Patent ID: 6685601
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A weight lifting system having a safety cage, comprising:a rear frame member; and a pair of opposed side frame members movably coupled to opposite ends of the rear frame member by respective pivot assemblies, each side frame member configured to support an exercise bar, wherein the side frame members are movable relative to each other and the rear frame member between at least a first position in which the side frame members are adjacent each other in a generally parallel, overlapping configuration and adjacent the rear frame member in a generally parallel configuration, and a second position in which the side frame members are spaced from each other and from the rear frame member to define an exercise space therein capable of accommodating an exerciser, and wherein each of the pivot assemblies has a pivot pin defining a pivot axis at an intersection between the respective side frame member and the rear frame member, a locking tin spaced from the pivot pin along the side frame member and a pivot plate attached to the rear frame member and extending at least between the pivot axis and the locking pin, the locking pin and the pivot plate being engageable with each other to lock the side frame member in at least the second position.