US 5,066,005 A · Enhanced core movement training bench

Abstract

An enhanced core movement training bench includes an adjustable arm cord mounting assembly, an adjustable footbar assembly, and a jump board attachment. The arm cord mounting system includes a pair of elongated flexible arm cords each entrained over a lower fixed height pulley and an upper variable height pulley mounted for adjustable movement along a vertical slot in each upright corner post at one end of the bench frame, thereby permitting infinite adjustment of the vertical positions above the frame of the upper pulleys and the portions of the arms cords extending from the corner posts to the user. Adjustable anchoring devices attach the cords to the mobile carriage for infinitely adjusting the effective lengths of the cords. The adjustable footbar assembly includes a horizontal cylindrical footbar extending between and mounted at its opposite ends through vertical slots defined in a pair of vertical support members for permitting infinite adjustment of the vertical position of the footbar above the bench frame. The vertical support members are installed upright in a selected one pair of vertical channels arranged in a pair of fore-and aft rows of channels of a mounting structure for permitting horizontal adjustment of the vertical supports and footbar to any of a plurality of discrete fore-and-aft spaced, horizontal locations. The jump board attachment is adapted for temporary attachment upon and along the inboard side of the vertical support members of the adjustable footbar assembly.

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Dependent claims

In a core movement training bench including a peripheral frame with opposite ends, a mobile carriage, a pair of tracks mounted on said frame and supporting said carriage for fore-and-aft reciprocal movement between said opposite ends of said frame, and a plurality of elastic resistance elements interconnecting said carriage and one of said ends of said frame, an adjustable arm cord mounting assembly comprising:

(a) a pair of elongated flexible arm cords each having opposite ends;
(b) a pair of anchoring devices disposed on said carriage each for anchoring one of said respective arm cords to said carriage:
(c) a pair of extensions mounted at the other of said ends of said frame, extending generally upwardly from said frame to a desired height above said frame and carriage, and being aligned with opposite sides of said carriage;
(d) a pair of lower guides mounted on either of said other end of said frame or said respective extensions;
(e) a pair of upper guides mounted on said respective extensions in generally vertical spaced relation above said lower guides;
and
(f) means for adjustably mounting said upper guide to said respective one extension for vertical movement toward and away from said lower guide to vary the height of said upper guide above said frame and carriage, each said arm cord extending generally horizontally from said anchoring device on said carriage to and around one said lower guide, generally vertically from said one lower guide to and around said corresponding one upper guide, and generally horizontally from said one upper guide toward said carriage to one of said ends of said arm cord for gripping by a user on said carriage.

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In a core movement raining bench including a peripheral frame with opposite ends, a mobile carriage, a pair of tracks mounted on said frame and supporting said carriage for fore-and-aft reciprocal movement between said opposite ends of said frame, and a plurality of elastic resistance elements interconnecting said carriage and one of said ends of said frame, the combination comprising:

an adjustable arm cord mounting assembly disposed at the other of said ends of said frame and interconnected to said carriage;
and
an adjustable footbar assembly mounted upright at said one of said ends of said frame, said adjustable footbar assembly including
a mounting structure supported at said one end of said frame,
a pair of support members supported upright by said mounting structure adjacent opposite sides and said one end of said frame so as to extend to a desired height above said frame and carriage,
a footbar extending generally horizontally between and slidably mounted at its opposite ends to said upright support members, and
means attached to said footbar and being operable for adjustably changing the height of said footbar above said frame and carriage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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