US3850431A
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Multiple use exercising device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1972-06-28
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Granted: 1974-11-26
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Expires: 1992-06-28
Abstract
Abstract A unitary exercise machine having a single set of weights but permitting a wide range of progressive resistive exercises is provided for home or apartment use. The apparatus has members that are telescoped between the ceiling and the floor to provide stability during an exercise program. Two pulley systems are employed in alternation to transmit the lifting force of the weights to an over-the-head bar and to a station near the floor for lower torso exercises. The latter pulley system is connectable with a press bar in the middle region of the machine for the completion of squats, curls and the like. Noise absorbers are placed on individual pin-held weights and the bulk of the machine is minimized to make it suitable for home or apartment use. The machine has a support frame with cross bracings that are in non parallel planes. At an exercising station there is mounted a slip-on boot that engages a user''s ankle while the latter is performing an exercise.
Inventors
- 👤 L Winans
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 04:09
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B21/00; A63B21/15; A63B21/151; A63B21/154; A63B21/06; A63B21/40; A63B21/4001; A63B21/4011; A63B21/062; A63B21/0626; A63B21/0628; A63B21/16; A63B21/1681
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
368 words
A unitary and body conditioning exercise machine for use in an enclosed room said machine incorporating a single vertical stack of individual weights and permitting a wide range of exercises, comprising: an upstanding frame disposed to rest in a stable condition on a floor area and to extend upwardly to the vicinity of a ceiling; telescoping means for firmly communicating the upper end of said upstanding frame with the ceiling to firmly hold said frame in place between the floor and ceiling to permit a wide range of exercises to be carried out on said machine; force translation means interconnecting a single vertical stack of individual weights with a plurality of progressive resistive exercise stations accessible exteriorly of said frame, said exteriorly accessible stations including a first station located near the bottom of said upstanding frame to permit the performance of lower torso exercises, said first station having means to transmit the lifting force of said multiple stacked weights to a press bar lever located in the intermediate region of said upstanding frame and a second station located near the upper end of said upstanding frame to permit the performance of over-the-head progressive resistive exercises, said force translation means comprising a first and second pulley system, said first pulley system incorporating a series of pulleys affixed to said frame and translating the lifting force of said single vertical stack of individual weights to said first station near the bottom of said upstanding frame, said first pulley system including a guy wire attached to said press bar, said guy wire being connectably disconnectible with said first station, and said second pulley system incorporating a series of pulleys affixed to said frame and translating the lifting force of said weights to said station near the upper end of said upstanding frame, horizontal pulley bar, said first and said second pulley systems each having respective center pulleys appended from said horizontal pulley bar swivel mounted on said fame, said pulley bar being movable orthogonally with respect to the vertical axis of said upstanding frame, said pulleys being appended so that the interior edge of each pulley can be placed, alternately, over the center of gravity of said single stack of weights.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
368 words
A unitary and body conditioning exercise machine for use in an enclosed room said machine incorporating a single vertical stack of individual weights and permitting a wide range of exercises, comprising: an upstanding frame disposed to rest in a stable condition on a floor area and to extend upwardly to the vicinity of a ceiling; telescoping means for firmly communicating the upper end of said upstanding frame with the ceiling to firmly hold said frame in place between the floor and ceiling to permit a wide range of exercises to be carried out on said machine; force translation means interconnecting a single vertical stack of individual weights with a plurality of progressive resistive exercise stations accessible exteriorly of said frame, said exteriorly accessible stations including a first station located near the bottom of said upstanding frame to permit the performance of lower torso exercises, said first station having means to transmit the lifting force of said multiple stacked weights to a press bar lever located in the intermediate region of said upstanding frame and a second station located near the upper end of said upstanding frame to permit the performance of over-the-head progressive resistive exercises, said force translation means comprising a first and second pulley system, said first pulley system incorporating a series of pulleys affixed to said frame and translating the lifting force of said single vertical stack of individual weights to said first station near the bottom of said upstanding frame, said first pulley system including a guy wire attached to said press bar, said guy wire being connectably disconnectible with said first station, and said second pulley system incorporating a series of pulleys affixed to said frame and translating the lifting force of said weights to said station near the upper end of said upstanding frame, horizontal pulley bar, said first and said second pulley systems each having respective center pulleys appended from said horizontal pulley bar swivel mounted on said fame, said pulley bar being movable orthogonally with respect to the vertical axis of said upstanding frame, said pulleys being appended so that the interior edge of each pulley can be placed, alternately, over the center of gravity of said single stack of weights.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A unitary body conditioning and exercise machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said telescoping means includes a gross adjustment for positioning the upper end of said upstanding frame near the ceiling of said room and a vernier adjustment for precisely positioning the upper end of said upstanding frame against the ceiling of said room.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
70 words
