Portable, collapsible exercise machine

• US 7,611,450 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2007
• Issued: 11/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 2241284 Ontario Inc.
• Original Assignee: Paul Mancini
• Inventors: Mancini, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Mathew; Fenn C
• Application Number:
  US11/712,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20080214369A1
• Time in Patent Office: 978 Days
• Field of Search: 482/72, 482129-130, 482 95- 96, 482/123, 482/121
• US Class Current: 482/130
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/025 on rollers or wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00061 Replaceable resistance units of different strengths, e.g. for swapping
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/04 attached to static foundation , e.g. a user
• 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 2208/0228 Sitting on the buttocks
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0238 with stretched legs, like on a bed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0252 supine
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions

Abstract

A portable, collapsible exercise machine having an adjustable support member having a first portion having a first end and a second end and a second portion having a first end and a second end. The portable collapsible exercise machine further includes a removable, adjustable T-bar arm member adapted to adjustably engage the first end of the first portion, and a removable, adjustable T-bar foot member adapted to adjustably engage the second end of the second portion. Removable resistance members adapted to engage the adjustable support member, the removable, adjustable T-bar arm member and the removable, adjustable T-bar foot member are also included. The second end of the first portion is hinged to the first end of the second portion at a point so as to allow the first and second portions to fold back onto one another into a collapsed position.

Claims

1. A portable, collapsible exercise machine comprising:

(a) an adjustable support member having a first portion having a first end and a second end and a second portion having a first end and a second end;

(b) a removable, adjustable T-bar arm member adapted to adjustably engage the first end of the first portion;

(c) a removable, adjustable T-bar foot member adapted to adjustably engage the second end of the second portion, wherein the removable, adjustable T-bar foot member comprises an adjustable foot anchor that rotates about the adjustable T-bar foot member;

(d) removable resistance members adapted to engage the adjustable support member, the removable, adjustable T-bar arm member and the removable, adjustable T-bar foot member,

wherein the second end of the first portion is hinged to the first end of the second portion at a point allowing the first and second portions to fold back onto one another into a collapsed position.

2. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first portion is a padded back support member and the second portion is a padded seat support member.

3. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 2 wherein the hinged point connecting the first and second portions, further comprises a series of attachment zones adapted to engage the removable resistance members.

4. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 3 wherein the removable, adjustable T-bar arm member further comprises a series of attachment zones adapted to engage the removable resistance members.

5. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the removable, adjustable T-bar foot member further comprises a series of attachment zones adapted to engage the removable resistance members.

6. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claims 3, 4 or 5 wherein the attachment zones are pigtail loops.

7. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the removable resistance members are further defined as resistance elastomeric tubing.

8. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 7 wherein the elastomeric tubing provides resistance between 0 and 140 pounds.

9. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 8 wherein the resistance elastomeric tubing has flexible handles at a first end and a flexible loop at a second end adapted to engage the attachment zones.

10. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 9 wherein the removable resistance members further comprise safety socks encompassing the removable resistance members and secured to the first end and the second end of the resistance elastomeric tubing.

11. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 10 wherein the safety socks are made from braided nylon tubing having a defined length secured to the first end and the second ends of the resistance elastomeric tubing.

12. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 11 wherein the safety socks are UV resistant.

13. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 3 wherein the removable resistance members are further defined as adjustable static arm bands having handles at one end and a flexible loop at a second end adapted to engage the attachment zones.

14. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjustable support member can be adjusted into a 90°

locked position about the hinged point by a lockable adjusting mechanism.

15. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjustable support member can be adjusted into a 45°

locked position about the hinged point a lockable adjusting mechanism.

16. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjustable support member can be adjusted into a 180°

locked position about the hinged point a lockable adjusting mechanism.

17. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjustable support member can be adjusted into a 0°

locked and collapsed position about the hinged point a lockable adjusting mechanism.

18. A portable, collapsible exercise machine as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a long bar with a first end and a second end and having removable resistance members at the first and second ends adapted to engage the adjustable support member.