Abstract:
A pull up bar has a main bar formed as a main bar right member, a main bar left member, and a main bar middle member. The main bar is formed of metal tubular construction. A door support includes a door support left leg that has a door support left leg bend and a door support right leg that has a door support right leg bend. A main block connects between the door support left leg and a door support right leg. The main block is substantially parallel to the main bar. An angled bar has an angled bar right section and an angled bar left section. The angled bar right section is connected to the door support right leg, and the main bar right member is connected to the angled bar right section.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    The present invention relates to an exercise pull up bar. 
       DISCUSSION OF RELATED ART 
       [0002]    A variety of pull-up bars can hang on doors and doorways. For example, the U.S. Pat. No. D297,957 to Gordon, issued Oct. 4, 1988 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, consists of a bar with two hooks that can hang over a door. Another example is the U.S. Pat. No. 3,915,452 to Winblad, issued Oct. 28, 1975 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, which is a portable device with horizontally elongated bearing members connected to an L-shaped frame that can be installed into a doorway. 
         [0003]    A chin-up bar with opposed pincher members to clamp on an overhead support, such as a doorway, is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,776,033 to Brown, issued Jul. 7, 1998, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Similarly, a chin-up bar consisting of a rod with an interior tube and a pair of U-shaped extension bars is also designed to be mounted on a doorway as shown in the U.S. Pat. No. 6,179,748 to Barr, issued Jan. 30, 2001 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
         [0004]    A last example is the U.S. Pat. No. 5,417,628 to Vanderbleek, issued May 23, 1995, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, an exercise device that comprises two supports and a pair of contoured tubes of rigid material, all of which are used to hang from a doorway. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0005]    A pull up bar has a main bar formed as a main bar right member, a main bar left member, and a main bar middle member. The main bar is formed of metal tubular construction. A door support includes a door support left leg that has a door support left leg bend and a door support right leg that has a door support right leg bend. A main block connects between the door support left leg and a door support right leg. The main block is substantially parallel to the main bar. An angled bar has an angled bar right section and an angled bar left section. The angled bar right section is connected to the door support right leg, and the main bar right member is connected to the angled bar right section. 
         [0006]    An angled bar left section is connected to the door support left leg, and the main bar left member is connected to the angled bar left section. A short bar right section connects to the angled bar right section. A short bar left section is connected to the angled bar left section. A plurality of grips or mounted on the main bar. The main bar has a main bar right outside pad, a main bar left outside pad, a main bar right middle pad, a main bar left middle pad, a main bar right inside pad and a main bar left inside pad. Grips can be mounted on the angled bar including an angled bar right section outside grip, an angled bar left section outside grip, an angled bar right section inside grip, and an angled bar left section inside grip. 
         [0007]    The pull up bar preferably includes a main block pad mounted on an inside surface of the main block. A plurality of openings provides interconnection by a plurality of connectors. A main bar left outside connector connects a main bar left member outside opening on the angled bar left section and aligning with an angled bar left section main bar outside opening to receive a main bar left outside connector. A right narrow portion formed on the main bar right member fits into a right socket of the main bar middle member, and further comprises a left narrow portion formed on the main bar left member fitting into a left socket of the main bar middle member. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0008]      FIG. 1  is an exploded view of the present invention showing assembly of the device. 
           [0009]      FIG. 2  is an assembled view of the present invention. 
       
    
    
       [0010]    The following call out list of elements is useful in referencing the elements of the drawings.
     30  Main Block     31  Main Block Pad     32  Door Support Left Leg     33  Door Support Right Leg     34  Door Support Left Grip     35  Door Support Right Grip     36  Door Support Left Leg Bend     37  Door Support Right Leg Bend     38  Main Block Left Connector     39  Main Block Right Connector     41  Main Bar Right Member     42  Main Bar Left Member     43  Main Bar Right Outside Pad     44  Main Bar Left Outside Pad     45  Main Bar Right Middle Pad     46  Main Bar Left Middle Pad     47  Main Bar Right Inside Pad     48  Main Bar Left Inside Pad     49  Main Bar Middle Member     51  Short Bar Right Section     52  Short Bar Left Section     53  Short Bar Right Grip     54  Short Bar Left Grip     55  Angled Bar Right Section     56  Angled Bar Left Section     57  Angled Bar Right Section Outside Grip     58  Angled Bar Left Section Outside Grip     158  Angled Bar Right Section Inside Grip     59  Angled Bar Left Section Inside Grip     91  Main Bar Right Outside Connector     92  Main Bar Left Outside Connector     93  Main Bar Right Inside Connector     94  Main Bar Left Inside Connector     95  Short Bar Right Section Outside Connector     96  Short Bar Left Section Outside Connector     97  Short Bar Right Section Inside Connector     98  Short Bar Left Section Inside Connector     101  Door Support Right Leg Top Opening     102  Door Support Left Leg Top Opening     103  Main Block Right Opening     104  Main Block Left Opening     105  Door Support Right Leg Bottom Opening     106  Door Support Left Leg Bottom Opening     107  Main Bar Right Member Inside Opening     108  Main Bar Left Member Inside Opening     109  Angled Bar Right Section Main Bar Inside Opening     110  Angled Bar Left Section Main Bar Inside Opening     111  Main Bar Right Member Outside Opening     112  Main Bar Left Member Outside Opening     113  Angled Bar Right Section Main Bar Outside Opening     114  Angled Bar Left Section Main Bar Outside Opening     115  Short Bar Right Section Outside Opening     116  Short Bar Left Section Outside Opening     117  Short Bar Right Section Inside Opening     118  Short Bar Left Section Inside Opening     119  Angled Bar Right Section Short Bar Outside Opening     120  Angled Bar Left Section Short Bar Outside Opening     121  Angled Bar Right Section Short Bar Inside Opening     122  Angled Bar Left Section Short Bar Inside Opening   
 
