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US 6,190,293 B1Granted
Push-up exercise apparatus
OwnerRichard Donald Schuyler, Richard Michael Aydelottinventors
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus is presented that allows for adjustments in height, and optionally width between hand grips, while maintaining an ergonomic grip that is substantially parallel to the user's body, regardless of the adjustment used.
Claims12
An adjustable push-up exercise apparatus for use in performing various push-up maneuvers, comprising:
- a base;
- one or more adjustment plates rigidly connected to said base, each said adjustment plate, having a plurality of adjustment notches cut along the periphery of said adjustment plate, and each said adjustment plate having a slide groove;
- a grip interface moveably attached to each said adjustment plate, said grip interface having a pivot pin at one end of said grip interface, said pin being placed in the slide groove of each said adjustment plate, and a second pin on a shaft of said grip interface that interacts with, and is seated in, said adjustment notches of each said adjustment plate;
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- at least one grip that attaches to said grip interface opposite the end of said grip interface containing said pivot pin.
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An adjustable push-up exercise apparatus for use in performing various push-up maneuvers, comprising:
- a base;
- one or more adjustment plates rigidly connected to said base, each said adjustment plate each having a plurality of adjustment notches cut along the periphery of each said adjustment plate, and each said adjustment plate having a slide groove;
- a grip interface moveably attached to each said adjustment plate, said grip interface having a pivot pin at one end of said grip interface, said pin being placed in the slide groove of each said adjustment plate, and a second pin on a shaft of said grip interface that interacts with, and is seated in, said adjustment notches of each said adjustment plate;
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- a width adjustment channel that attaches to said grip interface opposite the end of said grip interface containing said pivot pin, wherein said width adjustment channel contains a plurality of grips pivotally mounted in said width adjustment channel, and a plurality of securing voids wherein one of said grips can be adjustably secured, thereby providing adjustment of the distance between said grips.
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An adjustable push-up exercise apparatus for use in performing various push-up maneuvers, comprising:
- a base;
- one or more adjustment plates rigidly connected to said base, each said adjustment plate having a plurality of adjustment receiving holes cut along the periphery of each said adjustment plate, and each said adjustment plate having a pivot hole;
- a grip interface moveably attached to each said adjustment plate, said grip interface having a pivot pin at one end of said grip interface, said pin being placed in the slide groove of each said adjustment plate, and a second pin on a shaft of said grip interface that interacts with, and is seated in, said adjustment holes of each said adjustment plate;
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- at least one grip that attaches to said grip interface opposite end of said grip interface containing said pivot pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.