Exercise devices – Support for entire body of user
Patent
1998-02-03
2000-02-29
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
Support for entire body of user
A63B 2600
Patent
active
060303247
ABSTRACT:
A multi-position exercise bench includes an elongated central frame member to which a back support having a head end and a seat end is attached and to which a seat structure is attached near the seat end of the back support structure. The seat structure is pivotal between an upright position extending transversely from the central frame member and a lowered position in which a top surface of the seat structure is at an obtuse angle with respect to a top surface of the back support structure and is selectively securable in a plurality of different positions. The central frame member is supported by a first leg attached at one end of the frame member, a second leg extending transversely from an intermediate portion of the central frame member opposite the seat structure, and a third leg pivotally attached to an end of the central frame member opposite the first leg. The bench can be configured as an inclined bench supported on the first and second legs, a flat bench supported on the second leg and the third leg locked in a transverse position extending transversely from the central frame member, and a slant bench supported on the second leg and the third leg extending longitudinally away from the central frame member. The first leg also functions as a foot holder in which an exerciser can engage his feet to hold them stationary while performing exercises on the bench when the bench is in a slant board configuration. The bench also includes a dumbbell rack operatively secured onto the second leg for conveniently storing a plurality of dumbbells which can be used while performing exercises on the bench in each of the various configurations.
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Apley Richard J.
Pothier Denise
Stamina Products Inc.
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