Apparatus for bar-bell type exercises

Claim 2

AN EXERCISING DEVICE, COMPRISING A HYDRAULIC UNIT INCLUDING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS CONTAINING HYDRAULIC FLUID; ATTACHING MEANS PIVOTALLY ANCHORING SAID CYLINDERS TO A WORKING SURFACE TO SWING ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL THERETO; A PISTON SLIDABLE IN EACH SAID CYLINDER AND EACH HAVING A PISTON ROD THEREON SLIDABLY EXTENDED OUTWARDLY OF THE OTHER END OF THE RESPECTIVE CYLINDER; RIGID HAND GRIP MEANS AFFIXED BETWEEN THE OUTWARD EXTENSIONS OF SAID PISTON RODS FOR MANUALLY RECIPROCATING SAID PISTONS IN VARIOUS SELECTED POSITIONS OF SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID UNIT ABOUT SAID AXIS; AND SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE BY-PASS MEANS IN SAID CYLINDERS FOR CONTROLLING THE EFFECTIV PRESSURE REQUIRED TO BE APPLIED TO SAID HAND GRIP MEANS TO MOVE PISTONS IN SAID CYLINDERS IN UNISON IN AT LEAST ONE DIRECTION OF THE STROKES THEREOF AGAINST THE PRESSURE OF THE FLUID IN THE CYLINDERS.

Claim 3

AN ISOMETRIC EXERCISING DEVICE FOR USE IN A ROOM OR OTHER SITUS HAVING A HORIZONTAL WORKING SURFACE, COMPRISING: A RIGID UPRIGHT; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID UPRIGHT AT THE SITUS TO ANCHOR THE SAME GENERALLY IN UPSTANDING RELATION TO THE WORKING SURFACE OF THE SITUS TO RESIST LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSION AND TENSION STRESSES APPLIED TO THE UPRIGHT WHILE IN SAID UPSTANDING RELATION; A RIGID STRESS APPLYING MEMBER ADJUSTABLY RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID UPRIGHT; AND COOPERATING ADJUSTMENT MEANS ON SAID MEMBER AND SAID UPRIGHT FOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE LOCATION OF THE RIGID CONNECTION OF THE MEMBER ON THE UPRIGHT TO THE VARIABLY SPACED POSITIONS THEREON ABOVE THE WORKING SURFACE OF THE SITUS; SAID MEMBER INCLUDING AT EACH POSITION RIGID IMMOVABLE ARM MEANS FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID UPRIGHT AND CANTILEVERED OF THE SITUS FORWARDLY OF THE UPRIGHT AND TERMINATING IN A LATERALLY EXTENDING CROSSBAR HAVING GRIPPING PORTIONS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID RIGID ARM MEANS; THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID BROSS-BAR AND THE WORKING SURFACE OF THE SITUS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FREE AND UNOBSTRUCTED WHEREBY IN THE VARIOUSLY SPACED POSITIONS OF THE MEMBER ABOVE THE WORKING SURFACE A PERSON ASSUMING VARIOUS EXERCISING POSTURES ON THE SAID SURFACE CAN ENGAGE PARTS OF THE BODY WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID CROSSBAR TO APPLY UPWARD EXERCISING PRESSURE THERETO.

Claim 4

AN ISOMETRIC EXERCISING DEVICE FOR USE IN A ROOM OR OTHER SITUS HAVING A HORIZONTAL WORKING SURFACE, COMPRISING: A RIGID UPRIGHT; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID UPRIGHT AT THE SITUS TO ANCHOR THE SAME GENERALLY IN UPSTANDING RELATION TO THE WORKING SURFACE OF THE SITUS TO RESIST LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSION AND TENSION STRESSES APPLIED TO THE UPRIGHT WHILE IN SAID UPSTANDING RELATION; A RIGID STRESS APPLYING MEMBER ADJUSTABLY RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID UPRIGHT; AND COOPERATING ADJUSTMENT MEANS ON SAID MEMBER AND SAID UPRIGHT FOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE LOCATION OF THE RIGID CONNECTION OF THE MEMBER ON THE UPRIGHT TO THE VARIABLY SPACED POSITIONS THEREON ABOVE THE WORKING SURFACE OF THE SITUS; SAID MEMBER INCLUDING AT EACH POSITION RIGID IMMOVABLE ARM MEANS FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID UPRIGHT AND CANTILEVERED OF THE SITUS FORWARDLY OF THE UPRIGHT AND TERMINATING IN A LATERALLY EXTENDING CROSSBAR HAVING GRIPPING PORTIONS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID RIGID ARM MEANS; THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID BROSS-BAR AND THE WORKING SURFACE OF THE SITUS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FREE AND UNOBSTRUCTED WHEREBY IN THE VARIOUSLY SPACED POSITIONS OF THE MEMBER ABOVE THE WORKING SURFACE A PERSON ASSUMING VARIOUS EXERCISING POSTURES ON THE SAID SURFACE CAN ENGAGE PARTS OF THE BODY WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID CROSSBAR TO APPLY UPWARD EXERCISING PRESSURE THERETO.