Exercise bench with linearly adjustable carriage and convenient back and seat adjustments
AssigneePro Star Sports, Incorporated
InventorPhillip M. Teuscher
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Abstract
An exercise bench includes a seat and a back which are independently adjustable angularly and are mounted on a carriage that rolls along rails of a stationary base. The linear position of the bench can be adjusted without the need to move any part of the frame along the surface on which the base rests. The adjustments for the angular positions of the seat and base and for the linear position are easily accessible and operable by a user sitting on the seat. The seat has an independent angular adjustment but can be maintained locked to the back so that pivotal adjustment of the back to different inclinations does not affect the angular position of the seat relative to the back.
Claims20
An exercise bench comprising:
- a base adapted to rest on a support surface;
- a carriage mounted for linear movement along said base at a height above the support surface;
- a releaseable lock for locking said carriage in a plurality of positions along said base;
- a seat on said carriage pivotal about a substantially horizontal pivot axis;
- a releaseable latch for latching said seat in a plurality of different pivotal positions relative to said carriage;
- a bench back on said carriage mounted for pivotal movement thereon about a substantially horizontal hinge axis, said bench back having an end in proximity to said seat;
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- a releaseable fastener for fastening said back to said carriage in a plurality of positions at which the back is inclined at different angles.
In an exercise bench having a base for resting on a support surface, a seat pivotally mounted on the base, a bench back pivotally mounted on the base, and a mechanism allowing the seat and back to move linearly along the base, the improvement comprising:
- a releaseable lock for said mechanism operable manually to lock the seat and back against linear movement on the frame away from a selected position;
- a releaseable latch operable manually to latch said seat against pivotal movement;
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- a releaseable fastener operable manually to fasten said back against pivotal movement;
- wherein said lock, said latch and said fastener are manually accessible to a user of the bench sitting on said seat.
An exercise bench comprising:
- a rigid base adapted to rest on a support surface, said base having a length dimension;
- a carriage mounted on said base for adjustment along said length dimension thereof;
- a releaseable lock operable to lock said carriage to said base;
- a bench back having a rigid back frame mounted to said carriage for movement about a substantially horizontal hinge axis to situate said back in a plurality of different inclined positions including a substantially horizontal position;
- a releaseable fastener operable to fasten said back frame to said carriage in said different inclined positions of said back;
- a bench seat having a rigid seat frame mounted for pivotal movement relative to said back frame about a substantially horizontal pivot axis;
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- a releaseable latch operable to latch said seat frame to said back frame for movement therewith in a position wherein said seat is at substantially a right angle to said back, said latch being releaseable to allow said seat to pivot to a substantially prone position when said back is in said substantially horizontal position thereof and being operable then to latch said seat frame to said back frame in said substantially prone position of said seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.