Patent Application
20190351299
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The disclosure and prior art relates to exercise assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new exercise assembly for practicing in-line skating.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base that has an upper surface with a smooth texture to provide minimal friction to sliding. Each of a pair of front tubes and each of a pair of rear tubes extends perpendicularly from a respective opposing side of the base. A crossbar extends between the pair of front tubes distal from the base. Each front tube comprises a plurality of nested sections. Each rear tube comprises a plurality of nested segments. The front tubes and the rear tubes are selectively extensible from the base. Each of a pair of side bars extends between a respective front tube and an associated rear tube. The side bar and the crossbar are selectively positionable relative to the base and are configured to be grasped in hands of a user to support the user exercising on the base.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Each of a pair of front tubes 16 is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from a respective opposing side 18 of the base 12. The front tubes 16 are circularly shaped when viewed longitudinally. Each front tube 16 comprises a plurality of nested sections 20, as shown in
Each of a pair of rear tubes 28 is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from the respective opposing side 18 of the base 12. The rear tubes 28 are circularly shaped when viewed longitudinally. Each rear tube 28 comprises a plurality of nested segments 30, as shown in
Each of a pair of side bars 36 is coupled to and extends between a respective front tube 16 and an associated rear tube 28, as shown in
A crossbar 42 is coupled to and extends between the pair of front tubes 16 distal from the base 12. The crossbar 42 is circularly shaped when viewed longitudinally. The crossbar 42 is selectively positionable relative to the base 12. The crossbar 42 and the side bars 36 are configured to be selectively grasped in hands of a user to support the user who is exercising on the base 12, such as the user who practicing in-line skating as shown in
Each of a pair of first couplers 44 is coupled to a respective lower section 24 proximate to an upper endpoint 46 of the respective lower section 24. Each of a pair of second couplers 48 is coupled to a respective medial section 22 proximate to a bottom endpoint 50 of the respective medial section 22. The second couplers 48 are complementary to the first couplers 44. Each second coupler 48 is positioned to selectively couple to an associated first coupler 44 to couple the respective medial section 22 to the respective lower section 24.
Each second coupler 48 comprises a front pin 52, as shown in
Each of a pair of first connectors 56 is coupled to a respective lower segment 34 proximate to an upper terminus 58 of the respective lower segment 34. Each of a pair of second connectors 60 is coupled to a respective upper segment 32 proximate to a bottom terminus 62 of the respective upper segment 32. The second connectors 60 are complementary to the first connectors 56. Each second connector 60 is positioned to selectively couple to an associated first connector 56 to couple the respective upper segment 32 to the respective lower segment 34.
Each second connector 60 comprises a back pin 64, as shown in
Each of a pair of first fasteners 68 is coupled to a respective upper section 26 proximate to a lower end 70 of the respective upper section 26. Each of a pair of second fasteners 72 is coupled to a respective medial section 22 proximate to a top end 74 of the respective medial section 22. The second fasteners 72 are complementary to the first fasteners 68. Each second fastener 72 is positioned to selectively couple to an associated first fastener 68 to couple the respective medial section 22 to the respective upper section 26.
Each second fastener 72 comprises a top pin 76, as shown in
A crossbeam 82 is coupled to and extends between the upper sections 26. The crossbeam 82 is circularly shaped when viewed longitudinally. The crossbeam 82 is positioned proximate to an upper limit 84 of each plurality of orifices 78. The crossbeam 82 is configured to be grasped in the hands of the user to support the user who is exercising on the base 12.
Each of a pair of top plates 86 is coupled to the upper surface 14 of the base 12 and extends along a respective opposing side 18 of the base 12 from a front edge 88 to a back edge 90 of the base 12, as shown in
Each of a pair of frames 94 is selectively couplable to the upper surface 14 of the base 12 so that the frame 94 is positioned adjacent to a respective top plate 86, as shown in
Each of a pair of rings 96 is slidably positioned in a respective frame, as shown in
Each of a pair of bottom plates 98 is coupled to a lower surface 100 of the base 12 and extends along a respective opposing side 18 of the base 12 from the front edge 88 to the back edge 90 of the base 12, as shown in
In use, the front pins 52 and the back pins 64 are depressed to position the pair of side bars 36 to support the user. The top pin 76 is depressed to position the crossbar 42 and the crossbeam 82 to support the user. The user may elect to grasp the side bars 36, the crossbar 42, or the crossbeam 82, depending on the type of exercise. The slide area 92 provides minimal friction when practicing in-line skating on the base 12 or when sliding the feet that are positioned in the rings 96 within the frames 94.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
