US 8,465,403 B2Granted

Core training bench

OwnerThomas Duane McCall, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

An improved exercise bench for effectively and efficiently training the core portion of the user's body. The core training bench comprises a bench having an upper section and a separate lower section, a frame for supporting the bench above a surface, leg members interconnecting the frame and the bench and pivoting mechanisms interconnecting the leg members and the bench or the frame to allow the sections of the bench to pivot or tilt relative to the leg members. In the preferred embodiment, the upper section is able to pivot independent of the pivoting lower section so the user can place the bench in any one of a plurality of different tilt positions so he or she may selectively exercise different muscle groups at his or her core. The core training bench can include an oblique stand, grip bar, tension cable hooks and/or a removable section for an AB ball.

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Dependent claims

A core training bench, comprising:

a bench having a first section generally toward a head end of said core training bench and a second section generally toward a foot end thereof;
a frame;
a plurality of leg members interconnecting said frame and said bench so as to dispose said bench in spaced apart relation above said frame, said plurality of leg members comprising at least a first leg member, a second leg member and a third leg member, each of said first leg member and said second leg member interconnecting said first section and said frame, said third leg member interconnecting said second section and said frame;
first pivoting means interconnecting said third leg member and said second section for pivoting said second section relative to said third leg member, said first pivoting means configured to tilt said second section independent of said first section;
an oblique stand removably attached to said frame generally at said foot end of said core training bench;
a plurality of tension cable hooks attached to said frame;
and
a removable section in said upper section is sized and configured to removably receive a ball therein.

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A core training bench, comprising:

a bench having a first section generally toward a head end of said core training bench and a second section generally toward a foot end thereof;
a grip bar connected to said first section generally at said head end of said core training bench;
a frame;
a plurality of leg members interconnecting said frame and said bench so as to dispose said bench in spaced apart relation above said frame, said plurality of leg members comprising at least a first leg member, a second leg member and a third leg member, each of said first leg member and said second leg member interconnecting said first section and said frame, said third leg member interconnecting said second section and said frame, each of said first leg member and said second leg member being telescopically configured with a first leg section slidably received inside a second leg section and said third leg member being telescopically configured with a first leg section of said third leg member slidably received inside a second leg section of said third leg member;
first pivoting means interconnecting said third leg member and said second section for pivoting said second section relative to said third leg member, said first pivoting means configured to tilt said second section independent of said first section;
second pivoting means interconnecting said first leg member and said first section and/or said frame and interconnecting said second leg member and said first section and/or said frame for pivoting said first section relative to each of said first leg member and said second leg member, said second pivoting means configured to tilt said first section independent of said second section;
an oblique stand removably attached to said frame generally at said foot end of said core training bench;
a plurality of tension cable hooks attached to said frame;
and
a removable section in said upper section, said removable section sized and configured to removably receive a ball therein,
wherein said first section and said second section of said bench are able to independently tilt into a plurality of tilt positions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/854,074Filed 10 Aug 2010 · us provisional application
Priority: 11 Aug 2009
Published: US 2011/0039668 A117 Feb 2011
Granted: 18 Jun 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A63B 22/0023
With an adjustable movement path of the support elements: the inclination of the main axis of the movement path being adjustable, e.g. the…
A63B 21/0557
Elastic ropes or bands: details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps
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

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Application61/232,787Us provisional application · filed 11 Aug 2009
US 2011/0039668 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Feb 2011
US 8,465,403 B2This patent

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