Patent ID: 6186930
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A push-up trainer comprising:an elongated base having a top surface with a pair of ends, an edge, a lip extending upward from said top surface's edge and inward over said top surface, and a plurality of holes within said top surface extending linearly between said ends, said top surface having a low coefficient of friction;a pair of handle assemblies, each of said handle assemblies comprising:a sliding member slidably mounted on said base's top surface, said sliding member having a pair of flat side edges fitting within said lips, said sliding member having a low coefficient of friction, said sliding member having a rotating shaft and a plurality of holes surrounding and equidistant from said shaft, said sliding member further having a locking pin corresponding to said holes in said base's top surface, said locking pin having an end, said locking pin having a locked position wherein said end fits within said holes in said base's top surface, and an unlocked position wherein said end is retracted from said holes in said base, and said sliding member including means for securing said locking pin in said locked and said unlocked positions;a rotating plate rotatably attached to said sliding member's rotating shaft, said rotating plate being round and having a low coefficient of friction, said rotating plate further having a locking pin corresponding to said holes in said sliding member, said locking pin having an end said rotating plate having a shelf corresponding to said cutout, said locking pin having a locked position wherein said end fits within said holes in said sliding member, and an unlocked position wherein said end is retracted from said holes in said sliding member, and said rotating plate including means for securing said locking pin in said locked and said unlocked positions;a handle, said handle being elongated and having a first end, a second end, and a diameter, said first end having a round protrusion having a smaller diameter than said handle, said handle having a central bore, said central bore being round at said second end, and having a noncircular portion at said first end, said handle having a handle pin fitting within said central bore, said handle pin being round with a noncircular knob, said noncircular knob being dimensioned and configured to fit within said noncircular portion of said central bore;a first and second arm upwardly depending from said rotating plate, said second arm defining a round hole, said first arm defining a round recessed portion dimensioned and configured to support said handle's round protrusion, said recessed portion having a noncircular hole and a noncircular indentation rotated away from said noncircular hole, said noncircular hole and noncircular indentation being dimensioned and configured to receive said handle pin's knob; andsaid handle pin having a locked position wherein said handle pin's knob fits within said noncircular portion of said central bore and said first arm's noncircular hole, and an unlocked position wherein said handle fits within said noncircular indentation of said first arm, said handle pin being spring biased towards said locked position.