Patent Application
20170368402
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The disclosure and prior art relates to training devices and more particularly pertains to a new training device for hands-free exercising of the back and shoulders.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a frame. A bench is coupled to the frame and is configured to seat a user. A backrest is coupled to the frame proximate to a rear edge of the bench. A pair of arms is pivotally coupled singly to opposing side supports of the frame. A resistor is operationally coupled to the pair of arms. The arms are positioned on the frame such that the arms are configured to abut elbows of the user seated on the bench. The resistor is positioned to resist the user's effort to pivot the arms relative to the frame, thus exercising the back and shoulders of the user without use of the user's hands.
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
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A lateral 28 is coupled to and extends substantially perpendicularly from the beam 22 proximate to the bottom end 26. A vertical 30 is coupled to the lateral 28 distal from the bottom end 26. The vertical 30 is positioned on the lateral 28 such that the vertical 30 is configured to buttress the lateral 28 in a substantially horizontal position relative to a surface upon which the frame 12 is positioned. A stabilizer 32 is coupled to the vertical 30 distal from the lateral 28.
A bench 34 is coupled to the frame 12 and is configured to seat a user. The bench 34 is coupled to the lateral 28 of the frame 12. In one embodiment, the bench 34 is substantially rectangularly shaped. In another embodiment, the bench 34 is padded.
A backrest 36 is coupled to the frame 12 proximate to a rear edge 38 of the bench 34. The backrest 36 is coupled to the beam 22. In one embodiment, the backrest 36 is substantially rectangularly shaped. In another embodiment, the backrest 36 is padded.
A pair of arms 40 is pivotally coupled singly to the opposing side supports 16 of the frame 12. The arms 40 are positioned proximate to the top bar 20. Each arm 40 comprises an adjuster 42 that is coupled to a respective opposing side support 16. The adjuster 42 is configured to selectively retain an associated arm 40 at a fixed angle relative to the respective opposing side support 16. In one embodiment, the adjuster 42 is configured to retain the associated arm 40 at fifteen, thirty, forty five and sixty degrees relative to the respective opposing side support 16.
A resistor 44 is operationally coupled to the pair of arms 40. In one embodiment, the resistor 44 comprises a plurality of plates 46. The plates 46 are selectively couplable to the arms 40. The plates 46 are configured to provide a level of resistance selectable by the user.
The resistor 44 also comprises a plurality of pulleys 48 and a pair of cables 50. The pulleys 48 are coupled to the frame 12. Each cable 50 is coupled to and extends between a respective arm 40 and the plurality of plates 46. Each cable 50 is operationally coupled to associated pulleys 48. The cables 50 are coupled to the pulleys 48 and the plurality of plates 46 such that the cables 50 are positioned to selectively resist pivoting of the arms 40 relative to the frame 12. In one embodiment, the plurality of pulleys 48 comprises pulleys 48 positioned singly on the opposing side supports 16, and pulleys 48 positioned singly on opposing ends 52 of a crossbar 54 that is coupled to the top end 24 of the beam 22. Each cable 50 is coupled to an associated arm 40 proximate to a midpoint 56 of the associated arm 40.
A pair of pads 58 is coupled singly to each arm 40. The pads 58 are positioned on the arms 40 such that the pads 58 are configured to abut elbows of the user seated on the bench 34. In one embodiment, each pad 58 is slidably couplable to a respective arm 40, such that each pad 58 is variably positionable on the respective arm 40. Each pad 58 comprises a cushion 60 that is coupled to a tube 62. The tube 62 is complementary to the arm 40. The arm 40 is configured to insert into the tube 62. Each arm 40 comprises a plurality of penetrations 64. The penetrations 64 extend from an end 66 of the arm 40 toward the midpoint 56 of the arm 40. Each tube 62 comprises a spring pin 68. The spring pin 68 is complementary to the penetrations 64. Each penetration 64 of the arm 40 is positioned for insertion of the spring pin 68, such that the pad 58 is selectively positionable on the arm 40.
In use, the arms 40 are positioned on the frame 12 such that the pads 58 are configured to abut the elbows of the user seated on the bench 34. The cables 50 are coupled to the pulleys 48 and the plurality of plates 46 such that the cables 50 are positioned to selectively resist pivoting of the arms 40 relative to the frame 12.
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.
