Patent ID: 7585256
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise apparatus, comprising: a support frame having a first end and a second end; a dynamic bench operatively interconnected to said support frame proximate to said first end, having a lower bench portion and an upper bench portion, said upper bench portion comprising an elongate fixed center portion and first and second independently rotatable side portions interconnected to said fixed center portion on opposite sides thereof, wherein each of said first and second independently rotatable side portions are generally rectangular and have an interior edge and an exterior edge relative to said fixed center portion, and wherein each of said side portions is rotatably connected to said fixed center portion along said interior edge and supported by a biasing member having one end supported on the support frame and an opposite end coupled to a location on the side portion away from said interior edge toward said exterior edge; an arm cable pulley assembly mounted on said support frame proximate to said second end having a handgrip and a cable interconnected to said handgrip; and a resistance assembly operatively interconnected to said support frame and operatively interconnected to said arm cable pulley assembly, said resistance assembly providing resistance against pulling said cable when a force is applied thereto, and providing a restoring force to retract said cable when substantially no force is applied thereto, wherein the amount of resistance provided by said resistance assembly is variable based on the velocity at which said cable is pulled.