inverted U-shaped vertical stand 11 with two parallel legs and a base 12. As shown in FIG. 1, the base 12 is substantially rectangular. The legs of the vertical stand 11 are received at the midpoints of the first side and the opposite second side of the base 12. The base 12 further has supporting struts from each end of the first side of the base and each end of the second side of the base to a position on the legs of the vertical stand 11, above the base 12. The lower part of said stand 11 is furnished with the left (first) and the right (second) shaft bearing members 13 and the higher part of said stand 11 is furnished with the left (first) and the right (second) position-adjusting devices 14. The member 13 is cubic in form, in which, there is a shaft bearing for connecting the mechanism 3. The position adjusting device 14, as illustrated in FIG. 2, is vertically mounted on the legs of the stand 11. The device 14 has a slotted vertical opening 141 in a rectangular body having a series of vertically spaced semi-circular pockets 145 adjacent to, and in communication with, the slot 141. A shaft bearing 142 may be received in the pocket 145. The diameter of the pocket is a little larger than the outside diameter of the bearing 142. The leftside (first) wall of said groove (slots) 141, corresponding to the grooves (pockets) on the rightside (second) wall, is furnished with vertically spaced tapped screw holes 143 which can secure the bearing 142 into any pockets in a rightside (second) wall by using the removable threaded screw rod with handle 144. The axial line of the tapped screw hole meets with the central point of the bearing. Every pocket of the rightside (second) wall may receive the bearing. The depth of the pocket is at least larger than the radius of the bearing. As shown in FIG. 2, preferably the depth of the pocket is two-thirds of the diameter of the bearing. The pockets are semi-circular, complementary to the bearing. Said mechanism 2 is comprised of the left (first) and the right (second) shafts 21, the left (first) and the right (second) revolving mechanisms 22 and a connecting rod 23, as illustrated in FIG. 3. The shafts 21 are respectively connected to the position adjustment devices 14 in order and extend inwardly therefrom. The ends of the shafts 21 are respectively secured to two mechanisms 22 which are symmetrically assembled in such a way that one is downward when the other is upward. The two mechanisms 22 are secured by a connecting rod 23 which is at the same axial line as two shafts 21. Said mechanisms 22 is comprised of screws 221, handle bars 222 and left (first) and right (second) cranks 223. The screws 221 pass through the handle bars 222. The cranks 223 have an offset shape which is wider at one end and narrower at the other end. The handle bars 222 are mounted at the narrow end of the cranks. The revolving mechanism is symmetrically revolved upwardly and downwardly corresponding to the connecting rod. It is very easy for the user to adjust the mechanism 2 by disassembling the handle 144 of the position adjustment devices 14, levelling the mechanism 2 to the desired height and securing the screw 221.

#Mechanism 3 is comprised of the left (first) and the right (left) shafts 21, the left (first) and the right (second) revolving mechanisms 22 and a connecting rod, in which, the left and the right shafts are respectively connected to the shaft bearing of the shaft bearing member 13. The assembling of elements, and the revolving are the same as the mechanism 2 except the handle bars 222 of the mechanism 2 are replaced with the pedals of the mechanism 3.

#The detailed description is as follows: the present invention is suitable for users who are of different height and offers the height-adjusting function for the mechanism 2 according to the users' exercising habits. When the user only wants to use the hand-exercising mechanism 2, the elbow and the shoulder exercise functions can be used through the revolving of the mechanism 2. The height is adjusted to meet the users' requirements simply by adjusting the position adjustment devices 14 and stepping on the mechanism 3.