US1578633A - Exercising apparatus - Google Patents

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March 30 1926.

J. E. BONDE BxBRqI-sIuG APPARATUS filed May 29 1924' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 x 1T0 ailavlzom it maycofwem;

' Patented Mazugfi fl g d.

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. Be. it known that 1,; JOHN BoNnE, {a 'f citizen of the United St'ates, residing Providence: in-the county of Providence and a sfstate ofiRhode Island,jhavelinvented' cer- "tain newland niefnl lmprovement's'in an Exercising Apparatus, of which the follo'w- .ing isaspecificat-ionfl ,7 I

The presentinventionrelates to! exercising apparatus, and more specifically to a'no el support for'striking hags, weighfi'or elastic exercisers; I j if if; f y The primary o'bject'ofthe inyieiition heing "to provide a novel support for exercising apparatus embodying featu e; I'whereby f'the 4 pact foi'lnfor'st ring inanont of the i: ,;place zwhenrnot beingYused. t 34A further objec t oii 'the 'inven o v proi ide a= collapsible support for exercising v apparatus wherein the snpporting'legs of the device are adjustable in 'order' that the apparatus "be disposed [at yarions 1= heightsiin accordancewith;the 'dexireof the Other; objects and advantages of the ina. yentionwvill appear in the} following detaileddescriptiom t'aken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part 30 of this specification, and in which drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section throughthe apparatus ina set-up or oper-' ative position. i I T 4 Figure 2 isa top plan iew ofjthesame; Figure a top plan viewof the appa-f ratus in a collapsed or folded position. i

Figure 4 is an edge elevation o f'the apparatus in a collapsed or folded position, and Figure is an enlarged "detail section through the exerciser attaching means;

wherein forthe pnrp'oseof illustration shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, the 'letterA designates my int proved collapsible exercisingapp aratnsjcomr prising a platform B which'may bedisposed at any desired elevation by means of adjustable supporting members C; and D an attaching means for detachably sup? porting an exerciser E beneath the platform Bp V The platform B consistsfof a substantially flat disc 10 having equidistantly spaced radially extendingarms ll iseeuredto the :upper face thereof as by fastening elements F rnovrnnnen, QRHODE reu e, ASSIGNOR'OF' oNE-HAIJFL 'ro. JosEPnyZ peripheral edge of theidiscj c utffat an in iaevice may be readily 'c ollapsedintoa coin- J radial. arin hinges 17 whic jte'lescopically f receiving similarly shaped.

oting'relation' and actjasastop for-1 'prexient -"l l V in}; further outward movement of; the sup,- Peferringto the drawings lndetailand EDWARD nArLnYg-or E'ROVIDENCE, RHOD EFISLANDI TAPrAnerns.

' Thes 12; I yeXtending-a ms have I 1 their pointed inner vt ds disposer t ting relation axially off the disk ,O ndihiavej 1 their outer ends'f which extend past 7 the,

F'Vfardly' and downwardly extending jangle as at 18. Tlfhelowerrinner portions ofjthe .ar'ms liars-recessed asat 'leffor permitting f 1 f ofthe'lower' face of the disltlOfbeing .dis-,

provided} forft'he exerciser.- E which n the l posed flash with the lower faces, of'the' arms.

By so extending the arms -1'l'a "example-shown consists of a singleendstrik; 1 '1ng.bagl 5- secu redtd the siipportjbyifa-f i1 able fleniblefsnspension 1 6 The 'qsi pp'ortingz members hingedly connected to the oiiter end posed at the 'innermeeting 'facesof't'h sap: porting members C andarms 'llyeach oi sist of an upper legsect-ion'18liaying a longitudinally extending" square opening 19 provided in the lowerfportionthereoff' fo-r t v i so lowerleg section-20. v Carriedby the ldw'ejportion of each'o'flthe npper'filegisections 18 andextending into the openings-19 thereof; I arewing nuts 21' which are' adapted to engage racks 22 formed on 'thejouter faceof 85 the lower leg sections 20 for permitting of vertical adjustment of thesupports 1C. The

npperhends of the leg sectionslS are cut at an 7 inwardly v: and downwardly 3 extending angle asat-23in orderthat when the leg' bo 1 sections "are swung toyan open. position,' the end faces 13 and' 23 of-the armsill andleg' 1 sections 18 respectively will move into abutr portingfmemb'ers,and retaining them; in a. slightly outwardly inclined position withh respect tothe, perpendicular by reason or the weight of the platform JB; acting thereupon. Y

Referring to the means D for detachably 00 "supporting the exerciser E beneath'the'platoo. l 1

threaded bore 27 for removably receiving in the screw threaded end of a suspension-cup 28. 'This cup 28 is formed with an inner pocket 29 having .a restricted bell shaped passage 30 communicating with the lower face of the cup and providing a shoulder for preventing the enlarged end of the suspension 16' from being withdrawn through the restricted passage 80. It can beseen that by tliisconstruction, that thetbag may readily be removed fromthe platform I s when desiring to collapse the support.

' When desiring to collapse the support, the leg sections 20 may first'be slid into the leg sectional?) and securely locked in this position by the wing nuts 21, and then after removing the strikingbag 15 as by unscrewing tlie suspension cup 28, the supporting membersC may readily be folded into compact relation adjacent the disk side of the platforni-B;

. While no mention has been made as to the specific" material of which the apparatus may be constructed, it is to be understood that the device maybe made of various naterials n accordance'with the purpose tor Changes in detail maybe made without departingfroin thespirit orscope of my invention; but,

I claim: i

1.111 a collapsible support for striking bags, a platform comprising a striking disk ,havin radialh extendin arms secured to D I b the upper face thereof, supporting members "for'said platform comprising upper leg sec- I tions hingedly connected to the outer end of each arm, lower leg sections having racks provided on the outer faces thereof, telescoping within the upper leg sections, means carried by the upper leg sections adapted to engage the racks of the lower sections'for re taining said platform' at various adjusted elevations, and suspension means disposed beneath said disk for removably suspending a striking bag axially of the disk.

2. In a collapsible support for striking bags, a'platform comprising a striking disk,

radially extending arms secured to the up per face of the disk and extending out past arms, and having their upper ends cut at an inwardly and downwardly incl ned angle for inwardly andthe mar inal edge thereof, the outer ends of j said arms beingcut at an downwardly inclined angle, adjustable sup porting members hingedly connected at their upper inner faces to the lower faces of said abutting relation with the inclined outer I ends of the arms when the supporting memhers are in an open operativeposition, and

for striking center of the striking disc amt extending,

radially therefrom in equal angular relation to one another'past the. marginaledges of the disc, vertically adjustable supporting legs hingedly connected to the outer end of each arm and capable of being folded inwardly beneath and across the axial center of said disc in crossed relation to one another, and means for detachably supporting a striking bag axially beneath said disc.

JOHN E. BONDE

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