Exercising Assembly

• US 20190329090A1
• Filed: 04/25/2018
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Freddy Saddler
• Original Assignee: Freddy Saddler
• Inventors: Saddler, Freddy
• Granted Patent: US 10,821,318 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/023 Wound springs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0428 the ends moving relatively by linear reciprocation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/06 User-manipulated weights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4034 for operation by feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4035 for operation by hand
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4045 Reciprocating movement along, in or on a guide weights moving along or in guiding means A63B21/06; for cardio-training A63B22/201
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/093 Height
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0205 Abdomen
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/03525 Supports for both feet or both hands performing simultaneously the same movement, e.g. single pedal or single handle A63B21/0724 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/04 for lower limbs training appliances for special sports A63B69/00; for the purpose of producing mechanical power F03G5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user

Abstract

An exercising assembly for simultaneously exercising muscles of the abdomen and legs includes a glider that is slidably coupled to a frame. A biaser that is coupled to the frame and the glider biases the glider to a front of the frame. A leg plate is coupled to and selectively extensible from the glider. An elbow plate, which is padded, is coupled to and selectively extensible from the front of the frame. A pair of handles is coupled to the elbow plate and is configured to be grasped in hands of a user. The user'"'"'s elbows are positioned on the elbow plate and the user'"'"'s legs are positioned on the leg plate. The user is positioned to push the glider from the front to a back of the frame to exercise abdominal and leg muscles of the user.

Claims

1. An exercising assembly comprising:

a frame;

a glider slidably coupled to said frame such that said glider is slidable between a front and a back of said frame;

a biaser coupled to said frame and said glider such that said glider is biased to said front of said frame;

a leg plate coupled to and selectively extensible from said glider;

an elbow plate coupled to and selectively extensible from said front of said frame, said elbow plate being padded; and

a pair of handles coupled to said elbow plate wherein said handles are configured for grasping in hands of a user having elbows positioned on said elbow plate and legs positioned on said leg plate wherein the user is positioned for pushing said glider from said front to said back of said frame for exercising abdominal and leg muscles of the user.

2. The assembly of claim 1, further including said frame comprising:

a front bar;

a back bar; and

a pair of slide rods, each said slide rod being coupled to and extending between said front bar and said back bar such that said frame is rectangularly shaped, said slide rods being arcuate such that a center section of each said slide rod 18 is positioned closer to a horizontal surface upon which said frame is positioned, said slide rods being rectangularly shaped when viewed longitudinally.

3. The assembly of claim 2, further including said glider comprising:

a pair of slide bars; and

a pair of channels, each said channel being positioned longitudinally through a respective said slide bar, each said slide rod being complementary to and slidably positioned in a respective said channel.

4. The assembly of claim 1, further including said biaser comprising a pair of springs, each said spring being coupled to and extending between said frame and said glider, said springs being positioned singly proximate to opposing sides of said frame.

5. The assembly of claim 4, further including a pair of sleeves, each said sleeve being positioned over a respective said spring.

6. The assembly of claim 1, further including a base coupled to a bottom of said frame wherein said base is positioned for elevating said frame from a horizontal surface.

7. The assembly of claim 6, further including said base comprising:

a first footing bar coupled to said front of said frame such that opposing endpoints of said first footing bar extend past opposing sides of said frame; and

a second footing bar coupled to said back of said frame such that opposing termini of said second footing bar extend past said opposing sides of said frame.

8. The assembly of claim 7, further comprising:

a pair of first extensions, each said first extension being coupled to and extending arcuately from a respective said opposing endpoint of said first footing bar toward said back of said frame; and

a pair of second extensions, each said second extension being coupled to and extending arcuately from a respective said opposing terminus of said second footing bar away from said frame.

9. The assembly of claim 1, further including said leg plate being padded, said leg plate and said elbow plate being substantially rectangularly shaped.

10. The assembly of claim 3, further including a set of four first tubes, each said first tube being coupled to and extending between a respective corner of said leg plate and an associated said slide bar, said first tube being perpendicular to said associated said slide bar, said leg plate being pivotally coupled to each said first tube distal from said slide bars, each said first tube comprising a plurality of nested sections such that said first tubes are selectively extensible from said slide bars and said leg plate is angularly positionable relative to said frame.

