Multifunctional physical training machine

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6827676
  • Patent Number
    6,827,676
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, July 17, 2002
    21 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, December 7, 2004
    19 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Lucchesi; Nicholas D.
    • Amerson; L
    Agents
    • Bacon & Thomas
Abstract
A multifunctional physical training machine. The training machine includes a frame, two first pad members, a second pad member and a cord assembly. The frame includes a first base bar and a second base bar for resting on the ground, a first frame bar having an end thereof fixed with the first base bar and a second frame bar having an end thereof fixed with the second base bar and the other end thereof connected to the first frame bar. The first and the second pad members are disposed on the first frame bar in different elevation. The cord assembly has two elastic cords detachably connected to the first base bar or the second base bar, and two holding members disposed at the ends of the elastic cords respectively. The cord assembly further has two length adjusting devices to change the lengths of the elastic cords.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates generally to a physical training machine, and more particularly to a multifunctional physical training machine.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




In modern life, people pay more attention to health and body building. Some people go to gymnasium for physical training and some people like to take exercise at home. In exercise, people will sweat to get up their metabolism quickly, and more particularly, this will cause weight reduction. A multifunctional training machine is brought to users, which has less size but has various exercise modes, for facilitating users to take exercise at home.





FIG. 1

shows a conventional multifunctional training machine


90


, which is constructed of a first base bar


91


, a first bar frame


92


, a pad


93


, a T bar


94


, a second base bar


95


, a second bar frame


92


, a third bar frame


97


an a seat member


98


. The first bar frame


92


has an inclined bar


921


having an end thereof fixed with the first base bar


91


and a handle


922


fixed to the inclined bar


921


at where it is closest to the distal end thereof. The pad


93


is fixed with the inclined bar


921


at the side thereof opposite from the pad


922


. The T bar


94


is pivoted on the inclined bar


921


closing to the first base bar


91


. The second bar frame


96


has an end thereof fixed with the inclined bar


921


at where under the handle


922


and the other end thereof fixed to the second base bar


95


. The seat member


98


has an end thereof pivoted on the second bar frame


96


and the other end thereof supported by the third bar frame


97


.




If a user takes exercise on the conventional training machine


90


, please refer to

FIG. 2

, he/she may rest his/her abdomen against the pad


93


and rest his/her legs against the T bar


94


, such that he/she can flex and extend the trunk to train the back muscles. The second exercise mode of the training machine


90


is that the user holds the handle


922


by both hands to do push-ups. The third exercise mode, which is similar to the first exercise mode, is that the user rests his/her back against the pad


93


to flex and extend the trunk to train the abdominal muscles. The user also can lie on the seat member to do sit-ups.




There are at least two points of the conventional training machine


90


to be improved:




1. The conventional training machine


90


only has function to train abdominal muscles and back muscles, it is hard to train the other muscles.




2. User will get boring after taking exercise on the conventional training machine


90


, because of it only having fewer modes to take exercise thereon.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The primary objective of the invention is to provide a multifunctional physical training machine, which has a capacity of training the muscles of various portions of body with a variety of exercise modes.




According to the objective of the invention, a multifunctional physical training machine comprises a frame. At least one first pad member is disposed on the frame adjacent to a top side of the frame. At least one second pad member is disposed on the frame below the first pad member. At least one cord assembly has two elastic cords and two holding members, wherein the elastic cords have ends connected to a front side or a rear side of the frame respectively and the holding members are disposed at the other ends of the elastic cords respectively.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

shows a front view of a conventional multifunctional training machine;





FIG. 2

shows how a user taking exercise on the conventional multifunctional training machine;





FIG. 3

shows a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and





FIG. 4

to

FIG. 10

show a user taking exercise on the multifunctional training machine of the prefer embodiment of the present invention in various exercise modes.











DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




Please refer to

FIG. 3

, a multifunctional physical training machine


1


provided by a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a frame


5


, two first pad members


60


, a second pad member


70


and a cord assembly


80


.




