Patent ID: 8328698
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A dual action weightlifting machine, comprising: a stationary frame having opposite first and second sides and opposite ends defining an exercise area; first and second spaced vertical guides slidably mounted on the first and second sides, respectively, of the stationary frame for horizontal sliding movement relative to the frame; a horizontally extending exercise bar assembly having spaced first and second vertical slides slidably mounted on the respective first and second vertical guides for vertical sliding movement relative to the frame, and an exercise bar associated with the slides and having a user engaging portion extending across the exercise area for gripping by a user when performing weightlifting exercises, opposite first and second weight receiving end portions extending outwardly from the respective first and second sides of the frame for receiving one or more selected weights, and at least a first rack engaging portion comprising a sleeve rotatably mounted on the exercise bar between the user engaging portion and the first weight receiving end portion, the user engaging portion, rack engaging sleeve and weight receiving portions being coaxially aligned along a common central longitudinal axis of the exercise bar; the stationary frame including a rack assembly which has at least one support portion which directly engages the cylindrical surface of the rack engaging sleeve at a position spaced transversely outward from the first vertical slide at the first side of the frame in a racked position of the exercise bar assembly; the user engaging portion of the exercise bar assembly being rotatably mounted relative to the vertical slides and freely rotatable through 360 degrees; and the user engaging portion and rack engaging sleeve rotating independently from one another.