Exercise Bench

• US 20080076641A1
• Filed: 09/25/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomas D. Sheehan
• Original Assignee: Thomas D. Sheehan
• Inventors: Sheehan, Thomas D.
• Application Number:
  US11/860,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20080076641A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/92
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/025 on rollers or wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0442 Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0552 Elastic ropes or bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0555 Details of the rope or band, e.g. shape or colour coding
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/078 Devices for bench press exercises , e.g. supports, guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4029 Benches specifically adapted for exercising for bench press exercises A63B21/078
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0204 Standing on the feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0228 Sitting on the buttocks
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport

Abstract

An exercise bench having a support platform with a pair of legs connected to the support platform, and a base portion having a pair of support members and the pair of upstanding legs receive the pair of legs in a telescopic manner. The legs and upstanding legs are connected when a desired platform height is achieved. The base portion has a plate with hook bars, and resistance bands are releasably attached to the hook bars. In another embodiment there are first and second support platforms each having a leg. The base portion has upstanding legs that are received in the pair of legs and connected at to the legs. The heights of the first and second platforms may be the same or different. Resistance bands are connected to the base portion and the pair of legs.

Claims

1. An exercise bench comprising:

a platform;

a pair of legs connected to the platform; and

a base portion having a pair of upstanding legs and the pair of legs is supported by the pair of upstanding legs and wherein the platform is adjustable relative to the base portion to accommodate different uses of the exercise bench.

2. The exercise bench according to claim 1 wherein the base portion further includes a pair of support members that support the pair of upstanding legs.

3. The exercise bench according to claim 1 wherein each of the upstanding legs had an end opening and one of legs of the pair of legs is positioned in one of the upstanding legs of the pair of upstanding legs, and the other leg of the pair of legs is positioned in the other upstanding leg of the pair of legs such that the pair of pair of legs is telescopically received in the pair of upstanding legs.

4. The exercise bench according to claim 3 wherein each leg has spaced apart openings and the pair of upstanding legs each has an upstanding leg opening and wherein when the pair of legs are positioned in the pair of upstanding legs such that one of the openings in the pair of legs is aligned with the upstanding leg openings and a pin locks are positioned in the aligned leg openings and upstanding leg openings to connect the pair of legs and pair of upstanding legs.

5. The exercise bench according to claim 1 further including a hook member connected to at least one of upstanding legs and a resistance band attached to the hook member and the resistance band for providing resistance during for exercising.

6. The exercise bench according to claim 2 wherein the base portion further includes a plate that extends from one of the support members in the pair of supports members to the other of the support members in the pair of support members and the plate is connected to each, and the plate has at least one plate opening, and a hook bar is joined to the plate and wherein the hook bar is accessible through the at least one plate opening in order that at least one resistance band is capable of being attached to the hook bar through the plate opening.

7. The exercise bench according to claim 6 wherein the plate is substantially parallel to the platform.

8. The exercise bench according to claim 2 further including side extension plate hingedly connected to one of the support members in the pair of support members and the extension plate for supporting the feet of a user while the user exercises.

9. An exercise bench comprising:

a first platform and a second platform;

a pair of legs one of each being connected to the first platform and the other being connected to the second platform; and

a base portion having a pair of upstanding legs and the pair of upstanding legs are received in the pair of legs such that the first and second platforms are supported by the pair of upstanding legs in order that the first and second platforms are independently adjustable relative to the base portion to accommodate different uses of the exercise bench.

10. The exercise bench according to claim 9 wherein the base portion further includes a pair of support members that support the pair of upstanding legs.

11. The exercise bench according to claim 9 wherein each of the upstanding legs has and end opening in order that each of the upstanding legs of the pair of upstanding legs is capable of being positioned in one of the legs such that the pair of upstanding legs are telescopically received in the pair legs.

12. The exercise bench according to claim 9 wherein each of the pair of legs has a plunger pin opening and a knob opening and the and each of the upstanding legs has spaced apart upstanding leg openings, and the pair of legs is positioned in the pair of upstanding legs such each of the plunger pin openings aligns with the one of the upstanding leg openings and a plunger pins are positioned therein to connect the pair of legs to the upstanding legs and wherein the knobs are positioned in the knob openings in the legs and abut against the upstanding legs to stabilize the exercise bench.

13. The exercise bench according to claim 9 wherein each of the legs of the pair of legs has a knob opening with an internal thread, and a knob having an external thread which is threaded to the internal thread such that when the pair of legs is positioned over the pair of upstanding legs the knobs are capable a being tightened against the upstanding legs to prevent the first and second platforms from moving in order to stabilize the exercise bench.

14. The exercise bench according to claim 9 further including a tie down connected to at least one of legs of the pair of legs and a resistance band attached to the tie down and the resistance band for providing resistance during for exercising.

15. The exercise bench according to claim 10 wherein the base member further includes a plate that extends from one of the support members in the pair of supports members to the other of the support members in the pair of support members and the plate is connected to each and the plate has at least one plate opening, and at least one hook bar is joined to the plate and wherein the hook bar is accessible through the at least one plate opening to provide a point of attachment for a resistance band, and the plate having tie downs connected to it for providing points of attachment for resistance bands.

16. The exercise bench according to claim 12 wherein the first and second platforms are independently adjustable relative to the base portion in order that each has a different height thereby defining a step for exercising.

17. A method of making an exercise bench comprising:

providing a platform,

providing a pair of legs and connecting the pair of legs to the platform; and

providing a base portion with a pair of upstanding legs and positioning the pair of legs in the pair of upstanding legs and supporting the platform on the base portion.

18. The method of making an exercise bench according to claim 17 further including providing the base with a pair of support members and supporting the pair of legs with the base portion.

19. The method of making an exercise bench according to claim 18 further including providing each of the pair of support members with an upstanding leg with and end opening and positioning one leg of the pair of legs in one of the upstanding legs of the pair of upstanding legs, and positioning the other leg of the pair of legs in the other upstanding leg of the pair of legs such that the pair of legs is telescopically received in the pair of upstanding legs.

20. The method of making an exercise bench according to claim 17 further comprising providing the pair of legs with spaced apart openings and providing each of the upstanding legs in the pair of upstanding legs with an upstanding leg opening and positioning the pair of legs in the pair of upstanding legs and aligning the openings in the pair of legs with the upstanding leg openings and inserting pin locks in openings in the pair of legs and upstanding leg openings to connect the pair of legs and pair of upstanding legs.