Chin up bar assembly with sliding and swiveling handles
OwnerMitch T. Mobleyinventor
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Abstract
A chin up bar assembly is provided with a cross bar and a pair of handles slidably mounted on the cross bar. The handles are pivotally mounted for movement between locked and unlocked positions. When a user hangs from the handles, the handles automatically pivot to the locked position to frictionally engage the cross bar and prevent sliding movement of the handles along the cross bar. The handles also can be swiveled during use to exercise different muscles in the user's arms, chest and back.
Claims22
A chin up bar assembly, comprising:
- a cross bar;
- a pair of collars slidably mounted on the cross bar;
- a pair of handles pivotally mounted on the collars;
- the handles being held in a selected position substantially at any point along the cross bar by application of a portion of a user's weight to the handles.
A method of setting a pair of chin up handles at a selected position along a cross bar, comprising:
- sliding each handle to a selected position along the bar;
- pivoting each handle to a locked position such that a user's weight alone precludes sliding of the handles along the cross bar, wherein each handle includes a collar slidably mounted to the cross bar.
A chin up bar assembly, comprising:
- a cross bar;
- a pair of collars slidably mounted on the cross bar;
- and
- a handle on each collar and pivotal relative to the collar about a substantially vertical shaft and a substantially horizontal shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.