Physical fitness course

• US 7,060,002 B1
• Filed: 10/21/2002
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Theodore F. Boehme
• Original Assignee: Theodore F. Boehme
• Inventors: Boehme, Theodore F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Donnelly, Jerome
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mathew, Fenn C.
• Application Number:
  US10/274,550
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• Field of Search: 482 35- 38, 482121-125, 482/114, 482 83- 90, 472117-118, 472/128
• US Class Current: 482/35
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 17/00 Exercising apparatus combining several parts such as ladders, rods, beams, slides
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2023/006 for stretching exercises
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00047 Exercising devices not moving during use benches A63B21/4029; isometric exercising devices A63B21/0023; step exercisers A63B23/0458; walk exercisers A63B23/0464
• 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 23/1218 Chinning, pull-up, i.e. concentric movement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/1236 Push-ups in horizontal position, i.e. eccentric movement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 9/00 Climbing poles, frames, or stages climbing walls for mountaineering training A63B69/0048; endless loop ladders A63B22/04

Abstract

A physical fitness course for providing an inexpensive workout course comprising primarily of PVC material. The physical fitness course includes a pull-up exercise unit being securely situated upon a ground; and also includes sit-up units being disposed upon the ground; and further includes a body lift/push-ups unit also being securely situated upon the ground; and also includes a leg/torso-stretching unit being securely situated upon the ground; and further includes weight-lifting/twist-up units being securely disposed upon the ground; and also includes a multiple muscle exercise unit including a pole being attached to a concrete base member and being filled with a concrete substance for a user to push against with one'"'"'s back; and further includes step-up units including a plurality of cylindrical pods being spacedly and securely disposed upon the ground and being connected to concrete base members; and also includes a jumping unit including a plurality of elongate tubular members being attached side-by-side and being horizontally-disposed above the ground; and further includes a sit and reach unit being securely disposed upon the ground.

Claims

1. A physical fitness course kit comprising:

a pull-up exercise unit being securely situated upon a ground and including a plurality of elongate support members being spaced apart and having support rods disposed therein and being filled with concrete substance and being vertically-erected upon the ground and being conventionally attached to concrete base members which are embedded in the ground, and further including elbow-shaped connectors being disposed in selected said elongate support members, and also including a plurality of bars having ends securely attached near top ends of said elongate support members, said plurality of bars being attached to said elbow-shaped connectors and interconnecting said elongate support members and being adapted to support a user thereupon;

sit-up units being securely disposed upon the ground, each of said sit-up units including a bench member having a top wall and being attached to a concrete base member, and also including a leg support member being attached to said top wall of said bench member, and further including concrete substance being disposed in each said bench member, said bench member also having an arcuate bottom wall having longitudinal edges which are attached to said top wall, and further having an internal cavity which is filled with said concrete substance, and also having open ends which are capped with cap members, said bench member being generally made of PVC material;

a body lift/push-ups unit also being securely situated upon the ground;

a leg/torso-stretching unit being securely situated upon the ground;

weight-lifting/twist-up units being securely disposed upon the ground;

a multiple muscle exercise unit including a pole being attached to a concrete base member and being filled with a concrete substance for a user to exercise one'"'"'s muscles,

step-up units including a plurality of cylindrical pods being spacedly and securely disposed upon the ground and being connected to concrete base members;

jumping unit including a plurality of elongate tubular members being attached side-by-side and being horizontally-disposed above the ground; and

a sit and reach unit being securely disposed upon the ground.

2. The physical fitness course kit as described in claim 1, wherein each of said sit-ups unit also includes a sheet of carpet-like material being disposed upon said top wall of a respective said bench member.

3. The physical fitness course kit as described in claim 1, wherein said leg support member includes a stub shaft being disposed in said bench member and extending upwardly therefrom, and also includes a T-shaped coupler being removably engaged upon said stub shaft, and further includes a cross member being removably engaged through said T-shaped coupler.

4. A physical fitness course kit comprising:

a pull-up exercise unit being securely situated upon a ground and including a plurality of elongate support members being spaced apart and having support rods disposed therein and being filled with concrete substance and being vertically-erected upon the ground and being conventionally attached to concrete base members which are embedded in the ground, and further including elbow-shaped connectors being disposed in selected said elongate support members, and also including a plurality of bars having ends securely attached near top ends of said elongate support members, said plurality of bars being attached to said elbow-shaped connectors and interconnecting said elongate support members and being adapted to support a user thereupon;

sit-up units being securely disposed upon the ground, each of said sit-up units including a bench member having a top wall and being attached to a concrete base member, and also including a leg support member being attached to said top wall of said bench member, and further including concrete substance being disposed in each said bench member;

a bode lift/push-ups unit also being securely situated upon the ground and including a plurality of posts being spaced apart and having support rods disposed therein and also being filled with a concrete substance and being securely and vertically-erected upon the ground and conventionally attached to concrete base members which are embedded in the ground, and also including connectors being mounted to said posts, and further including bar members being removably engaged to said connectors and interconnecting said posts, said posts including short posts which are spacedly aligned to one another, and also including long posts which are spacedly aligned to one another, and further including intermediate posts which are spacedly aligned to one another, and also including a base post which is spacedly aligned to said short, long, and intermediate posts, said connectors including elbow connectors which are mounted upon one of said short posts, one of said long posts, and one of said intermediate posts, and also including T-shaped connectors which are mounted to the other said short, long and intermediate posts and to said base post;

a leg/torso-stretching unit being securely situated upon the ground and including a base pole having a support rod disposed therein and also being filled with a concrete substance and being securely and vertically-erected upon the ground and conventionally attached to a concrete base member which is embedded in the ground, and also including a plurality of T-shaped connecting members being mounted to said base pole, and further including a plurality of arms being securely attached to said T-shaped connecting members and extending outwardly generally perpendicular to said base pole;

weight-lifting/twist-up units being securely disposed upon the ground, each of said weight-lifting/twist-up units including an elongate tubular base members being securely and vertically-erected upon the ground and conventionally attached to concrete base members which are embedded in the ground and having an open top end and a bore disposed therein, and also including a plug members being removably engaged in said open top end of said elongate tubular base member and having a bore being disposed therethrough, and further including a flexible line being movably disposed in said bore of said elongate tubular base member and through said bore of said plug member, and also including a weight member being attached to a bottom end of said flexible line and being movably disposed in said bore of said elongate tubular base member, and further including a rod-shaped handle member being attached to a top end of said flexible line and being adapted to grasped by the hands of the user for performing military types of presses and torso twist-ups;

a multiple muscle exercise unit including a pole being attached to a concrete base member and being filled with a concrete substance for a user to exercise one'"'"'s muscles,

step-up units including a plurality of cylindrical pods being spacedly and securely disposed upon the ground and being connected to concrete base members;

jumping unit including a plurality of elongate tubular members being attached side-by-side and being horizontally-disposed above the ground; and

a sit and reach unit being securely disposed upon the ground.

5. The physical fitness course kit as described in claim 4, wherein said sit and reach unit includes a bench member having a top wall and being attached to a concrete base member, and further includes concrete substance being disposed in said bench member, said bench member also having an arcuate bottom wall having longitudinal edges which are attached to said top wall, and further having an internal cavity which is filled with said concrete substance, and also has open ends which are capped with cap members, said bench member being generally made of PVC material, said sit and reach unit also including a sheet of carpet-like material being disposed upon said top wall of said bench member.