Modular body builder frame box

• US 6,520,890 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2001
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hank Hsu
• Original Assignee: Hank Hsu
• Inventors: Hsu, Hank
• Primary Examiner(s): Donnelly, Jerome W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BAKER, LORI LYNN
• Application Number:
  US09/899,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20030008751A1
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• Field of Search: 482/54, 482/51, 482/904, 482/61-62, 482/66, 482/148, 482/142, 482/140
• US Class Current: 482/54
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/02 with movable endless bands , e.g. treadmills other training appliances for running on the spot A63B69/0028
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/06 incorporated in cabinets

Abstract

A modular body builder frame box is of a rectangular construction and is capable of being rested securely on a ground surface or against a wall. The frame box has a receiving compartment extending from a front side thereof toward a rear side thereof. The receiving compartment is provided in two side walls with a pivoting recess in proximity of the bottom of the receiving compartment. The pivoting recess is used for pivoting a predetermined part of a body building device such that the body building device can be swiveled between a standby position and a storage position, and that the body building device is rested on a ground surface at such time when the body building device is located at the standby position, and further that the body building device is contained in the receiving compartment of the frame box at such time when the body building device is located at the storage position.

Claims

1. A modular body builder frame box of a rectangular construction adapted to be engaged to a ground surface or against a wall, comprising a framebox, said frame box having a receiving compartment extending from a front side thereof toward a rear side thereof, said receiving compartment being provided in two side walls with a pivoting recess in proximity of a bottom of said receiving compartment, a shaft of a body building device being rotatably engaged in the pivoting recess so that the body building device can be rotated between a standby position and a storage position, and that the body building device rests on a ground surface when the body building device is located in the standby position, and further that the body building device is contained in said receiving compartment of said frame box at such time when the body building device is located in the storage position;

wherein said frame box is provided on an outer edge of one of the two side walls with a rail rod having a horizontal position in front of an opening of said receiving compartment and is movably connected with said frame box such that said rail rod is temporarily prevented from obstructing the opening of said receiving compartment when the body building device is being swiveled between the standby position and the storage position, wherein the rail rod automatically returns to the horizontal position when released after being moved, said rail rod being pressed against the outer side of the body building device when the body building device is located in the storage position and serves as a support for a user when exercising; and

wherein said rail rod can slide up and down in a slot in the outer edge and can be fixed at a predetermined height.

2. The frame box as defined in claim 1, wherein said receiving compartment of said frame box is provided with a fixation frame for mounting an electronic display to exhibit the operating state of the body building device;

wherein said frame box is provided in the wall with a wire slot extending longitudinally for receiving a wire connecting said display with the body building device.

3. The frame box as defined in claim 1, wherein said frame box is provided in the back and two sides with a plurality of through holes for receiving a plurality of bolts which are used in conjunction with nuts to fasten a plurality of said frame boxes together such that the back sides or the sides of said frame boxes are pressed against one another.

4. The frame box as defined in claim 1, wherein said frame box is provided in the wall and the underside with a plurality of through holes for receiving nails which are used to fix said frame box to a wall or ground surface.

5. The frame box as defined in claim 1, wherein said pivoting recess is a longitudinally-oriented slot enabling the shaft of the body building device to displace longitudinally along said slot.