Patent ID: 8905899
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A weight-bearing health equipment system for use with a user having arms and legs, the user being within the middle 90th percentile of dimensions of a user class, the weight-bearing health equipment system comprising: a fitness equipment base having a plate having a periphery and extending from a front end to a back end; and a framework connected to the plate including a first pair of elongated members each having a longitudinal axis and two ends, the first pair of elongated members being spaced apart on opposite sides of the periphery of the back end of the plate, the first pair of elongated members situated transversely to the plate with one end connected to the plate about the periphery proximate to the back end; at least one second elongated member having two ends, the second elongated member being situated towards the front end of the plate and being situated transversely to the plate with one end connected to the plate about the periphery proximate to the front end; and a third pair of elongated members, each having a longitudinal axis, a middle, a front-facing end and a back-facing end, the middle being situated lower than the front-facing end and the back-facing end, one of the third elongated members being connected to a second end of a respective said first elongated member and a respective said second elongated member, the other third elongated member being connected to a second end of a respective said first elongated member and the second elongated member, wherein the first pair of elongated members are configured such that the second ends are disposed closer to one another than the first ends, the first ends of each said first elongated member being adapted to prevent contact with the user when the user enters, exits, or engages the system, wherein a distance between the front-facing ends of the third pair of elongated members is greater than a distance between the back-facing ends, the longitudinal axis of each of the third elongated members having a compound curvature which curves down from the front-facing end to the middle and curves up from the middle to the back-facing end when viewed from a side view and curves out from the front-facing end to the middle and curves in from the middle to the back-facing end when viewed from a top view, and thereby being adapted to be outside the ergonomic sweep of the user's arms.