Patent ID: 7582044
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A training bench for cyclists, the training bench of the type that supports a bicycle having a front wheel, a rear wheel and a pedal crank portion of the bicycle frame, comprising: a framework, said framework having two parallel, freely rotational end rollers which engage the front and rear wheels of the bicycle, respectively; and a central support on which the frame of the bicycle is cooperatively supported, the support including a platform connected to the framework with transverse bars on which the platform can move in a free or regulated manners, the platform having an elastically deformable anchoring system cooperatively located on an upper surface of the platform, wherein the anchoring system is arranged and configured to act as a holding base for holding a vertical column providing support for the pedal crank portion of the frame of the bicycle on a free end of the vertical column and as an absorption member to control the movement of the bicycle with regard to the platform and the framework, whereby the frame of the bicycle rests on the vertical column support and is not fixedly connected to the framework.