11. The assembly of claim 10, further comprising:

said plurality of nested sections an upper section and a lower section;

four sets of holes, each said set of holes being positioned in said lower section of a respective said first tube, each said set of holes comprising three said holes; and

a set of first pins, said first pins being spring loaded, each said first pin being coupled to said upper section of a respective said first tube such that said first pin is selectively alignable with and insertable into a respective said hole positioned in said lower section of said respective said first tube wherein said upper section is coupled to said lower section for fixedly positioning said leg plate relative to said slide bars.

12. The assembly of claim 1, further including a pair of second tubes, each said second tube being coupled to and extending perpendicularly from a respective opposing side of said frame adjacent to said front of said frame, each said second tube comprising a plurality of nested segments such that said second tube is selectively extensible from said frame;

said handles being coupled singly to said second tubes distal from said frame.

13. The assembly of claim 12, further comprising:

said plurality of nested segments comprising an upper segment and a lower segment;

two sets of orifices, each said set of orifices being positioned in said lower segment of a respective said second tube, each said set of orifices comprising five said orifices; and

a pair of second pins, said second pins being spring loaded, each said second pin being coupled to said upper segment of a respective said second tube such that said second pin is selectively alignable with and insertable into a respective said orifice positioned in said lower segment of said respective said second tube wherein said upper segment is coupled to said lower segment.

14. The assembly of claim 12, further comprising:

a pair of arms, each said arm being coupled to and extending perpendicularly from a respective said second tube distal from said frame such that said arms extend toward said back of said frame; and

a pair of armbars, each said armbar being coupled to and extending transversely from a respective said arm distal from said second tube such that said armbars extend toward said frame, said elbow plate being coupled to and extending between said armbars.

15. The assembly of claim 12, further comprising:

a crossbar coupled to and extending between said pair of second tubes distal from said frame;

a display module coupled to said crossbar, said display module comprising a power module, a microprocessor, and a screen, said microprocessor being operationally coupled to said power module, said screen being operationally coupled to said microprocessor; and

a sensor coupled to said frame, said sensor being operationally coupled to said display module wherein said sensor is positioned for registering a cycle of said glider moving away from and returning to said front of said frame and for signaling said microprocessor of the cycle positioning said microprocessor for signaling said screen for presenting the number of cycles to the user.

16. The assembly of claim 10, further including a plurality of weights, each said weight having a respective mass such that said plurality of weights comprises weights having a variety of masses, said weights being selectively couplable to said glider for increasing resistance to movement of said glider from said front toward said back of said frame.

17. The assembly of claim 16, further comprising:

each said weight being disc shaped, each said weight have a center hole;

a pair of support rods, each said support rod being coupled to and extending from a respective said first tube such that said support rod extends outwardly from an associated opposing side of said frame wherein said support rod is positioned for inserting into a respective center hole for coupling to an associated said weight to said glider;

a plurality of rings, each said ring being positioned for insertably coupling to a respective said support rod such that said ring is positioned between adjacently positioned said weights; and

a pair of fasteners, each said fastener being selectively couplable to a respective said support rod for retaining said respective said weight on said support rod.

18. The assembly of claim 17, further including said support rods being positioned on said first tubes positioned proximate to said back of said frame.

19. The assembly of claim 17, further including each said fastener comprising a spring clamp.

20. An exercising assembly comprising:

a frame, said frame comprising;

a front bar,

a back bar, and

a pair of slide rods, each said slide rod being coupled to and extending between said front bar and said back bar such that said frame is rectangularly shaped, said slide rods being arcuate such that a center section of each said slide rod 18 is positioned closer to a horizontal surface upon which said frame is positioned, said slide rods being rectangularly shaped when viewed longitudinally;

a glider slidably coupled to said frame such that said glider is slidable between a front and a back of said frame, said glider comprising;

a pair of slide bars, and

a pair of channels, each said channel being positioned longitudinally through a respective said slide bar, each said slide rod being complementary to and slidably positioned in a respective said channel;

a biaser coupled to said frame and said glider such that said glider is biased to said front of said frame, said biaser comprising a pair of springs, each said spring being coupled to and extending between said frame and said glider, said springs being positioned singly proximate to opposing sides of said frame;

a base coupled to a bottom of said frame wherein said base is positioned for elevating said frame from a horizontal surface, said base comprising;

a first footing bar coupled to said front of said frame such that opposing endpoints of said first footing bar extend past said opposing sides of said frame,

