US 5,350,346 AGranted

Weight bench with slidable seat construction

AssigneeLegacy International, Inc.

InventorGuillermo Martinez

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Abstract

A weight bench having a slidable seat construction includes a two piece slidable bench which is pivotally connected to the frame of a weight bench. A sleeve, designed to travel along a frame member, supports the seat portion of the bench at a pivotal attachment and by an angle adjusting bracket mechanism. A back rest portion of the bench is pivotally attached at one end thereof to the sleeve. The other end is connected to the frame by a support which is pivotally attached to both to the frame and the underside of the back rest portion. The sleeve is lockable in a given position along the length of the frame member providing support therefor. Sliding movement of the bench produces simultaneous adjustment of the inclination of the back rest due to the double pivotal attachment of the support. The sliding seat assembly is particularly adapted for weight benches having uprights with barbell supports.

Claims13

Dependent claims

In a weight bench comprising a frame having means for supporting exercise devices, the improvement comprising

a) an elongated bench support member;
b) a sleeve sized to longitudinally translate along said elongated bench support member;
c) a bench having a back rest and a seat, said back rest including a first supporting frame and said seat including a second supporting frame, each of said back rest and said seat being pivotally attached to said sleeve at a respective end thereof;
and
d) a back rest support assembly comprising:
i) a back rest support member having first and second ends;
and
ii) a mounting bracket fixed to a portion said frame at an intersection of said portion and one end of said elongated bench support member;
iii) an end face of said first end positioned within said mounting bracket with said first end pivotally attached to said mounting bracket;
iv) said second end of said back rest support member pivotally attached to said first supporting frame;
e) wherein longitudinal translational of said sleeve causes said back rest support member first end to pivot within said mounting bracket and said back rest support member second end to pivot with respect to said first supporting frame.

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Facts

Application: 08/093,822Filed 20 Jul 1993
Granted: 27 Sep 1994
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A63B 21/078
User-manipulated weights: devices for bench press exercises , e.g. supports, guiding means
A63B 21/4029
Specific exercise interfaces: benches specifically adapted for exercising
A63B 21/4031
Benches specifically adapted for exercising: with parts of the bench moving against a resistance during exercise
A63B
Apparatus for physical training, gymnastics, swimming, climbing, or fencing

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