Multipurpose exercise device

• US 10,226,662 B1
• Filed: 07/25/2016
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christopher John Mink
• Original Assignee: Christopher John Mink
• Inventors: Mink, Christopher John
• Primary Examiner(s): Urbiel Goldner, Gary D
• Application Number:
  US15/218,367
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 1/00 Horizontal bars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 17/00 Exercising apparatus combining several parts such as ladders, rods, beams, slides
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 17/04 separable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2023/0411 Squatting exercises
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/068 using user's body weight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4029 Benches specifically adapted for exercising for bench press exercises A63B21/078
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4035 for operation by hand
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/00 Space saving
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/10 Multi-station exercising machines
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0211 moving torso with immobilized lower limbs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0405 involving a bending of the knee and hip joints simultaneously A63B23/0476 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0458 Step exercisers without moving parts with movable steps A63B22/04
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/1218 Chinning, pull-up, i.e. concentric movement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/1227 Dips, i.e. push-ups in a vertical position, i.e. eccentric movement, e.g. between parallel bars

Abstract

A multipurpose exercise device including a frame and a panel. The frame includes a plurality of legs, and a support assembly that secures the legs in a vertical position, or allows the legs to freely rotate to allow the frame to fold flat. The support assembly includes an adjustment mechanism to adjust a distance between the legs. A panel is detachably securable to the frame in a flat or inclined position.

Claims

1. A multifunctional exercise device, comprising:

a frame including a pair of legs;

a support assembly configured to support the pair of legs, the support assembly including a support bar detachably secured to the pair of legs;

a panel detachably secured to the frame via a securing mechanism, the panel being operable in a recessed position, a non-recessed position, and an inclined position relative to the frame when the panel is secured to the frame;

wherein the pair of legs is a first pair of legs,

the frame further includes a second pair of legs,

the support bar is a first lower support bar extending between the first pair of legs, and

the support assembly further includes a second lower support bar extending between the second pair of legs;

wherein the support assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a distance between the first pair of legs and the second pair of legs; and

wherein the adjustment mechanism forms a crossbar extending between the first lower support bar and the second lower support bar, the securing mechanism is a first securing mechanism,

the panel includes a second securing mechanism at an underside of the panel, and in the inclined position;

a plane of the panel is obliquely angled relative to a plane of the frame when the plane of the frame is substantially parallel to a horizontal support surface for the frame, and the panel is rotatably and detachably secured to the crossbar via the second securing mechanism.

2. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 1, wherein the frame further includes:

a first upper support bar extending between the first pair of legs; and

a second upper support bar extending between the second pair of legs.

3. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 1, wherein the crossbar comprises and is formed from a first adjustment bar configured to receive a second adjustment bar via a spring button at one of a plurality of adjustment holes extending along the first adjustment bar, such that the first lower support bar and the second lower support bar are separated by a first distance with the second adjustment bar received by the first adjustment bar at a first of the plurality of adjustment holes, and separated by a second distance with the second adjustment bar received by the first adjustment bar at a second of the plurality of adjustment holes.

4. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 1, wherein in the non-recessed position:

the panel is supported by upper ends of the of the first and second pairs of legs, and

in the recessed position;

the panel is positioned away from the upper leg ends, and

a dimension of the panel is less than the distance between the first pair of legs and the second pair of legs.

5. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 1, wherein the first and second support bars are selectively and detachably securable, respectively, to the first and second pairs of legs via respective bracings.

6. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 1, wherein the first securing mechanism includes two or more latches configured to latch onto corresponding receiving pins.

7. A multifunctional exercise device, comprising:

a frame including a first pair of legs and a second pair of legs;

a support assembly configured to support the first and second pairs of legs, the support assembly including a first lower support bar extending between the first pair of legs, and a second lower support bar extending between the second pair of legs;

an adjustment mechanism for selectively adjusting a distance between the first and second lower support bars;

a panel detachably secured to the frame via a securing mechanism, wherein with the panel detached from the frame, the first pair of legs is angularly separable from the second pair of legs by a variable angle;

wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a first adjustment bar attached to the first lower support bar and configured to receive a second adjustment bar attached to the second lower support bar, the first adjustment bar including a plurality of adjustment holes for receiving a spring button of the second adjustment bar, such that the first lower support bar and the second lower support bar are separated by a first distance with the second adjustment bar received by the first adjustment bar at a first of the plurality of adjustment holes, and separated by a second distance with the second adjustment bar received by the first adjustment bar at a second of the plurality of adjustment holes; and

wherein with the panel detached from the frame, the frame is foldable flat with the first adjustment bar and the second adjustment bar being nearly parallel to the first pair of legs and the second pair of legs.

8. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 7, wherein the frame further includes:

a first upper support bar extending between the first pair of legs; and

a second upper support bar extending between the second pair of legs.

9. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 7, wherein with the panel detached from the frame, the variable angle with which the first pair of legs is angularly separable from the second pair of legs is selected by rotating one or both of:

the first pair of legs about a longitudinal axis of the first lower support bar; and

the second pair of legs about a longitudinal axis of the second lower support bar.

10. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 7, wherein the first and second adjustment bars form a crossbar extending between the first lower support bar and the second lower support bar, and

the panel includes a second securing mechanism at an underside of the panel, the panel being rotatably and detachably secured to the crossbar via the second securing mechanism such that the panel is inclined relative to a plane of the frame when the plane of the frame is substantially parallel to a horizontal support surface for the frame.

11. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 7, wherein the first and second adjustment bars form a crossbar extending between the first lower support bar and the second lower support bar, and

in a recessed position:

the panel is positioned away from upper ends of the first pair of legs and the second pair of legs,

the panel is in contact with the crossbar, and

a dimension of the panel is less than the distance between the first lower support bar and the second lower support bar.

12. A multifunctional exercise device, comprising:

a frame, the frame including;

a first pair of legs;

a second pair of legs;

a first upper support bar extending between the first pair of legs; and

a second upper support bar extending between the second pair of legs;

a support assembly configured to support the first and second pairs of legs, the support assembly including a first lower support bar attached to the first pair of legs via a first respective bracing pair, and a second lower support bar attached to the second pair of legs via a second respective bracing pair;

an adjustment mechanism for selectively adjusting a distance between the first and second lower support bars, the adjustment mechanism including a crossbar extending between the first lower support bar and the second lower support bar and having a variable length;

a panel detachably secured to the frame via a securing mechanism, the panel being operable in a recessed position, a non-recessed position, and an inclined position relative to the frame when the panel is secured to the frame; and

wherein each of the bracings of the first and second respective bracing pairs includes at least one bracing hole configured to receive a spring button, and

the first and second lower support bars are detachably secured to the first and second pairs of legs, respectively, when spring buttons are respectively received by each of the bracings.

13. The multifunctional exercise device of claim 12, wherein the panel includes a C-shaped clip at an underside of the panel, wherein in the inclined position, a plane of the panel is obliquely angled relative to a plane of the frame when the plane of the frame is substantially parallel to a horizontal support surface for the frame, and wherein in the inclined position, the C-shaped clip is configured for variably angling the plane of the panel by being rotatably and detachably secured to the crossbar.