Collapsible seat for combination hack squat and leg press machine

• US 7,115,080 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2002
• Issued: 10/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: BowFlex, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nautilus, Inc.
• Inventors: Nollette, Hugh, Cockrill, Albert H. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mathew, Fenn C.
• Application Number:
  US10/211,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20040023760A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,524 Days
• Field of Search: 482 93- 94, 482/97, 482100-104, 482137-138
• US Class Current: 482/138
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2023/0411 Squatting exercises
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0626 with substantially vertical guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0233 in 90/90 position, like on a chair
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0405 involving a bending of the knee and hip joints simultaneously A63B23/0476 takes precedence

Abstract

An exercise machine for performing both a hack squat exercise and a leg press exercise is disclosed. A hack squat platform is operably mounted to a frame for use in performing a hack squat exercise. A collapsible seat is operably connected to either the frame or the hack squat platform for use in performing a leg press exercise. The collapsible seat and the hack squat platform are provided as alternative configurations whereby only one of either the collapsible seat or the hack squat platform can be used by the user at one time.

Claims

1. An exercise machine for performing both a hack squat exercise and a leg press exercise comprising:

a frame;

a weight sled operably engaged with the frame;

a leg press foot plate operably mounted to the weight sled;

a shoulder engaging system operably mounted to the weight sled;

wherein

the leg press foot plate and the shoulder engaging system are alternative configurations whereby only one of the leg press foot plate and the shoulder engaging system can be used by a user at one time;

a hack squat platform operably mounted to the frame; and

a collapsible seat operably connected to at least one of the frame and the hack squat platform and operably engaged with the hack squat platform;

wherein

the collapsible seat and the hack squat platform are alternative configurations whereby only one of the collapsible seat and the hack squat platform can be used by the user at one time; and

wherein the collapsible seat further comprises;

a head portion;

a back portion operably connected to the head portion; and

a seat portion operably connected to the back portion;

wherein

when the collapsible seat is in an open configuration, the back portion is supported by the hack squat platform; and

when the collapsible seat is in a collapsed configuration, the head portion folds against the back portion, and the back portion folds against the seat portion.

2. The exercise machine of claim 1, wherein the hack squat platform further comprises:

a platform frame operably connected to the seat portion;

a foot plate supported by the frame; and

an incline means operably connected to at least one of the platform frame and the foot plate, the incline means for raising an end of the foot plate at an angle to a surface upon which the hack squat platform rests;

wherein

when the collapsible seat is in an open configuration, the back portion is supported by the foot plate; and

when the collapsible seat is in a collapsed configuration, the head portion folds against the back portion, the back portion folds against the seat portion, and the foot plate is exposed for use by a user.

3. The exercise machine of claim 1 further comprising a latch member mounted to the head portion and operably connected to the back portion, the latch member further engaging a bottom side of the foot plate and maintaining the head portion generally in the same plane as the back portion.

4. The exercise machine of claim 1, wherein when the collapsible seat is in an open configuration, the back portion and the head portion are generally in the same plane and the seat portion is held in a position generally normal to the back portion.

5. The exercise machine of claim 1, wherein when the collapsible seat is in a collapsed configuration, the seat portion and the head portion are generally in a first plane and the back portion is generally in a second plane parallel to the first plane.

6. The exercise machine of claim 1, wherein the shoulder engaging system is operably connected to the leg press foot plate.

7. The exercise machine of claim 1, wherein

the shoulder engaging system further comprises:

a handlebar mounted to the weight sled;

a shoulder pad mounted to the handlebar; and

a back rest operably mounted to the weight sled below the handlebar.

8. The exercise machine of claim 7, wherein the leg press foot plate is mounted to a back side of the back rest, and wherein

the leg press foot plate is configurable for use by the user by rotating the backrest upward toward the handlebar into a position normal to the weight sled to expose the leg press foot plate for use by the user.

9. A combination collapsible seat and hack squat platform for use in conjunction with an exercise machine,

the collapsible seat comprising:

a head portion;

a back portion operably connected to the head portion; and

a seat portion operably connected to the back portion;

the hack squat platform comprising;

a frame operably connected to the seat portion;

a foot plate supported by the frame; and

an incline means operably connected to at least one of the frame and the foot plate, the incline means for raising an end of the foot plate at an angle to a surface upon which the hack squat platform rests;

wherein

when the collapsible seat is in an open configuration, the back portion is supported by the foot plate; and

when the collapsible seat is in a collapsed configuration, the head portion folds against the back portion, the back portion folds against the seat portion, and the foot plate is exposed for use by a user.

10. The combination collapsible seat and hack squat platform of claim 9, wherein when the collapsible seat is in an open configuration, the back portion and the head portion are generally in the same plane and the seat portion is held in a position generally normal to the back portion.

11. The combination collapsible seat and hack squat platform of claim 9, wherein when the collapsible seat is in a collapsed configuration, the seat portion and the head portion are generally in a first plane and the back portion is generally in a second plane parallel to the first plane.

12. The combination collapsible seat and hack squat platform of claim 9 further comprising a latch member mounted to the head portion and operably connected to the back portion, the latch member further engaging a bottom side of the foot plate and maintaining the head portion generally in the same plane as the back portion.

13. A collapsible seat for use in conjunction with an inclined platform, the collapsible seat comprising:

a head portion;

a back portion operably connected to the head portion; and

a seat portion operably connected to the back portion;

a latch member mounted to the head portion and operably connected to the back portion, the latch member further engaging a bottom side of the inclined platform and maintaining the head portion generally in the same plane as the back portion;

wherein

when the collapsible seat is in an open configuration, the back portion is supported by the inclined platform; and

when the collapsible seat is in a collapsed configuration, the head portion folds against the back portion, and the back portion folds against the seat portion.