Patent ID: 6030324
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise bench comprising:a longitudinal frame structure;a user support platform carried by said longitudinal frame structure and having a first end and a second end;a first leg assembly attached to said longitudinal frame structure and extending from said longitudinal frame structure in a generally longitudinal direction;a second leg assembly attached to said longitudinal frame structure and extending below said user support platform transversely with respect to said first leg assembly, whereby said first leg assembly extends beyond a transverse plane of said second leg assembly; anda third leg assembly attached to said longitudinal frame structure and constructed and arranged to be moveable with respect to said frame structure between a first position extending below said longitudinal frame structure transversely with respect to said first leg assembly and a second position extending from said longitudinal frame structure in a generally longitudinal direction transversely with respect to said second leg assembly,said exercise bench being constructed and arranged to be configured as (1) an incline bench supported by only said first and second leg assemblies on a generally horizontal support surface with said first end of said user support platform disposed above said second end of said user support platform, (2) a flat bench supported by only said second leg assembly and said third leg assembly moved into said first position with said first end of said user support platform at generally the same height above the support surface as said second end thereof, and (3) a slant board supported by only said second leg assembly and said third leg assembly moved into said second position with said second end of said user support platform disposed above said first end of said user support platform,wherein said exercise bench is constructed and arranged to be reconfigured from an incline bench to a flat bench by moving said third leg assembly into said first position and rotating said exercise bench with respect to the support surface about said second leg assembly until said third leg assembly is in contact with the support surface thereby lifting said first leg assembly out of contact with the support surface and to be reconfigured from a flat bench to a slant board by moving said third leg assembly into said second position and rotating said exercise bench with respect to the support surface about said second leg assembly until said third leg assembly is in contact with the support surface.