The frame


5


has a first base bar


20


, a first frame bar


30


, a second base bar


40


and a second frame bar


50


. The first base bar


20


and the second base bar


40


are to rest on the ground, wherein the first base bar


20


is provided with two footrest portions


21


. The first frame bar


30


has an inclined bar


31


, a U-shaped handle


32


and two fixing bars


33


. The inclined bar


31


has an end thereof fixed to the mid-section of the first base bar


20


. It has to note that the inclined bar


31


of the first frame bar


30


can be a retractable bar assembly. The handle


32


has the mid-section thereof pivoted on the inclined bar


31


closing to the distal end thereof. The handle


32


can be turned and can be fixed at specific positions by means of two bolts


34


. The fixing bars


33


are fixed the midsections thereof to the inclined bar


31


closing to the distal end thereof and at the side opposite from the handle


32


. The first pad members


60


are fixed on the fixing bars


33


. it is to be noted that the first pad members


60


can be replaced with a pad member of larger size.




The second frame bar


50


has an end thereof fixed at the mid-section of the second base bar


40


and the other end thereof pivoted on the first frame bar


30


, such that the frame


5


can stand on the ground stably and can adjust the included angle between the first and the second frame bars


30


and


50


. It has to note that if a manufacturer fixed the second frame bar


50


to the first frame bar


30


will be alright in the present invention and it is still included in the scope of the present invention. The second frame bar


50


is provided with two carrying devices


51


to put two dumbbells


10


thereon respectively. The numbers of the carrying devices


51


provided on the second frame bar


50


will be the choice of manufacturers.




The second pad member


70


has a resting bar


71


and a coupling bar


72


(see FIG.


4


), wherein the resting bar


71


is provided with two soft pads


73


thereon and the coupling bar


72


has an end thereof fixed to the resting bar


71


at mid-section thereof and the other end thereof pivoted on the first frame bar


30


at where closes to the base bar


20


. The second pad member


70


can be turned to a position of perpendicular to the first frame bar


30


and to a position of the soft pads


73


resting against the first frame bar


30


as shown in FIG.


6


. (Note: the second pad member


70


also can be fixed to the first frame bar


30


, and sometime user has to sit on the second pad member


70


, so the shape of the second pad member


70


is not limited in T-shape only.)




The cord assembly


80


has two elastic cords


81


, two holding members


82


and two length adjusting devices


83


. The length adjusting device


83


is disposed at an end of the elastic cord


81


to change the length of the elastic cord


81


and the holding members


82


is secured with the length adjusting device


83


for user can control the elastic cord


81


. The free ends of the elastic cords


81


are detachably secured on the first base bar


20


or on the second base bar


40


according to what kind of the exercise user may take. The length adjusting device


83


is the conventional device, so the detailed description is not necessary. The way of how to detachably secure the elastic cords


81


to the first base bar


20


or the second base bar


40


in the present invention is to provide ring devices on the first base bar


20


and the second base bar


40


respectively and provide hook devices on the elastic cords


81


. As shown in at least

FIGS. 4 and 9

, the free ends of the elastic cords


81


of at least one cord assembly


80


are detachably secured on the first base bar


20


and/or on the second base bar


40


according to what kind of exercise the user may select. There are many ways to achieve detachably securing the elastic cords


81


to the first base bar


20


and the second base bar


40


, they will be in the scope of the present invention.




The physical training machine


1


of the present invention can provide user to take the same exercises as aforesaid conventional training machine did. With the cord assembly


80


, user further can take various exercises on the physical training machine


1


of the present invention.




Please refer to

FIG. 4

, user may sit on the second pad member


70


and rest his/her back on the first pad members


60


. The elastic cords


81


are installed on the second base bar


40


so that user may hold the holding members


82


to stretch his/her arms forwards or upwards. Thus, user can train shoulder muscles and arm muscles by taking this kind of exercise.





FIG. 5

shows the second exercise mode of the present invention. User may sit on the second pad member


70


and hold the holding members


82


of the cord assembly


80


like aforesaid did, and then extend his/her arms along the lateral sides to adduct the arms forwards or upwards. Thus, user can train arm muscles, pectoral muscles and shoulder muscles.




User also may stand on the ground facing the first frame bar


30


and resting both hands on the first pad member


60


as shown in FIG.


