Patent ID: 7025712
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A suspended squat rack for supporting barbells of the type having an elongate bar having a middle portion and respective end portions for supporting a plurality of disk weights, the suspended squat rack being mountable to an overhead support beam which includes a web and a flange, the suspended squat rack comprising: a pair of support frames each having a frame mount and a cradle adapted to receive one end portion of the lifting bar; and a pair of clamps secured to each frame mount and adapted to secure the associated cradle to the support beam; and in which each clamp includes a plate which mount to a mounting plate of the frame mount, said clamps of each pair adapted to be disposed on opposite sides of the web of the support beam and adapted to clamp to the flange thereof and thereby longitudinally affix said support frame to the overhead support beam and in which each clamp further includes a spacer affixed thereto opposite the flange; the spacer being of a thickness approximate the same as the flange.