ITPD20070078A1 - GYMNASTIC TOOL FOR MUSCULAR TRAINING, PARTICULARLY OF THE BENCH OR LIKE TYPE - Google Patents

Description

"GYM EQUIPMENT FOR MUSCLE TRAINING, PARTICULARLY OF THE BENCH TYPE OR SIMILAR"

DESCRIPTION

The present invention relates to a gymnastic apparatus for muscle training, particularly of the bench type or the like.

In the following description, "exerciser" means any mechanism capable of providing a series of supports, possibly adjustable, to the user's body that allow him to act on one or more masses, possibly by means of levers or tie rods, for the purpose to train the set of muscles of the user himself used to move said masses.

Similarly, by "gymnastic exercise" or simply "exercise" is meant that set of movements performed by the user in a precise posture, aimed at training the muscles involved in said movements.

The user can use an exerciser in order to carry out exercises intended for training muscles that are difficult to train in the free body, or simply to make training easier.

By "training force" or simply "effort" we mean the force that the user exerts, possibly on an exerciser that opposes a resisting force against it, to perform gymnastic exercises.

Currently, some models of bench-type gymnastic equipment are known, such as the abdominal bench which defines a support surface for the user's body, possibly reclining with respect to the horizontal plane, and a stop for the feet.

A second bench model has a support surface for the user's body divided into two parts, a backrest and a seat.

In general, both the backrest and the seat can be adjusted according to different relative inclinations, allowing different ways of resting the user's body.

This second model of bench is usually used for training the muscles of the upper limbs and the chest and requires the use of auxiliary tools such as dumbbells and barbells.

A third model of bench, derived from the one just described, comprises two support rods, called "uprights", equipped with hooks for the suspension of a rocker arm, positioned on the sides of the backrest in correspondence with the resting area of the user's shoulders.

The posture assumed and the movements performed during a gymnastic exercise are directly related to the muscles to be trained.

Particular importance is assumed by the direction in which the training force is exerted on the tool or on the gymnastic device: it is directly related to the movements performed and, combined with the posture, defines the set of muscles that are trained during the exercise. exercise.

It is therefore clear that in order to train a certain set of muscles, the user of the benches described, especially when using tools such as dumbbells and barbells in combination, must pay particular attention to maintaining the correct posture and the correct direction of the training force. .

The aforementioned known types of gymnastic equipment have various drawbacks, among which the fact that they very often require the use of auxiliary tools such as dumbbells and barbells.

Another drawback is that during the use of these auxiliary tools it may happen that the user involuntarily changes his posture and with it the direction of application of the training force, this modifies the gymnastic exercise and consequently it is very likely that he will not the muscles for which the exercise is intended are effectively trained.

The object of the present invention is to propose an gymnastic apparatus, particularly of the bench type or the like, which allows to precisely define the direction of effort during training exercises.

Within this aim, an object of the invention is to provide a gymnastic apparatus which allows the direction of the training force to be varied as a function of the exercise to be performed so as to achieve an optimal result in training certain muscles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gymnastic apparatus which allows training of the abdominal muscles and muscles of both the upper and lower limbs.

This task, as well as these and other purposes which will appear better below, are achieved by an gymnastic apparatus for training the musculature, particularly of the bench or similar type, comprising a bench or the like, characterized in that it comprises at least one arm connected to said bench is connectable to at least one antagonist means capable of generating a resisting force contrasting the training force that can be generated by a user, said at least one arm being orientable with respect to said bench to vary the direction of the resisting force generated by said antagonist means and transmitted to H 'user.

Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become clearer from the description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment of the tool according to the invention, illustrated, by way of non-limiting example, in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gymnastic apparatus according to the invention; Figure 2 illustrates the gymnastic apparatus according to the invention, seen in plan view from above;

Figure 3 is a side elevation view of the gymnastic apparatus according to the invention; Figure 4 is a perspective view of an enlarged detail of the tool according to the invention, relating to the connection of the arm to the bench;

Figure 5 illustrates the sectioned detail of figure 4 according to the V-V plane indicated in figure 2;

With reference to the aforementioned figures, an exercise apparatus according to the invention is indicated as a whole with 1 and comprises a bench 2 or the like.

The bench 2 can comprise, in a per se known manner, a supporting structure 20, preferably with a straight beam, and feet 23 resting on the ground, which are advantageously connected to the opposite ends, front and rear, of the supporting structure 20.

Furthermore, the supporting structure 20 supports a seat 22 at the top, which defines a surface 21 for resting the user on the bench.

A backrest 24 is hinged, in a per se known manner, to the supporting structure 20, behind the seat, around a hinging axis B substantially transversal with respect to the supporting structure 20 itself.

At least one of the supporting feet 23, for example one, is hinged, in a per se known manner, to the supporting structure 20 according to a hinging axis C substantially transverse to the supporting structure 20, to vary the inclination of the supporting surface. 21 with respect to a horizontal reference plane.

At least one of the support feet 23 is provided with an extension means 230, for example said foot comprises two coaxial tubes coupled to form a telescopic structure that can be locked in different predetermined extension configurations to vary the inclination of the support surface 21 with respect to to a horizontal reference plane.

According to the invention, the bench 2 comprises at least one arm 3 connected, for example at a first end, by means of a hinge joint 5, to the bench 2.

Preferably, the bench 2 comprises two arms 3 connected to it, by means of joints 5, for example on the opposite sides of the supporting structure 20.

The hinged joints 5 advantageously comprise means 50 for locking the arms 3, in predetermined angular positions around the hinging axis A, relative to the bench 2.

