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Abstract
An exercise apparatus configured to be readily stowed and transported. The apparatus includes a lifting bar and a pair of frames. Each of the frames includes a support member and base. The support member of one frame has a cavity that is sufficiently large to slidably receive the support member of the other frame. Each base has a stowage hole adapted to receive one end of the lifting bar. The apparatus includes fasteners by which the ends of the lifting bar can be secured within a pair of the adjustment holes in the support members to define a deployed configuration of the apparatus, as well as secured within the stowage holes in the bases to define a stowed configuration of the apparatus. The apparatus includes weights each having a slot and configured to rest on one of the base with one of the support members located within the slot.
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- The present invention generally relates to exercise equipment and routines, and more particularly to a versatile exercise apparatus adapted for use in weightlifting exercises and configured to be readily portable and stowable.
- Exercise equipment adapted for weightlifting typically have some type of lifting bar to which weights can be added and removed to adjust the amount of weight lifted by the user. To promote their safety, weightlifting equipment have also been proposed that incorporate a lifting bar coupled to a stable support frame so that the bar and frame are both lifted by the user during exercising. An example is U.S. Pat. No. 4,360,198 to Waulters, which discloses an exercise apparatus that includes a lifting bar coupled to standards of a supporting frame. During use, the bar and supporting frame are lifted together by the user. The standards provide an adjustment capability so that the vertical height of the bar can be adjusted to allow various different exercises to be performed with the apparatus.
- Weight lifting equipment are often large and bulky. To facilitate their transport and storage, weightlifting equipment have been proposed that enable the components to be disassembled and stowed to achieve a more compact outline. An example can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,662,556 to Gangloff.
- The present invention provides an exercise apparatus that includes frames that are adapted to adjustably support a lifting bar in a manner that promotes the versatility and safety aspects of the apparatus, while also being configured to be readily stowable and portable.
- According to one aspect of the invention, the exercise apparatus includes a lifting bar and first and second frames. The lifting bar has oppositely-disposed ends and a gripping portion therebetween. Each of the first and second frames comprises a support member and a base adapted to support the support member in a vertical orientation when the base is on a horizontal surface. Each of the support members has a distal end opposite the base thereof and a series of adjustment holes therethrough that are sufficiently large to receive one of the ends of the lifting bar. The support member of the first frame has a cavity that is sufficiently large to slidably receive at least a portion of the support member of the second frame, and further has an opening in the distal end thereof through which the support member of the second frame can enter the cavity. Each of the bases of the first and second frames has at least one stowage hole therethrough that is sufficiently large to receive one of the ends of the lifting bar. The apparatus further comprises means for securing the ends of the lifting bar within a pair of the adjustment holes of the support members while the gripping portion of the lifting bar is between the support members. The apparatus includes weights adapted to be removably mounted on the first and second frames. Each of the weights has a slot sized to receive an entire cross-section of the support member of the first frame. The first and second frames and the lifting bar are assemblable to define a deployed configuration of the exercise apparatus, in which the support members of the first and second frames are parallel to each other, the ends of the lifting bar are received within a pair of the adjustment holes of the support members, the gripping portion of the lifting bar is between the support members, the securing means retain the lifting bar within the pair of the adjustment holes, and the weights are stacked on the bases of the first and second frames with a corresponding one of the support members located within each of the slots of the weights. The weights and the bases of the first and second frames include coatings thereon that reduce the likelihood of slipping therebetween when in contact with one another. In addition, the first and second frames and the lifting bar are assemblable to define a stowed configuration of the exercise apparatus, in which the support member of the second frame is slidably received in the support member of the first frame to define a stowed axis of the exercise apparatus, the stowage holes in the bases of the first and second frames are aligned along an axis parallel to the stowed axis, the ends of the lifting bar are received within the stowage holes in the bases, and the securing means simultaneously retain the lifting bar on the bases and the support member of the second frame within the support member of the first frame.
- According to another aspect of the invention, a method of using an exercise apparatus as described above includes inserting the ends of the lifting bar within the pair of the adjustment holes of the support members such that the support members of the first and second frames are parallel to each other and the gripping portion of the lifting bar is between the support members, retaining the lifting bar within the pair of the adjustment holes with the securing means, resting one or more of the weights on the upper surfaces of the bases of the first and second frames so that a corresponding one of the support members is located within each of the slots of the weights, and gripping the gripping portion of the lifting bar and lifting the exercise apparatus with the weights thereon.