6


. He/she rests a foot against the first base bar


20


and the other foot hooking the holding member


82


of the cord assembly


80


, such that user can lift the leg backwards to elongate the elastic cord


81


to training leg muscles.





FIG. 7

shows the fourth exercise mode of the present invention. User may stand on the footrest portions


21


, rest the abdomen against the first pad members


60


and holds the holding members


82


of the cord assembly


80


by hands. He/she can train arm muscles and shoulder muscles by pulling the elastic cords


81


.




User may just stand on the ground, hold the holding members


82


of the cord assembly


80


by hands and flex the forearms to pull the elastic cords.


81


as shown in FIG.


8


.




The elastic cords


81


also can be installed on the first base bar


20


to take the aforesaid exercises. The lengths of the elastic cords


81


can be changed by operating the length adjusting devices


83


to adjust the resistance of the cord assembly


80


.




User may sit on the second pad member


70


and lift his/her shanks to pull the elastic cords


81


as shown in FIG.


9


. Thus, user may train his/her leg muscles. The cord assembly


80


may have one of the elastic cord


81


installed on the first base bar


20


and have the other one of the elastic cord


81


installed on the second base bar


40


.




Another exercise mode of the present invention taught in this specification is shown in

FIG. 10

, which provides user holding the dumbbells


10


and flexing and extending the trunk repeatedly to train back muscles. In addition, user may take the exercises shown in

FIG. 4

,

FIG. 5

, FIG.


7


and

FIG. 8

by holding the dumbbells


10


to train various muscles.




If user does not want to use the dumbbells


10


, he/she can put them on the carrying devices


51


on the second frame bar


50


. The dumbbells


10


will not interfere with user to take exercise on the physical training machine


1


of the present invention when put them on the carrying devices


51


. They also can be taken easily when user needs them.




In conclusion, the advantages of the present invention are:




1. It provides a variety of exercise modes for user to choose to train various muscles. The cord assembly provides user to train various portions of muscles by taking various exercises on the physical training machine


1


of the present invention. More particularly, it still has a small size to facilitate user to take exercise at home.




2. The dumbbells also play a part of training to provide user having various modes to use the dumbbells.



Claims
  • 1. A multifunctional physical training machine, comprising:a frame; at least one first pad member disposed on said frame adjacent to a top side of the frame; at least one second pad member disposed on said frame below said first pad member; at least one cord assembly having two elastic cords and two holding members, wherein said elastic cords have ends respectively connected to a left side and a right side of said frame at a front side or a rear side of the frame and said holding members are disposed at the other ends of said elastic cords respectively; and wherein said frame comprises a first base bar and a second base bar for resting on the ground, a first frame bar having an end thereof fixed with said first base bar and a second frame bar having an end thereof fixed with said second base bar and the other end thereof connected to said first frame bar, wherein said second pad member is disposed on said first frame bar at where it is closest to said first base bar, said first pad member is disposed on said first frame bar where it is closest to the distal end thereof and said elastic cords of said cord assembly are detachably connected to said first base bar or said second base bar.
  • 2. The multifunctional physical training machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said cord assembly further comprises a length adjusting device to change the length of said elastic cord.
  • 3. The multifunctional physical training machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said cord assembly is connected to the front side or the rear side of the frame.
  • 4. The multifunctional physical training machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said second pad member is pivotally mounted on said frame such that the second pad member can be turned outwards from said frame and be turned towards said frame.
  • 5. The multifunctional physical training machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said second frame bar of said frame is provided with a carrying device for receiving a dumbell thereon.
  • 6. The multifunctional physical training machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said first frame bar of said frame is provided with a handle at where it is closest to the distal end thereof.
  • 7. The multifunctional physical training machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said first base bar of said frame is provided with two footrest portions.
  • 8. The multifunctional physical training machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said second frame bar is pivotally connected to said first frame bar for the included angle between said first and said second frame bars can be changed and can be fixed at specific position.
  • 9. The multifunctional physical training machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said first frame bar is a retractable bar assembly.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
91207832 U May 2002 TW
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