Patent ID: 7070546
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise apparatus having a relatively small footprint on a supporting floor area and adapted for use by a person unattended by a trainer to exercise a multiplicity of different muscle groups of the human body, said exercise apparatus compromising: a) a rigid metal frame having top and bottom ends, said bottom end configured to partially encompass an area of the floor on which the rigid frame is supported and within which encompassed area a person may be positioned to utilize the exercise apparatus; b) a weight stack including a multiplicity of weight plates stacked one upon another and slidably mounted on said rigid frame for elevation of a selected number of said weight plates from a predetermined lower position adjacent the bottom end of the frame to a selected higher position spaced vertically from said bottom end of the rigid frame; c) a fixed pulley block mounted on the top end of said rigid frame and including at least one pulley rotatably journaled thereon; d) and adjustable pulley block mounted on the rigid frame and including at least two pulleys rotatably journaled thereon, said adjustable pulley block being slidably mounted on said rigid frame for selective vertical adjustment between said top and bottom ends of said rigid frame and including means for selectively locking said adjustable pulley block at a selected height between said top and bottom ends of said rigid frame; e) an elongated cable having one end thereof connected to said weight stack and an intermediate portion thereof engaging the rotatable pulleys in said fixed and adjustable pulley blocks and the other end of the cable remote from said weight stack connected to a handle adapted to be grasped by the person exercising so as to impose tension on said cable to elevate a selected number of said weight plates; and f) a pair of foot support plate assemblies mounted on the bottom end of said rigid frame in a position to accommodate the feet of a person sitting on the floor in said area encompassed by the bottom edge of the rigid frame and grasping the handle connected to said cable the remote end of which is connected to said weight stack.