A unitary body conditioning and exercise machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said horizontal pulley bar is movable between two fixed positions, the first of said positions placing the interior edge of the center pulley of said first pulley system, and the second position placing the interior edge of the center pulley of the second pulley system, respectively, over the center of gravity of the single stack of weights.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A unitary body conditioning and exercise machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein each of said weights in said single stack of weights have noise absorbers affixed to their exterior to prevent the individual weights from clanking together.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
89 words
The unitary body conditioning and exercise machine of claim 4 in combination with a slip-on boot connectable with said first station, said slip-on boot comprising: a curved padded member adapted to receive the ankle of a human foot; a sole plate extending from said curved padded member and adapted to abut the sole of a human foot resting in said curved padded member; and fastening means attached to said padded member and to said sole plate for selective attachment to a disconnectable connector for connection with said first station.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
204 words
A unitary body conditioning and exercise machine for use in enclosed rooms, comprising: and upstanding frame including: a base adapted to sit upon a floor; at least three vertical members extending upwardly from the base to the vicinity of a ceiling; a plurality of cross bracing members attached to said frame in non parallel vertical planes to provide added rigidity thereto: ceiling mating means communicating with the vertical members for distributing torque acting from any direction adjacent the top of said vertical members over a substantial area of the ceiling generally above the frame; and means for adjustably extending the height of said frame to firmly communicate said ceiling mating means against the ceiling generally above said frame to hold said frame in place between the floor and ceiling; said exercise machine further comprising: only one source of resistance located within said frame which acts against a force exerted by a user; an exercise station adjacent said frame; a pulley above said source; and a guy wire passing through said pulley and interconnecting said source of resistance with said station, said guy wire transferring a force exerted by said source of resistance generally downwardly within said frame and generally parallel to said vertical members.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
204 words
A unitary body conditioning and exercise machine for use in enclosed rooms, comprising: and upstanding frame including: a base adapted to sit upon a floor; at least three vertical members extending upwardly from the base to the vicinity of a ceiling; a plurality of cross bracing members attached to said frame in non parallel vertical planes to provide added rigidity thereto: ceiling mating means communicating with the vertical members for distributing torque acting from any direction adjacent the top of said vertical members over a substantial area of the ceiling generally above the frame; and means for adjustably extending the height of said frame to firmly communicate said ceiling mating means against the ceiling generally above said frame to hold said frame in place between the floor and ceiling; said exercise machine further comprising: only one source of resistance located within said frame which acts against a force exerted by a user; an exercise station adjacent said frame; a pulley above said source; and a guy wire passing through said pulley and interconnecting said source of resistance with said station, said guy wire transferring a force exerted by said source of resistance generally downwardly within said frame and generally parallel to said vertical members.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A machine in accordance with claim 6 wherein said only one source of resistance to force exercised comprises a single stack of a plurality of weights.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A machine in accordance with claim 7, wherein said weights include absorbers to prevent the individual weights from clanking together.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
214 words
A unitary body conditioning and exercise machine for use in enclosed rooms, comprising: an upstanding frame including: a base adapted to sit upon a floor; at least three vertical members extending upwardly from the base to the vicinity of a ceiling; a plurality of cross bracing members attached to said frame in non-parallel vertical planes to provide added rigidity thereto; ceiling mating means communicating with the vertical members for distributing torque acting from any direction adjacent the top of said vertical members over a substantial area of the ceiling generally above the frame; and means for adjustably extending the height of said frame to firmly communicate said ceiling mating means against the ceiling geNerally above said frame to hold said frame in place between the floor and the ceiling; said exercise machine further comprising: only one stack of individual weights positioned vertically with respect to one another located within said frame which acts against a force exerted by a user; an exercise station adjacent said frame; a pulley above said stack of weights; and a guy wire passing through said pulley and interconnecting said stack of weights with said station, said guy wire transferring a force exerted by said stack of weights generally downwardly within said frame and generally parallel to said vertical member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
214 words
A unitary body conditioning and exercise machine for use in enclosed rooms, comprising: an upstanding frame including: a base adapted to sit upon a floor; at least three vertical members extending upwardly from the base to the vicinity of a ceiling; a plurality of cross bracing members attached to said frame in non-parallel vertical planes to provide added rigidity thereto; ceiling mating means communicating with the vertical members for distributing torque acting from any direction adjacent the top of said vertical members over a substantial area of the ceiling generally above the frame; and means for adjustably extending the height of said frame to firmly communicate said ceiling mating means against the ceiling geNerally above said frame to hold said frame in place between the floor and the ceiling; said exercise machine further comprising: only one stack of individual weights positioned vertically with respect to one another located within said frame which acts against a force exerted by a user; an exercise station adjacent said frame; a pulley above said stack of weights; and a guy wire passing through said pulley and interconnecting said stack of weights with said station, said guy wire transferring a force exerted by said stack of weights generally downwardly within said frame and generally parallel to said vertical member.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1977-11-25 | 1978-05-27 | 1978-11-26 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1981-11-25 | 1982-05-27 | 1982-11-26 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1985-11-25 | 1986-05-27 | 1986-11-26 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |