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US 8,998,781 B1Granted
Exercise equipment having adjustable band pegs
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorWestin Nelson
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Abstract
Exercise equipment is for performing exercises in an exercise zone. The exercise equipment comprises a frame and a band peg that is connected to the frame so as to be selectively movable between an active position wherein the band peg extends from the frame into the exercise zone and an inactive position wherein the band peg is retracted away from the exercise zone.
Claims15
Exercise equipment for performing exercises in an exercise zone, the exercise equipment comprising:
- a frame having a base member for residing on a floor with a column extending vertically upwardly from the base member;
- a band peg connected to and extending from the frame so as to be selectively and slidably movable into the exercise zone in an active position and retracted away from the exercise zone into an inactive position, wherein the band peg extends horizontally in both the active and inactive positions through a through-hole in the column, and wherein the band peg remains proximate to the base member in both the active and inactive positions;
- and a bearing supporting the band peg with respect to the through-hole and frictionally engaging with the band peg so as to resist free sliding movement of the band peg between the active and inactive positions during use.
Exercise equipment for performing exercises in an exercise zone, the exercise equipment comprising:
- a frame having a base member for residing on a floor with a column extending vertically upwardly from the base member;
- a band peg connected to and extending from the frame so as to be selectively and slidably movable into the exercise zone in an active position and retracted away from the exercise zone into an inactive position, wherein the band peg extends horizontally in both the active and inactive positions through a through-hole in the column, and wherein the band peg remains proximate to the base member in both the active and inactive positions;
- and a roller bearing supporting the band peg with respect to the through-hole and allowing free sliding movement of the band peg between the active and inactive position during use.
Exercise equipment for performing exercises in an exercise zone, the exercise equipment comprising:
- first and second elongated band pegs that are spaced apart from each other and connected to respective frame members so as to both be selectively movable between an active position wherein the respective band pegs extend into the exercise zone and an inactive position wherein the respective band pegs are retracted away from the exercise zone;
- an elongated weight bar having first and second ends;
- a first elastic member connecting the first end of the weight bar to the first band peg and a second elastic member connecting the second end of the weight bar to the second band peg, wherein the first and second elastic members are configured to resist vertical movement of the weight bar from a lowered position to a raised position;
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- wherein the exercise equipment is configured such that movement of the weight bar parallel to the elongated first and second band pegs causes movement of the first and second band pegs from one of the active and inactive positions towards the other of the active and inactive positions such that the first and second elastic members remain in a substantially vertical orientation after said movement.
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Exercise equipment for performing exercises in an exercise zone, the exercise equipment comprising:
- first and second elongated band pegs that are spaced apart from each other and connected to respective frame members so as to both be selectively movable between an active position wherein the respective band pegs extend into the exercise zone and an inactive position wherein the respective band pegs are retracted away from the exercise zone;
- an elongated weight bar having first and second ends;
- a first elastic member connecting the first end of the weight bar to the first band peg and a second elastic member connecting the second end of the weight bar to the second band peg, wherein the first and second elastic members are configured to resist vertical movement of the weight bar from a lowered position to a raised position;
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- wherein the exercise equipment is configured to resist movement of the first and second band pegs from one of the active and inactive position towards the other of the active and inactive positions when the weight bar is moved parallel to the first and second band pegs such that the first and second elastic members are angled with respect to a vertical orientation after said movement.
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