Said joints 5 comprise for example pins 51, the axes of which define the hinging axes A, supported by parallel and facing brackets 54, conveniently connected to the supporting structure 20.

Preferably, the waxing axes A are orthogonal to the support plane 21 for the user on the bench.

The pins 51 engage coaxial holes 55 obtained on one end 31 of the arms 3 and comprise locking means 510 of the axial translation of the pins 51 relative to the brackets 54, for example split pins.

The locking means 50 is for example made with a substantially cylindrical key 56 which engages a pair 57 of coaxial holes made on the shelves 54 and a hole made on the same ends 31 in the arms 3.

Advantageously, the shelves 54 have a plurality of coaxial holes 57 making different seats for the keys 56 which together with the pins 51 define the angular orientation positions of the arms 3 relative to the bench 2, around the relative waxing axis A.

Said arms 3 can in turn be connected, in per se known ways, for example at the second end, opposite to that connected to the bench, to at least one antagonist means 4, advantageously one for each arm, capable of generating a resisting force. the training force exerted by the user during certain gymnastic exercises.

Conveniently, the antagonist means 4, at one end, are connected to the second ends 32 of the arms 3, at the other end, are connected to gripping means 6, made for example with bracket knobs.

The antagonist means 4 are advantageously elastically extensible thread-like tie rods.

Advantageously, a locking means 25 for the user's legs and a locking means 26 for the user's feet are connected to the bench.

Figure 2 illustrates in broken lines, by way of example, two different angular positions of orientation of an arm 3 around the hinging axis A, relative to the bench 2.

The seat 22 can optionally be hinged, by means of per se known means, to the supporting structure 20 of the bench, around a hinging axis substantially transversal with respect to the longitudinal development of the supporting structure 20 itself, to vary its angular position relative to the bench 2.

In this case, the support surface 21 for the user on the bench is conventionally defined by the seat, in a preselected angular position, relative to the bench 2.

The operation of the invention is as follows.

The bench 2 is prepared by adjusting the orientation of the backrest 24 with respect to the supporting surface 21.

The orientation of the arms 3 is adjusted by fixing them by means of the locking means 50 in predetermined angular positions, around the relative hinging axes A, with respect to the bench 2.

The antagonist means 4 are connected to the arms 3 by means of the coupling means 33.

The user engages the bench, possibly using the means for locking the legs 25 and 26 of the feet, as required by the gymnastic exercise he intends to perform, engages the gripping means 6 and performs the exercise.

During the exercise, the arms 3 orient the resisting force generated by the antagonist means 4, which opposes the training force exerted by the user on the antagonist means 4.

In practice it has been found that the gymnastic apparatus according to the invention achieves the intended aim and objects, since thanks to the possibility of varying the orientation of the arms relative to the bench, it allows to vary the direction of the forces resistant to the training forces, exercised by the user on the antagonist means, in order to accurately involve those muscles to which the gymnastic exercises are dedicated.

Another advantage of the gymnastic apparatus according to the invention is that it allows a great variety of exercises to be carried out for training both abdominal and chest muscles or both lower and upper limbs, without requiring the use of accessory tools such as dumbbells and barbells.

The invention thus conceived is susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the inventive concept; furthermore, all the details can be replaced by other technically equivalent elements.

In practice, the materials used, as well as the contingent shapes and dimensions, may be any according to requirements and to the state of the art

Claims (11)

CLAIMS 1) Gymnastic apparatus (1) for training the musculature, particularly of the bench or similar type, comprising a bench (2) or the like, characterized in that it comprises at least one arm (3) connected to said bench (2) and connectable to at least one antagonist means (4) able to generate a resisting force contrasting the training force that can be generated by a user, said at least one arm (3) being orientable with respect to said bench (2) to vary the direction of the resisting force generated by said antagonist medium (4) and transmitted to the user. 2) Exerciser (1), according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one arm (3) comprises two arms (3) connected to opposite sides of said bench (2). 3) Exerciser (1), according to the preceding claims, characterized in that said two arms (3) are connected to the sides of said bench (2). 4) Exerciser (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said arms (3) are hinged to said bench (2) around relative hinging axes (A), locking means (50) being provided ) of the rotation of said arms (3), in predetermined angular positions, around the relative hinging axes (A), relative to said bench (2). 5) Exerciser (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said arms (3) define engagement areas for said at least one antagonist means (4). 6) Exerciser (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said at least one antagonist means (4) comprises elastically extensible elements which can be engaged, at one end thereof, to a relative engagement area defined by one of said arms and engageable, at their opposite end, by the user. 7) Gymnastic apparatus (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said hinging axis (A) is substantially orthogonal to the support plane (21) of the user on said bench. 8) Exerciser (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that said bench (2) comprises a supporting structure (20), equipped with support feet (23) on the ground, and supporting a seat (22 ) defining said support surface (21) of the user. 9) Exercise machine (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that, to said supporting structure (20), a backrest (24) is associated, hinged to said supporting structure (20) around an axis (B ) substantially horizontal and oriented transversely to the front-rear extension of said bench (2), to vary the inclination of said backrest (24), with respect to said support surface (21). 10) Exerciser (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of said feet (23) is hinged to said supporting structure (20) around relative hinging axes (C), to vary the inclination of said support plane (21) with respect to a horizontal reference plane. 11) Gymnastic apparatus (1), according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of said feet (23) is adjustable in extension to vary the inclination of said support plane with respect to a horizontal reference plane.