- Advantages of the exercise apparatus and method described above include the ability of the apparatus to provide a range of adjustments for the lifting bar in a manner that promotes the versatility of the apparatus, yet also the ability to readily stow the apparatus in a manner that facilitates transportation of the apparatus.
- Other aspects and advantages of this invention will be further appreciated from the following detailed description.
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FIG. 1 is a front view showing an exercise apparatus in a deployed configuration in accordance with a first nonlimiting embodiment of this invention. -
FIG. 2 is a front view showing the exercise apparatus ofFIG. 1 in a stowed configuration in accordance with a nonlimiting aspect of this invention. -
FIG. 3 represents an isolated front view of a lifting bar of the apparatus ofFIGS. 1 and 2 . -
FIGS. 4 and 5 represent isolated side views of two frames of the apparatus ofFIGS. 1 and 2 . -
FIG. 6 shows the two frames ofFIGS. 4 and 5 assembled together, in which one of the frames is nested within the other frame in accordance with a nonlimiting aspect of this invention. -
FIG. 7 is an end view of one of the frames ofFIGS. 4 and 5 . -
FIG. 8 is an end view of a weight shown inFIGS. 1 and 2 . -
FIG. 9 is a front view showing an exercise apparatus in a deployed configuration in accordance with another embodiment of this invention. -
FIG. 10 is an end view of one of the frames ofFIG. 9 and shows an upper surface of a base thereof. -
FIGS. 11 and 12 are end and side views of one of the weights ofFIG. 9 . -
FIGS. 1 and 2 represent, respectively, deployed and stowed configurations of anexercise apparatus 10 in accordance with a nonlimiting embodiment of the invention. As evident fromFIGS. 1 and 2 , theapparatus 10 is adapted to be a portable and integrated unit that is capable of a wide variety of uses. According to preferred aspects of the invention, theapparatus 10 can be used to help develop back and core strength, while also being used for overall strength training and conditioning. A particular aspect of the invention is the ability of theapparatus 10 to be used as an effective training tool in both a fully deployed configuration (FIG. 1 ) as well as a stowed configuration (FIG. 2 ). The deployed configuration is particularly effective for strengthening muscle groups that have been previously difficult to develop. - From the following, it will become evident that, in both its deployed and stowed configurations, components of the
apparatus 10 can be securely assembled into a single unit, helping to ensure that theapparatus 10 can be safely used and transported, as well as reduce the risk of components being misplaced. - In
FIGS. 1 and 2 , theexercise apparatus 10 can be seen to include alifting bar 12 and a pair offrames FIGS. 1 and 2 and as further shown inFIG. 3 , thebar 12 has oppositely-disposedends 18 between which agripping portion 20 is defined. The grippingportion 20 can be configured as shown inFIGS. 1, 2 and 3 , or have a variety of other shapes including a simple linear shape. The grippingportion 20 defines two flaredportions 22 that provideabutment surfaces 24, against which supportmembers frames ends 18 of thebar 12 are preferably threaded to have male threads that allowfasteners 26 with complementary female threads to be threaded onto thebar 12. By threading thefasteners 26 onto theends 18 of thebar 12, thesupport members abutment surfaces 24 of thebar 12 to secure and stabilize thebar 12 between thesupport members bar 12 andfasteners 26 provide a convenient method for securing and clamping thebar 12 andframes - In addition to the
support members frames base respective support members 29 and 30 extend. Thebases corresponding support members base support member distal end base FIGS. 2 through 6 , a series ofadjustment holes 40 are defined in each of thesupport members distal ends end 18 of thebar 12 is able to be received, as evident from inFIG. 1 . The numbers, locations and spacing of theadjustment holes 40 allow for thelifting bar 12 to be supported with theframes bases bases apparatus 10 for various different exercises. For this purpose, a nonlimiting example of a suitable center-to-center spacing for theholes 40 is about 2.5 inches (about 6.5 cm). It should be apparent that the numbers, locations and spacing of theadjustment holes 40 can vary from that shown inFIGS. 2 and 4 through 6 . - The
bar 12 andframes bar 12 can have a length of about forty inches (about 100 cm), eachsupport member bases FIG. 1 ) of about six inches (about 15 cm) and lengths (as seen inFIG. 2 ) of about twelve inches (about 30 cm). The relatively greater lengths of thebases FIG. 1 ) when deployed and in use. Thebar 12 and frames 14 and 16 can be coated with a rubber-type coating to reduce slippage between thebases bar 12 and frames 14 and 16, improve aesthetics, etc. - To achieve the stowed configuration for the
exercise apparatus 10 represented inFIG. 2 , thesupport member 28 of the frame 14 (shown in an isolated view inFIG. 5 ) is hollow to define a cavity 42 (FIG. 5 ) that is sufficiently large to slidably receive at least a portion and preferably theentire support member 30 of the other frame 16 (shown in an isolated view inFIG. 4 ) through an opening defined by thecavity 42 in thedistal end 36 of thesupport member 28. For this reason, at least thesupport member 28 is preferably configured as a hollow post, and itscavity 42 preferably has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the outer cross-sectional shape of thesupport member 30, for example, rectilinear. A suitable but nonlimiting outer dimension for thesupport member 28 is about two inches (about 5 cm), and a suitable but nonlimiting width for thecavity 42 of thesupport member 28 and outer dimension for thesupport member 30 is about 1.75 inches (about 4.5 cm), with an allowance for sufficient clearance between the two to allow thesupport member 30 to freely slide within thecavity 42 of thesupport member 28. The cross-sections of thesupport members bar 12, which further promotes the stability of theapparatus 10. - As evident from
FIGS. 4 through 7 , each base 32 and 34 of theframes stowage hole 44 therethrough that is sufficiently large to receive oneend 18 of the liftingbar 12 in the manner represented inFIG. 2 . As seen by comparingFIGS. 2 and 6 , the stowage holes 44 permit thebar 12 to be positioned and clamped between thebases fasteners 26 on the threaded ends 18 of thebar 12. - On the basis of the above, the lifting
bar 12 and frames 14 and 16 are assemblable to define the deployed configuration of theexercise apparatus 10, as seen inFIG. 1 . In particular, thesupport members frames bar 12 are received within a coaxially-aligned pair of the adjustment holes 40 in thesupport members fasteners 26 retain the liftingbar 12 within the pair of the adjustment holes 40. As evident fromFIG. 1 , theframes bar 12 when theapparatus 10 is in its deployed configuration. - The lifting
bar 12 and frames 14 and 16 are also assemblable to define the stowed configuration for theexercise apparatus 10, as seen inFIG. 2 . In particular, thesupport member 30 of oneframe 16 is slidably received in thesupport member 28 of theother frame 14, to define what may be referred to as a stowed axis of theapparatus 10. The stowage holes 44 in thebases frames bar 12 are received within the stowage holes 44, and thefasteners 26 simultaneously retain the liftingbar 12 on thebases support member 30 within thelarger support member 28. The result is a compact stowed configuration well suited to be sold as a package, for example, by encasing all or part of the stowedapparatus 10 in any desired type of packaging materials (not shown). - The
apparatus 10 can be readily reconfigured from the deployed configuration ofFIG. 1 to the stowed configuration ofFIG. 2 by removing thefasteners 26, and then removing theends 18 of thebar 12 from the adjustment holes 40 in thesupport members distal end 38 of thesupport member 30 can be inserted into thecavity 42 within theother support member 28 until a portion of thesupport member 30 is slidably received within thecavity 42, and so that the stowage holes 44 in thebases bar 12 can then be placed between thebases support member 30 can be further inserted into thecavity 42 of theother support member 28 to cause theends 18 of the liftingbar 12 to pass through the stowage holes 44 of thebases bar 12 can be secured within the stowage holes 44 using thefasteners 26. -
FIGS. 1 and 2 further represent a set ofweights 46 as being mounted to thesupport members frames weights 46 is shown in isolation inFIG. 8 to have aslot 48, which is sized to receive the entire cross-section of thesupport member 28 to permit the removable mounting of theweights 46 on thesupport member 28 as represented inFIG. 2 . Eachweight 46 also has a through-hole 50 that is sufficiently large to receive oneend 18 of the liftingbar 12. As a result, with theexercise apparatus 10 in its deployed configuration shown inFIG. 1 ,multiple weights 46 can be mounted to the liftingbar 12 by inserting theends 18 of thebar 12 through the through-holes 50 of theweights 46 prior to theends 18 being inserted into the adjustment holes 40 of thesupport members weights 46 are then firmly secured by the clamping action generated between thefastener 26 and theadjacent abutment surface 24 of thebar 12. -
