US3397882A - Parallel bars and cable support therefor - Google Patents

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US3397882A
US3397882A US523157A US52315766A US3397882A US 3397882 A US3397882 A US 3397882A US 523157 A US523157 A US 523157A US 52315766 A US52315766 A US 52315766A US 3397882 A US3397882 A US 3397882A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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  • the struts of these bars are highly stressed cross-wise to the axis of the struts during gymnastic exercises. Also, strong bending forces are applied to the stands for this reason.
  • the upper ends of the foot tubes can be equipped with adjustable distance holders.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front elevation of the parallel bars
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the parallel bars
  • FIG. 3 is an end view of the parallel bars
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are a fragmentary front elevation and a top plan view, respectively, of a head of a stand.
  • the double bars comprise four stands 1 and 2 and two struts 3 which are carried by heads 2a and 2b and four cables 4 and 5.
  • the stands 1 and 2 are longitudinally displaceable by any con- 3,397,882 Patented Aug. 20, 1968 "ice ventional means, as by example by means of a threaded connection (not shown), whereby the foot tubes 1 remain on the floor 1 and the supporting tubes 2 slide upwardly and downwardly, respectively.
  • the ends of each of the cables 4 and 5 are connected by eyelet rings 11, which are suspended in hooks 2c projecting from the heads 2a and 2b.
  • the lower ends of the tension members 9, provided with spanners, are secured to the floor 1 by means of floor pegs 10, while the upper ends of the tensioning members 9 are equipped with turning guides in the form of guides or pulleys 8 for guiding the inserted cables 4 and 5.
  • the upper distance holder 6, constituting one member of the distance holders 6 and 7 between the foot tubes 1, is equipped with a spanner.
  • Parallel bars comprising a base, said base having two pairs of stands disposed substantially vertically and spaced apart from each other,
  • a guide means receiving said cables and adapted to be anchored to the floor and providing a turning guide for each of said cables.
  • each of said stands comprises a foot tube immovably secured to the floor and an inner tub telescopically secured in said foot tube,
  • a distance holder adjustable to its length and connecting the upper end of each foot tube of one of said pairs of stands with the upper end of each foot tube of the other of said pairs of stands.

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US3851873A (en) * 1972-09-25 1974-12-03 B Thomasson Asymmetric bars for use in gymanastics
US4216958A (en) * 1976-03-10 1980-08-12 Richard Reuther Tensioning device for a gymnastics apparatus
US20220081892A1 (en) * 2020-09-17 2022-03-17 Juan Carlos Gutierrez Flores Modular Support Assembly

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DE3603495C2 (de) * 1986-02-05 1996-07-18 Reuther Turn Und Sportgeraete Turnbarren

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US2469805A (en) * 1945-10-10 1949-05-10 Wilkinson Watkins Walter Clothesline post
US3201119A (en) * 1962-11-30 1965-08-17 Robert M Fenner Portable supporting structure for gymnastic equipment

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US2469805A (en) * 1945-10-10 1949-05-10 Wilkinson Watkins Walter Clothesline post
US3201119A (en) * 1962-11-30 1965-08-17 Robert M Fenner Portable supporting structure for gymnastic equipment

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US3851873A (en) * 1972-09-25 1974-12-03 B Thomasson Asymmetric bars for use in gymanastics
US4216958A (en) * 1976-03-10 1980-08-12 Richard Reuther Tensioning device for a gymnastics apparatus
US20220081892A1 (en) * 2020-09-17 2022-03-17 Juan Carlos Gutierrez Flores Modular Support Assembly
US12024874B2 (en) * 2020-09-17 2024-07-02 Juan Carlos Gutierrez Flores Modular support assembly

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