a second footing bar coupled to said back of said frame such that opposing termini of said second footing bar extend past said opposing sides of said frame,

a pair of first extensions, each said first extension being coupled to and extending arcuately from a respective said opposing endpoint of said first footing bar toward said back of said frame, and

a pair of second extensions, each said second extension being coupled to and extending arcuately from a respective said opposing terminus of said second footing bar away from said frame;

a pair of sleeves, each said sleeve being positioned over a respective said spring;

a leg plate coupled to and selectively extensible from said glider, said leg plate being padded, said leg plate being substantially rectangularly shaped;

a set of four first tubes, each said first tube being coupled to and extending between a respective corner of said leg plate and an associated said slide bar, said first tube being perpendicular to said associated said slide bar, said leg plate being pivotally coupled to each said first tube distal from said slide bars, each said first tube comprising a plurality of nested sections such that said first tubes are selectively extensible from said slide bars and said leg plate is angularly positionable relative to said frame, said plurality of nested sections comprising an upper section and a lower section;

four sets of holes, each said set of holes being positioned in said lower section of a respective said first tube, each said set of holes comprising three said holes;

a set of first pins, said first pins being spring loaded, each said first pin being coupled to said upper section of a respective said first tube such that said first pin is selectively alignable with and insertable into a respective said hole positioned in said lower section of said respective said first tube wherein said upper section is coupled to said lower section for fixedly positioning said leg plate relative to said slide bars;

an elbow plate coupled to and selectively extensible from said front of said frame, said elbow plate being padded, said elbow plate being substantially rectangularly shaped;

a pair of second tubes, each said second tube being coupled to and extending perpendicularly from a respective said opposing side of said frame adjacent to said front of said frame, each said second tube comprising a plurality of nested segments such that said second tube is selectively extensible from said frame, said plurality of nested segments an upper segment and a lower segment;

two sets of orifices, each said set of orifices being positioned in said lower segment of a respective said second tube, each said set of orifices comprising five said orifices;

a pair of second pins, said second pins being spring loaded, each said second pin being coupled to said upper segment of a respective said second tube such that said second pin is selectively alignable with and insertable into a respective said orifice positioned in said lower segment of said respective said second tube wherein said upper segment is coupled to said lower segment;

a pair of handles coupled to said elbow plate wherein said handles are configured for grasping in hands of a user having elbows positioned on said elbow plate and legs positioned on said leg plate wherein the user is positioned for pushing said glider from said front to said back of said frame for exercising abdominal and leg muscles of the user, said handles being coupled singly to said second tubes distal from said frame;

a pair of arms, each said arm being coupled to and extending perpendicularly from a respective said second tube distal from said frame such that said arms extend toward said back of said frame;

a pair of armbars, each said armbar being coupled to and extending transversely from a respective said arm distal from said second tube such that said armbars extend toward said frame, said elbow plate being coupled to and extending between said armbars;

a crossbar coupled to and extending between said pair of second tubes distal from said frame;

a display module coupled to said crossbar, said display module comprising a power module, a microprocessor, and a screen, said microprocessor being operationally coupled to said power module, said screen being operationally coupled to said microprocessor;

a sensor coupled to said frame, said sensor being operationally coupled to said display module wherein said sensor is positioned for registering a cycle of said glider moving away from and returning to said front of said frame and for signaling said microprocessor of the cycle positioning said microprocessor for signaling said screen for presenting the number of cycles to the user;

a plurality of weights, each said weight having a respective mass such that said plurality of weights comprises weights having a variety of masses, said weights being selectively couplable to said glider for increasing resistance to movement of said glider from said front toward said back of said frame, each said weight being disc shaped, each said weight have a center hole;

a pair of support rods, each said support rod being coupled to and extending from a respective said first tube such that said support rod extends outwardly from an associated said opposing side of said frame wherein said support rod is positioned for inserting into a respective center hole for coupling to an associated said weight to said glider, said support rods being positioned on said first tubes positioned proximate to said back of said frame;

a plurality of rings, each said ring being positioned for insertably coupling to a respective said support rod such that said ring is positioned between adjacently positioned said weights; and

a pair of fasteners, each said fastener being selectively couplable to a respective said support rod for retaining said respective said weight on said support rod, each said fastener comprising a spring clamp.