Patent ID: 9630046
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A47F,A63B

Claim:
1. A support apparatus for removably connecting exercise equipment to an exercise frame, the support apparatus comprising: first and second rack sections configured to be fixed in a spaced arrangement to a frame member, each rack section including a planar body having a thickness, a front edge and a rear edge, and a receiving channel having a width and extending inwardly into the planar body from a opening in the front edge and sloping in a downwards direction away from the opening towards the rear edge; a bracket for supporting the exercise equipment, the bracket including two locating members, one each corresponding to the first and second rack sections, and each configured to be received within the receiving channel of the corresponding rack section, the channels configured to hold and retain the locating members to support the bracket on the racks; wherein the locating member associated with the first rack section includes a first enlarged diameter section and a second enlarged diameter section that are interspaced by a reduced diameter section, the diameters of the first enlarged diameter section and the second enlarged diameter section being greater than the width of the receiving channel, the length of the reduced diameter section defining the spacing between the first enlarged diameter section and the second enlarged diameter section sized to cooperatively engage the thickness of the planar body such that when the reduced diameter section is introduced into the receiving channel, the first enlarged diameter section and the second enlarged diameter section locate either side of the receiving channel in a closely toleranced fit; and wherein the locating member associated with the second rack section is configured to be laterally unrestrained within the corresponding channel of the corresponding rack such that it is able to be located within the channel at multiple lateral positions.