# US 8,465,403 B2 · Core training bench

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- Number: US 8,465,403 B2
- Document ID: US8465403B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/854,074
- Filed: 2010-08-10
- Published: 2011-02-17
- Granted: 2013-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2009-08-11
- Applicants: Thomas Duane McCall, Jr.
- Inventors: Thomas Duane McCall, Jr.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8465403B2

## CPC

- A63B 22/0023: {the inclination of the main axis of the movement path being adjustable, e.g. the inclination of an endless band}
- A63B 21/0557: {Details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps}
- A63B 21/4029: {Benches specifically adapted for exercising (for bench press exercises A63B21/078)}
- A63B 21/4031: {with parts of the bench moving against a resistance during exercise}
- A63B 21/4035: {for operation by hand}
- A63B 22/0046: {Details of the support elements or their connection to the exercising apparatus, e.g. adjustment of size or orientation (attachments of resisters or weights to the body of the user A63B21/4001; using rollers, wheels, castors or gliding means to be moved over the floor or guide tracks A63B22/20)}
- A63B 23/0205: {Abdomen}
- A63B 23/0211: {moving torso with immobilized lower limbs}
- A63B 23/0238: {Spinal column (for the neck A63B23/025)}
- A63B 23/04: for lower limbs {(training appliances for special sports A63B69/00; for the purpose of producing mechanical power F03G5/00)}
- A63B 23/1227: {Dips, i.e. push-ups in a vertical position, i.e. eccentric movement, e.g. between parallel bars}
- A63B 21/00047: {Exercising devices not moving during use (benches A63B21/4029; isometric exercising devices A63B21/0023; step exercisers A63B23/0458; walk exercisers A63B23/0464)}
- A63B 23/0233: {Muscles of the back, e.g. by an extension of the body against a resistance, reverse crunch}
- A63B 2208/0252: supine
- A63B 2210/50: Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
- A63B 2225/093: Height
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The core training bench of claim 1 further comprising 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.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The core training bench of claim 2, wherein said first section and said second section of said bench are able to independently tilt into a plurality of tilt positions.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The core training bench of claim 2, wherein said second pivoting means comprises at least one swivel hinge at each of said first leg member and said second leg member, each of said swivel hinges configured to allow said first section to pivot relative to said first leg member and said second leg member and/or to allow said first leg member and said second leg member to tilt relative to said frame.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The core training bench of claim 4, wherein said second pivoting means comprises a first upper swivel hinge interconnecting said first leg member and said first section, a second upper swivel hinge interconnecting said second leg member and said first section, a first lower swivel hinge interconnecting said first leg member and said frame and a second lower swivel hinge interconnecting said second leg member and said frame.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The core training bench of claim 1, wherein each of said first leg member and said second leg member are telescopically configured with a first leg section slidably received inside a second leg section and said third leg member is telescopically configured with a first leg section of said third leg member slidably received inside a second leg section of said third leg member.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The core training bench of claim 1 further comprising a grip bar connected to said first section generally at said head end of said core training bench.

### Claim 8

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.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The core training bench of claim 8, wherein said second pivoting means comprises at least one swivel hinge at each of said first leg member and said second leg member, each of said swivel hinges configured to allow said first section to pivot relative to said first leg member and said second leg member and/or to allow said first leg member and said second leg member to tilt relative to said frame.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The core training bench of claim 9, wherein said second pivoting means comprises a first upper swivel hinge interconnecting said first leg member and said first section, a second upper swivel hinge interconnecting said second leg member and said first section, a first lower swivel hinge interconnecting said first leg member and said frame and a second lower swivel hinge interconnecting said second leg member and said frame.