Bench-type exercising apparatus

Details Bench-type exercising apparatus Bench-type exercising apparatus

1985-01-31

1987-05-05

Apley, Richard J.

Undertaking

272144, A63B 1300

Patent

active

046626310

ABSTRACT:
A bench-type exercise apparatus with a head end and a foot end is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a seat formed in a plurality of sections including a first seat portion and an inclinable seat portion adjacent the head end of the apparatus and pivoted adjacent the first seat portion. A frame supports the seat portions above the floor and includes at least one leg adjacent the foot end of the apparatus and at least one intermediate leg intermediate the ends of the apparatus. A pair of floor-engaging base legs are connected to the intermediate leg and diverge from it laterally outward and toward the head end of the apparatus. A pair of upright barbell support posts flank the inclinable seat portion, are connected to the base legs and extend upward therefrom. At least one pair of barbell cradles extend from the support posts toward the foot end of the apparatus for supporting a barbell used in bench exercises by a user supported on the seat. A squat exercise barbell cradle is also attached to each support post for supporting a barbell used in squat exercises by a user standing at the head end of the apparatus in the area between the diverging base legs. A pivotal abdominal/back exercising attachment is attached to the support posts for pivotal motion about a pivot axis. The exercising attachment includes a pivot arm pivoted to each of these support posts and having a weight support mechanism on one side of the pivot axis. A torso engaging portion generally on the opposite side of the pivot axis interconnects the pivot arms and is engaged by the front or back of the torso of a user seated on the seat whereby bending movement of the user's torso about the waist pivots the exercising attachment against the force of weights on the weight support mechanism.

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The Bruce Jenner Bench, AMF Whitley 1980 catalog.
Extra-Heavy Squat Rack-Supine Press Bench Combination, Marcy catalog, 1969, p. 14.
1978 Best Products catalog.
F/W 1977 J. C. Penney catalog.

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