Multifunctional leg training machine

• US 9,526,938 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2015
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joong Chenn Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Joong Chenn Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Crow, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Atkinson, Garrett
• Application Number:
  US14/594,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20160144218A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 482 92- 94, 482/98, 482/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2023/0411 Squatting exercises
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/062 including guide for vertical or non-vertical weights or array of weights to move against gravity forces
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0626 with substantially vertical guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/078 Devices for bench press exercises , e.g. supports, guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4033 Handles, pedals, bars or platforms
• 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 23/0405 involving a bending of the knee and hip joints simultaneously A63B23/0476 takes precedence

Abstract

A multifunctional leg training machine includes a framework, a weight-bearing mechanism mounted at said framework and movable in direction toward or away from said framework and adapted to impart a downward pressure to the shoulders of the user using the machine, allowing the user to perform a squat exercise, a lunge exercise, a calf-raise exercise, a simple transverse body movement exercise, or a mixed training exercise of moving the body transversely and upwardly to fully train different muscle groups of the legs.

Claims

1. A multifunctional leg training machine, comprising:

a framework placed on a bearing surface; and

a weight-bearing mechanism mounted in said framework and movable relative to said framework in direction toward or away from said framework, said weight-bearing mechanism comprising a longitudinal sliding device set upwardly mounted in said framework and movable between opposing top and bottom sides of said framework, a transverse sliding device set slidably coupled to said longitudinal sliding device set and movable between opposing left and right sides of said framework, and a plurality of weight plates mountable at said longitudinal sliding device set to impart a downward pressure to said longitudinal sliding device set so that when a user carries said weight-bearing mechanism with the shoulders, said weight plates give a downward pressure to the user;

wherein said longitudinal sliding device set comprises two upward bars respectively upwardly affixed to opposing left and right sides of said framework, two sliding sleeves respectively sleeved onto said upward bars and respectively axially movable along said upward bars, and a sliding bar connected between said two sliding sleeves for allowing said transverse sliding device set to slide thereon;

wherein said transverse sliding device set comprises a pulley holder frame and a plurality of pulleys, said pulleys being rotatably mounted in said pulley holder frame at two opposite sides relative to said sliding bar.

2. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said longitudinal sliding device set further comprises a hanging rod connected to each said sliding sleeve and extending toward said sliding bar for hanging said weight plates.

3. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transverse sliding device set further comprises a cushion set and two grips, said cushion set is fixedly mounted at said pulley holder frame for stopping at the shoulders of the user operating the multifunctional leg training machine, said grips being affixed to said pulley holder frame and respectively disposed near the user'"'"'s shoulders for holding by the user.

4. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein said sliding bar is a rhombic tube having four slanted sides, and each two adjacent said slanted sides being connected together to create a V-shaped sliding rail;

each said pulley defines therein a V-shaped sliding groove fitting said V-shaped sliding rail.

5. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein said cushion set comprises two pivot members and a cushion member, said pivot members being fixedly connected to a bottom side of said pulley holder frame, said cushion member being pivotally coupled between said two pivot members.

6. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 1, further comprising two positioning mechanisms respectively mounted at said sliding bar of said longitudinal sliding device set near said framework for positioning said weight-bearing mechanism in said framework at a predetermined elevation.

7. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein said framework comprises two upright posts disposed at two opposite lateral sides thereof and upwardly extended from a bottom side thereof, and a plurality of positioning rods located at each said upright post at different elevations;

each said positioning mechanism comprises a connection member, a handle and a hook member, said connection member being fixedly connected to said sliding bar, said handle being pivotally connected to said connection member, said hook member being biasable by said handle in two reversed directions to hook on said positioning rod or to release said positioning rod.

8. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the hook members of said two positioning mechanisms are connected together by a link for enabling said two positioning mechanisms to be moved synchronously.

9. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 6, further comprising two buffering mechanisms, each said buffering mechanism comprising a buffer sleeve, a grip and a clamping hook, said buffer sleeve being axially slidably and rotatably sleeved onto one respective said upward bar, the grip of each said buffering mechanism being fixedly connected to said buffer sleeve, said clamping hook being biasable by the grip of the respective said buffering mechanism in two reversed directions to hook on said positioning rod or to release said positioning rod.

10. The multifunctional leg training machine as claimed in claim 1, said framework further comprises two support posts disposed at two opposite lateral sides thereof and upwardly extended from a bottom side thereof, and a plurality of hanging rods located at each said support post at different elevations for hanging said weight plates.