US 5,662,556 AGranted

Portable exercise bar device

OwnerRobert B. Gangloffinventor

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Abstract

A specially designed foldable exercise apparatus is provided for doing pull-ups or chin-ups while the heels of he feet remain on the floor. It includes a chrome-plated steel base with welded upright frame bar supports extendable upward on each side of the base, with an uninterrupted space provided between the upright frame bar supports for the torso of user's body to be placed therebetween. The vertical supports extend upward with one on each side, approximately midway between a front edge and a rear edge of the base, so that the base extends outward in both directions from the vertical support posts. The pull-up supports are fabricated with apertures or notched vertical supports or hooks on the exterior for placement therein of a horizontal support bar which is movable. The support bar is preferably fabricated of tubular steel with rubber caps on each end to prevent slipping off the support posts. An optional cross brace is provided to stabilize the support posts in place in a vertical position of use. The user lies between the support posts and pulls himself or herself up to the desired level while the heels of the user remain on the floor.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An exercise apparatus for allowing a user to perform at least one of a pull-up exercise and a chin-up exercise while lying supine on the user's back with the user's heel touching the ground, the apparatus comprising:

a base having a front edge and a rear edge;
a movable horizontal bar, having a pair of ends;
a pair of substantially parallel upright frame posts removably connected to and extending in a substantially vertically direction from said base;
each of said upright frame posts having a plurality of holding means located at a plurality of vertically spaced positions above said base, said holding means corresponding to a plurality of vertical height locations for said movable horizontal bar above said base;
each of said upright posts positioned along a peripheral edge approximately midway between said front and said rear edge of said base;
said horizontal bar including a handle portion and a pair of insertion members at opposite ends thereof;
said insertion members of said horizontal bar being selectively insertable within a pair of respective holding means of said pair of upright posts at one of said plurality of vertical height locations above said base, and,
a cross brace connecting said upright frame members,
wherein said cross brace member comprises a hinged cross brace member hingeably connected at one end thereof to one of said upright frame posts and removably engagable with another of said upright frame posts.

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Facts

Application: 08/600,401Filed 12 Feb 1996 · continuation in part
Priority: 20 Oct 1993
Granted: 2 Sep 1997
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A63B 1/005
Horizontal bars: safety devices for securing the rods
A63B 23/1218
Involving a bending of elbow and shoulder joints simultaneously: chinning, pull-up, i.e. concentric movement
A63B 2208/0252
Lying down: supine
A63B 2210/50
Space saving: size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport

Family

Serial139,538Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 20 Oct 1993
Serial236,349Parent of this division · filed 2 May 1994
Serial337,272Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Nov 1994
US 5,389,055 AParent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Feb 1995
US 5,527,242 AParent of this continuation-in-part
US 5,662,556 AThis patent

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