Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing weight resistance
Patent
1993-06-30
1994-11-08
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing weight resistance
482102, 482137, 482138, 482908, A63B 21062
Patent
active
053622901
ABSTRACT:
An exerciser includes a weighted base, a frame member, a resistance assembly mounted in the frame member, and a lifting bar mechanism. The lifting bar mechanism includes an axle rotatably mounted in the frame member, a gear securely mounted on the axle, a lifting bar connected to the axle to rotate therewith, a clutch seat mounted on the axle surrounding and receiving the gear and having a cutout in a periphery thereof, a rocker arm extending outward from an outer periphery of the clutch seat, a cable having a first end attached to the rocker arm and a second end attached to the resistance assembly, and a clutch assembly with a pawl member for releasably engaging with the gear under the control of a clutch lever thereof. When the clutch lever is pressed, the user may adjust the lowermost position of the lifting bar.
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Apley Richard J.
Behr Omri M.
McDonald Matthew J.
Mulcahy John
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