FIG. 9 represents another embodiment of the invention in which, when theexercise apparatus 10 is in the deployed configuration, theweights 46 may be located in a resting position on the upper surfaces of thebases support members slots 48. In this manner, the center of gravity of theapparatus 10 is lower to provide alternative dynamics for strength training and conditioning as compared to the embodiment ofFIG. 1 . For example, the center of gravity can be shifted from a location above the geometric center of the apparatus 10 (e.g., above the midpoint of the lengths of thesupport members FIG. 1 ) to a location below the geometric center of the apparatus 10 (e.g., below the midpoint of the lengths of thesupport members FIG. 9 ). Any number ofadditional weights 46 may be stacked on theweights 46 depicted inFIG. 9 to increase the total weight of theapparatus 10 during use. In such an embodiment, at least eachweight 46 and preferably also each base 32 and 34 has alayer 54 of a rubber-type coating or other high friction material to increase friction and reduce slippage between theweights 46 andbases weights 46 will slide or slip off thebases apparatus 10. Though represented inFIGS. 10, 11, and 12 aslayers 54 on limited surface portions of theweights 46 andbases weights 46 andbases weights 46 andbases weights 46 to thebases support members apparatus 10 ofFIG. 9 preferably relies solely on contact surface friction to secure theweights 46 to thebases weights 46 can be moved from their positions shown inFIGS. 1 and 2 , as well as the ease thatweights 46 can be added and removed from theapparatus 10 between exercises. - For the stowed configuration shown in
FIG. 2 ,multiple weights 46 can be mounted on thesupport member 28 so that their through-holes 50 are coaxially aligned with the stowage holes 44 of thebases ends 18 of the liftingbar 12 are simultaneously received within the stowage holes 44 and through-holes 50. Each of any number ofweights 46 is then firmly secured by a combination of having oneend 18 of the liftingbar 12 within its through-hole 50, thesupport member 28 within itsslot 48, and the clamping action generated between thefastener 26 and theadjacent abutment surface 24 of thebar 12. - With the inclusion of the
weights 46, the process of reconfiguring theapparatus 10 from its deployed configurations ofFIG. 1 or 9 to its stowed configuration ofFIG. 2 is slightly modified by removably mounting theweights 46 on thesupport member 28 after thesupport member 30 has been at least partially inserted into thecavity 42 of thesupport member 28. Theweights 46 are mounted so that their through-holes 50 are coaxially aligned with the stowage holes 44 of thebases bar 12 are also inserted through the through-holes 50 in theweights 46 prior to securing theends 18 of thebar 12 with thefasteners 26. - In the deployed configurations of
FIGS. 1 and 9 , theapparatus 10 can be employed in a wide variety of exercises, for example, such non-standing exercises as prone or horizontal pull-ups and chin-ups, as well as such standing exercises as squats, dips, calf raises, curls, overhead triceps, shoulder press, and upright rowing. Various standing exercises can also be performed with theapparatus 10 in its stowed configuration. Notably, fromFIGS. 1, 2, and 9 it should be apparent thatadditional weights 46 can be easily added to theapparatus 10 for use of theapparatus 10 in both its deployed and stowed configurations. - While the invention has been described in terms of particular embodiments, it is apparent that other forms could be adopted by one skilled in the art. For example, the
apparatus 10 and its components could differ in appearance and construction from the embodiments described herein and shown in the drawings, functions of certain components of theapparatus 10 could be performed by components of different construction but capable of a similar (though not necessarily equivalent) function, and appropriate materials could be substituted for those noted. As such, it should be understood that the above detailed description is intended to describe the particular embodiments represented in the drawings and certain but not necessarily all features and aspects thereof, and to identify certain but not necessarily all alternatives to the represented embodiments and their described features and aspects. As a nonlimiting example, the invention encompasses additional or alternative embodiments in which one or more features or aspects of a particular embodiment could be eliminated or two or more features or aspects of different embodiments could be combined. Accordingly, it should be understood that the invention is not necessarily limited to any embodiment described herein or illustrated in the drawings, and the phraseology and terminology employed above are for the purpose of describing the illustrated embodiments and do not necessarily serve as limitations to the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is to be limited only by the following claims.
