Patent ID: 6450927
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise assistance apparatus in which an exerciser is positioned upon a support platform resting on a support surface and is adapted to hold a weight bar with both hands such that both arms repeatedly move between a lowered position in which the bar is located immediately above a top of the exerciser's upper torso and a raised position elevated above the exerciser in which the arms are extended, the apparatus comprising:a support arrangement; and first and second uprights disposed on opposite sides of the support platform, each upright being pivotally mounted at a lowermost end thereof to the support arrangement at a point beneath the support platform adjacent the support surface between a rearwardly angled, storage position and a nearly vertical, lift off position, the uprights having retaining structure on an upper portion thereof for maintaining the weight bar in a substantially horizontal position, whereby, when the uprights are moved from the storage position to the lift off position and the weight bar is removed from the retaining structure, the uprights will automatically return to the storage position to permit the exerciser to move the weight bar between the raised and lowered positions without interference of the uprights and retaining structure mounted thereon.