US20080312051A1

US20080312051A1 - Wall mountable exercise assembly

Info

Publication number: US20080312051A1
Application number: US11/818,684
Authority: US
Inventors: Isabel M. Manyseng
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-06-15
Filing date: 2007-06-15
Publication date: 2008-12-18

Abstract

A wall mountable exercise assembly for doing exercises, including stretching exercises. The wall mountable assembly includes a vertical support leg that is mounted to a support surface, typically a vertical wall, the support surface having a leg mounting bolt hole near a first end and another leg mounting bolt hole near the second end thereof. The leg mounting bolt holes engage brackets, the brackets which are attached as by fasteners to the wall. An arm is adapted to be slideably engaged to the vertical support leg between the wall mounting brackets. The arm includes a hole for receipt of a pin. Numerous arm mounting bolt holes are provided in the vertical support leg between the two mounting points at the removed ends thereof. The arm may be slideably placed at a preselected location and an arm pin threaded the arm slider will maintain the arm at a preselected height.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Exercise assemblies, more particularly, a wall mounted exercise assembly.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Exercise devices come in a number of different configurations for a variety of exercises (including stretching) of various parts of the body. However, because exercise devices are often bulky and their users often have limited space in which to use them, various designs are provided which may fold up or otherwise conserve space.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Applicant provides a simply constructed wall mountable exercise assembly which achieves both versatility and economy of space. Applicant's exercise assembly is versatile in that it may be utilized to perform a number of different exercises. At the same time, Applicant's exercise assembly is designed to take up a minimum amount of space.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

Applicant achieves these objectives in a novel, wall mountable exercise assembly, which is passive (no moving parts during the exercise) and adjustable, as well as removable for temporary storage purposes.
Applicant achieves the objectives of versatility and economy of space in providing a vertical support leg onto which an arm is slidably received, the arm having a pair of arm handles capable of being grasped by the hands of the user or engaged by the feet of the user during a variety of different exercises.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the wall mountable exercise assembly in place mounted to a wall ready for use, including the foot support plate.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the vertical support leg and components thereof of the wall mountable exercise assembly.

FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C all illustrate the wall mountable exercise assembly in use.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Applicant's novel exercise assembly 10 illustrated in FIGS. 1-3C includes a vertical support leg 12, an arm 14 for slidable receipt thereon, and a foot support plate 16 dimensioned to fit substantially beneath a first end of vertical support leg 12. Optionally, a bungee or strap 13 may be provided with hooks at the removed end thereof to hook into holes near the top of the leg.
Vertical support leg 12 is engaged with a pair of wall mount brackets 20 and 22 to a wall or other vertical support surfaces by wall mount fasteners, such as those known in the trade. Wall mount brackets 20 and 22 are illustrated. They engage vertical support leg 12 near the removed ends 12 a and 12 b thereof. More specifically, wall mount brackets 20 and 22 may include blind nuts (or free nuts 23) for receiving leg mounting bolts 24 and 26, the leg mounting bolts passing through the vertical support leg 12 at leg mounting bolt holes 32 and 34, respectively. As such, leg mounting bolts 24 and 26 can be inserted through leg mounting bolt holes 32 and 34 and threaded into the blind nut or free nut 23 on wall mount brackets 20 and 22, respectively, to hold vertical support leg 12 rigidly to the wall at two spaced apart points with arm 14 between the two brackets and capable of moving vertically therebetween to adjustably locate arm 14 through the use of arm locator bolt or pin 28. Locator pin 28 will engage a multiplicity of arm locator pin holes 36, which are located between leg mounting bolt holes 32 and 34. In this manner, arm 14 can be adjustably set to a number of selected heights.
Foot support plate 16 is dimensioned for receipt beneath the bottom of removed end 12 b of vertical support leg as illustrated in FIG. 1.
FIG. 2 illustrates details of wall mount brackets, here showing that wall mount brackets may include a pair of foot portions 20 a for receipt of wall fasteners therein to a pair of leg portions 20 b to space a base portion 20 c apart from the wall, the base portion having a hole 20 d and optionally a blind nut affixed (not shown), as by welding, to the backside thereof.
FIG. 2 illustrates that arm 14 typically includes a pair of spaced apart handle members 14 a and 14 b, spaced apart to either side of a spacer 14 c, such as rectangular steel section spacer 14 c illustrated in FIG. 2. The distance between the wall and the arm is typically 4 inches, range 1 to 8 inches. The leg may be constructed of 2″×2″ steel square section tubing, the spacer 14 c dimensioned to be received on the leg. Bushing members 14 e (such as plastic, nylon, Kevlar or Teflon) may be received on part of the inner walls of spacer 14 c for ease of sliding the arm vertically on the vertical support leg 12. Mounting bracket 14 d is seen engaged with the slide attached to a backside thereof, which bracket 14 b has a hole 14 f therein dimensioned for receipt of the removed end of arm locator 28 to pin therein to as seen in FIG. 1. In one embodiment, the hole does not have a blind nut attached (the end of the pin simply slides through a hole in bracket 14 d); in another embodiment, it may.
FIG. 2 illustrates the construction of Applicant's foot support plate 16. Foot support plate 16 typically includes a pair of horizontally mounted foot support legs 16 a, a vertically mounted foot support wall 16 b, and a sloped footpad 16 c.
Some typical dimensions include the length of vertical support leg 12 is about 64 inches long, range 32 to 96 inches. The width of arm 14 is typically about 22 inches, range 8 to 32 inches. Likewise, the width of the foot support plate 16 is about 22 inches, range 8 to 32 inches, and the base extends to about 14½ inches, range 7 to 22 inches.
FIG. 1 illustrates a number of dimensions related to Applicant's novel exercise assembly 10. D_ffleis the distance from floor to the first leg end and would typically be 74 inches, range 50 to 98 inches. D_fslewould be the distance from the floor to the second leg and is typically 4 inches, range 2 to 8 inches. The distance between brackets and is typically 60 inches, range 30 to 94 inches. The distance between holes (or mounting holes) and is typically 4 inches, range 2 to 8 inches.
Applicant's novel exercise assembly 10 may be used for exercise (the term “exercise” herein including stretching) including ways (see, for example, FIGS. 3A-3C) in which the user may engage the assembly by standing on the footpad or removing the footpad. It can be seen that the footpad is canted to allow stretching of the calf muscles. It can be seen that the arm is adjustable and may be grasped with the user's hands or may be put in a position low on the leg and, with the footplate removed, can be used to hook the user's feet thereunder for doing sit-ups and crunches and the like. Furthermore, it can be seen that the arm can be set at a pre-selected height and the user may place one heel above the arm and lean forward to stretch the legs and abdomen. Further, it can be seen that the user may grasp bungee or (an elastic or non-elastic) strap 13 and lean outward at an angle to again stretch the muscles. Indeed, exercises can be done in a number of different ways wherein the arm can engage the foot or feet or the user and hand or hands of the user likewise. Also, the strap (elastic or non-elastic) engages the leg as seen and can be used for, typically, stretching exercises.
It can be seen that Applicant's exercise assembly can be substantially removed from the wall, leaving only the brackets mounted thereto, by the removal of two threaded fasteners. Further, it can be seen that, because the width of the assembly is typically less than about 2½ inches, it can be easily stored as, for example, underneath a bed.
Although the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limited sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternative embodiments of the inventions, will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon the reference to the description of the invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claims will cover such modifications that fall within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A wall mountable exercise assembly comprising:

vertical support leg having a first end and a second end, with a first leg mounting bolt hole near the first end and a second leg mounting bolt hole near the second end, and a multiplicity of arm mounting holes between the first and second leg mounting bolt holes;

a first leg mounting bolt and a second leg mounting bolt;

a first wall bracket and a second wall bracket, adapted to receive the first and second leg mounting bolts therein, the first and second wall mounting brackets adapted to receive fasteners for engaging the brackets to the walls;

an arm, including a pair of arm handles spaced apart from a centrally located slider, the arm including an arm pin engagement plate; and

an arm pin adapted to engage the arm mounting holes and the arm pin engagement plate.

2. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 1, wherein the vertical support leg has a rectangular cross-section and the slider of the arm has a rectangular cross-section and is adapted to slide onto the leg.

3. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 2, wherein the slider of the arm includes a bushing on the inner surfaces thereof.

4. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 3, further including a footplate dimensioned for receipt beneath the vertical support leg when the vertical support leg is mounted to a vertical support surface.

5. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 4, further including a strap adapted for engagement to the vertical support leg.

6. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 5, wherein each of the first wall bracket and the second wall bracket includes a pair of opposed feet, a pair of legs, and a base member.

7. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 6, wherein the seat includes holes for receiving fasteners there into and the base receives a hole therein for receipt of mounting bolts there into.

8. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 7, wherein the footplate includes a footpad, the footpad sloped.

9. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 8, wherein the first and second arm mounting holes is between 2 and 8 inches.

10. The wall mountable exercise assembly of claim 9, wherein the length of the vertical support leg is between 50 and 98 inches.