Physical exercising station

• US 5,997,448 A
• Filed: 06/11/1998
• Issued: 12/07/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alex Duba
• Original Assignee: Alex Duba
• Inventors: Duba, Alex
• Primary Examiner(s): DONNELLY, JEROME W
• Application Number:
  US09/096,866
• Time in Patent Office: 544 Days
• Field of Search: 211/205, 211/86.01, 248/354.1, 248/200.1, 248/125.1, 482/121-30
• US Class Current: 482/121
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00069 Setting or adjusting the resistance level; Compensating for a preload prior to use, e.g. changing length of resistance or adjusting a valve
• 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 21/0557 Details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1681 for anchoring between horizontal surfaces, e.g. the floor and the ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0204 Standing on the feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0228 Sitting on the buttocks

Abstract

Physical exercising apparatus comprising, a rigid column having first and second ends and adapted to be positioned vertically between the ceiling and floor of a room, a top plate attached to the first end of the column and disposed perpendicularly to the column for contact with the ceiling, a bottom plate disposed at the second end of the column perpendicularly to the column for contact with the floor, a cam lever interconnecting the second end of the column and the bottom plate for moving the column longitudinally with respect to the bottom plate and locking it in a longitudinal position, a horizontally disposed bar, slidable vertically on the column, for supporting an anchored end of at least one resistive exercise band, a projecting handle slidably mounted on the bar for anchoring the end of the elastic band and a rod attached to the outside end of the bar so that the longitudinal axis of the rod is spaced from the longitudinal axis of the bar and perpendicular thereto so that the elastic band may be trained around the rod to change the direction of force applied to the resistive band.

Claims

1. Physical exercising apparatus comprising,

a rigid column having first and second ends and adapted to be positioned vertically between parallel planes that comprise the ceiling and floor of a room,

a top plate attached to the first end of the column and disposed perpendicularly to the column for contact with the ceiling,

a bottom plate disposed at the second end of the column perpendicularly to the column for contact with the floor,

cam means interconnecting the second end of the column and the bottom plate for moving the column longitudinally with respect to the bottom plate and locking it in a longitudinal position,

a bar slidably supported by the column for mooring resilient exercise elements,

a rod attached to the end of the bar so the longitudinal axis of the rod is spaced from the longitudinal axis of the bar and perpendicular thereto.

2. The combination of claim 1 where the bar comprises two hollow aligned and opposed portions, each carried by the column.

3. The combination of claim 2 and further including,

attachment means for interconnecting the column and the bar, including,

a collar slidable on the column,

a pair of aligned laterally projecting cantilever beams attached to the collar, adapted and sized to fit within the hollow interior of the respective bar portions for support thereof.

4. The combination of claim 3 and further including,

indexing means carried by the said beams for interacting with the bar portions to fix the rotative position of each of the bar portions with respect to the respective beams.

5. The combination of claim 4 and further including,

anchor means slidably mounted on each of the bar portions for securing a resilient exercise element.

6. The combination of claim 1 and further including,

a seat,

means for supporting said seat on the floor, including an adjustable length connecting beam slidably attached to the column.

7. Physical exercising apparatus comprising,

a vertical column,

a sleeve slidably supported by the column such as to be adjustable in height,

at least one horizontally cantilevered bar carried by the sleeve,

means carried by the bar for mooring an elastic band including,

a projecting handle slidably mounted on the bar, and

a rod mounted on the bar perpendicularly thereto.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 and further comprising,

means for anchoring the vertical column between two parallel planes, including,

a plate having a perpendicularly disposed stud projecting therefrom and adapted to telescopically mate with the vertical column,

a cam lever pivotally attached to the vertical column and the said stud and disposed in contact with the plate.

9. The combination of claim 8 and further comprising,

a seat,

a vertical post supporting the seat,

a horizontal beam attached to the vertical column and to the vertical post.

10. The combination of claim 9 and further including,

a cantilever beam coaxial with the horizontal beam and carried by the vertical column.

11. Physical exercising apparatus comprising,

a vertical column having upper and lower ends,

a sleeve slidably supported by the column such as to be adjustable in height,

at least one horizontally cantilevered bar carried by the sleeve,

means carried by the bar for mooring at least one elastic resistive element,

an elongated ceiling plate, having a length terminable in a toe and heel portion, perpendicularly attached to the upper end of the vertical column,

an elongated floor plate, having a length terminable in a toe and heel portion, perpendicularly attached to the lower end of the vertical column,

wherein the length of the plates is not less than one tenth of the straight line distance between the toe of the ceiling plate and the heel of the floor plate.