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1. An exercise apparatus comprising:
a lifting bar having oppositely-disposed ends and a gripping portion therebetween;
first and second frames, each of the first and second frames comprising a base and a support member extending from an upper surface of the base, each of the bases being adapted to support the support member thereof in a vertical orientation when the base is on a horizontal surface, each of the support members having a distal end opposite the base thereof and a series of adjustment holes therethrough that are sufficiently large to receive one of the ends of the lifting bar, the support member of the first frame having a cavity that is sufficiently large to slidably receive at least a portion of the support member of the second frame and an opening in the distal end thereof through which the support member of the second frame can enter the cavity, each of the bases of the first and second frames having at least one stowage hole therethrough that is sufficiently large to receive one of the ends of the lifting bar;
means for securing the ends of the lifting bar within a pair of the adjustment holes of the support members while the gripping portion of the lifting bar is between the support members; and
weights adapted to be removably mounted on the first and second frames, wherein each of the weights has a slot sized to receive an entire cross-section of the support member of the first frame;
wherein the first and second frames and the lifting bar are assemblable to define a deployed configuration of the exercise apparatus in which the support members of the first and second frames are parallel to each other, the ends of the lifting bar are received within a pair of the adjustment holes of the support members, the gripping portion of the lifting bar is between the support members, the securing means retain the lifting bar within the pair of the adjustment holes, and the weights are stacked on the upper surfaces of the bases of the first and second frame with a corresponding one of the support members located within each of the slots of the weights, wherein the weights and the bases of the first and second frames include coatings thereon that reduce the likelihood of slipping therebetween when in contact with one another; and
wherein the first and second frames and the lifting bar are assemblable to define a stowed configuration of the exercise apparatus in which the support member of the second frame is slidably received in the support member of the first frame to define a stowed axis of the exercise apparatus, the stowage holes in the bases of the first and second frames are aligned along an axis parallel to the stowed axis, the ends of the lifting bar are received within the stowage holes in the bases, and the securing means simultaneously retain the lifting bar on the bases and the support member of the second frame within the support member of the first frame.
2. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity of the support member of the first frame is sufficiently large to receive more than half of the support member of the second frame.
3. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity of the support member of the first frame is sufficiently large to entirely receive the support member of the second frame.
4. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment holes are located closer to the distal ends of the support members than to the bases.
5. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the securing means comprises male threads defined on the ends of the lifting bar and fasteners having female threads that are complementary to the male threads of the lifting bar.
6. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the weights has at least one through-hole that is sufficiently large to receive one of the ends of the lifting bar.
7. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 wherein, with the exercise apparatus is in the stowed configuration and the weights mounted on the support member of the first frame, the through-holes in the weights are coaxially aligned with the stowage holes of the bases, the ends of the lifting bar are received within the through-holes in the weights and the stowage holes in the bases, and the securing means simultaneously retain the ends of the lifting bar within the through-holes of the weights.
8. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second frames are interconnected solely through the lifting bar when the exercise apparatus is in the deployed configuration.
9. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the support member of each of the first and second frames is a hollow post.
10. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the support member of each of the first and second frames has a rectilinear cross-section.
11. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a package configured to store the exercise apparatus in the stowed configuration, wherein the support member of the second frame is at least partially received in the support member of the first frame, the stowage holes in the bases of the first and second frames are aligned along the axis parallel to the stowed axis, the ends of the lifting bar are received within the stowage holes, and the securing means simultaneously retain the lifting bar on the bases and the support member of the second frame within the support member of the first frame.
12. The package according to claim 11 , wherein the support member of the second frame is entirely received within the cavity of the support member of the first frame.
13. A method of stowing the exercise apparatus of claim 1 , the method comprising:
providing the exercise apparatus of claim 1 ;
inserting the distal end of the support member of the second frame through the opening in the distal end of the support member of the first frame until at least a portion of the support member of the second frame is slidably received in the cavity within the support member of the first frame, the inserting step being performed so that stowage holes in the bases of the first and second frames are co-axially aligned;
placing the lifting bar between the bases of the first and second frames;
inserting the ends of the lifting bar through the stowage holes of the bases; and
securing the ends of the lifting bar within the stowage holes.
14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising removably mounting the weights on the support member of the first frame following the inserting step so that each of the weights has at least one through-hole that is coaxially aligned with the stowage holes of the bases, wherein the inserting step further comprises inserting the ends of the lifting through the through-holes in the weights, and the securing step further comprises simultaneously retaining the ends of the lifting bar within the through-holes of the weights.
15. A method of performing an exercise with the apparatus of claim 1 , the method comprising:
providing the exercise apparatus of claim 1 ;
inserting the ends of the lifting bar within the pair of the adjustment holes of the support members such that the support members of the first and second frames are parallel to each other and the gripping portion of the lifting bar is between the support members;
retaining the lifting bar within the pair of the adjustment holes with the securing means;
resting one or more of the weights on the upper surfaces of the bases of the first and second frame so that a corresponding one of the support members is located within each of the slots of the weights; and
gripping the gripping portion of the lifting bar and lifting the exercise apparatus with the weights thereon.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
adding or removing one or more of the weights from the exercise apparatus without removing the ends of the lifting bar from the adjustment holes of the support members.
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