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
       [0070]    According to the exploded view and assembly diagram of the first figure, namely  FIG. 1 , the various parts assemble together to form a frame that can be hung from a doorway allowing exercise by pulling up on various bars. A variety of openings can be threaded to receive connector such as bolts or screws. Nuts can be used in conjunction with bolts or screws. The handgrips are preferably foam or plastic. The handgrips can be formed as pads which fit around a surface of a member. 
         [0071]    The door support is made of a pair of legs including a door support left leg  32  and a door support right leg  33 . Each of the legs are bent approximately to a 90° angle. The door support left leg  32  has a door support left grip  34  and the door support right leg  33  has a door support right grip  35 . The door support left leg bend  36  is a bent portion from the door support left leg  32 . The door support right leg bend  37  is a bent portion from the door support right leg  33 . 
         [0072]    The main bar is made of a main bar right member  41 , a main bar middle member  49  and a main bar left member  42 . The main bar middle member receives each of the left and right main bar members. The main bar right member  41  has a narrow portion that fits inside of the main bar middle member. The main bar left member  42  similarly has a narrow portion that fits inside of the main bar middle member. The main bar left member  42  and the main bar right member  41  may have a plurality of threading, or groove and bayonet or other type of snap together construction. The three segments of the main bar can be of approximately similar length. 
         [0073]    The main bar has a total of six grips to provide a variety of different exercise positions. The main bar has a main bar right outside pad  43 , a main bar right middle pad  45 , a main bar right inside pad  47 , a main bar left outside pad  44 , a main bar left middle pad  46 , and a main bar left inside pad  48 . The six grips are located in different places. The main bar right outside pad  43  is to the rightmost of the main bar right member  41  before a main bar right member outside opening  111 . The main bar right middle pad  45  is located between the main bar right member outside opening  111  and the main bar right member inside opening  107 . The main bar right inside pad  47  is located on the main bar middle member between the main bar left inside pad  48  and the main bar right member inside opening  107 . The main bar left inside pad  48  is located on the main bar middle member between the main bar right inside pad  47  and the main bar left member inside opening  108 . The main bar left middle pad  46  is located on the main bar left member  42  between the main bar left member outside opening  112  and the main bar left member inside opening  108 . 
         [0074]    The short bar is preferably bent downward slightly at the grip. The short bar has a left portion and a right portion and is discontinuous in the middle. The angled bar has a small angle that is less than 45° between an inside grip and an outside grip. The angled bar right section  55  has angled bar right section outside grip  57  and an angled bar right section inside grip  158 . The angled bar left section  56  has an angled bar left section outside grip  58  and an angled bar left section inside grip  59 . The short bars have a pair of handles also, being that the short bar right section has a short bar right grip  53  and the short bar left section has a short bar left grip  54 . 
         [0075]    The pair of angled bars also have handgrips. The angled bar right section  55  has an angled bar right section outside grip  57  located between the angled bar right section short bar outside opening  119  and the angled bar right section main bar outside opening  113 . The angled bar left section inside grip  59  is located between the angled bar right section main bar inside opening  109  and the angled bar right section short bar inside opening  121 . The angled bar left section  56  has an angled bar left section outside grip  58  located between an angled bar left section main bar outside opening  114  and an angled bar left section short bar outside opening  120 . The angled bar left section  56  also has an angled bar right section inside grip  158  located between the angled bar left section main bar inside opening  110  and the angled bar left section short bar inside opening  122 . 
         [0076]    The main block  30  is preferably made as a tube of rectangular cross-section having a pair of end plastic caps. Any of the free openings can be and are preferably capped by rectangular or circular caps. The main block pad  31  is preferably rectangular shaped and mounted to the inside facing portion of the main block  30 . 
       Assembly Instructions: 
       [0077]    The main block pad  31  is oriented toward the device and mounted on the main block  30 . The main block  30  has a pair of openings, namely a main block right opening  103  and a main block left opening  104 . The main block right opening  103  receives a main block right connector  39 . The main block left opening  104  receives a main block left connector  38 . The main block right connector  39  and the main block left connector  38  pass through the openings and attach to a door support right leg top opening  101  and a door support left leg top opening  102 . The securing of the connectors allows securing of the main block  30  to the door support left leg  32  and the door support right leg  33 . 
         [0078]    The main bar is a main bar right member  41  and a main bar left member  42  both connected to a main bar middle member  49 . The main bar right member  41  fits into a socket of the main bar middle member  49 . The main bar left member  42  fits into a socket of the main bar middle member  49 . 
         [0079]    The door support legs can be connected to the angled bars by fitting the angle bars into a socket of the door support legs such that each of the left and right angled bar has a narrow profile fitting into a socket of a door support leg. After fitting together, the angled bar right section main bar inside opening  109  is aligned with the door support right leg bottom opening  105  as well as the main bar right member inside opening  107  to receive the main bar right inside connector  93  which connects all three members together. Also after fitting together, the angled bar left section main bar inside opening  110  is aligned with the door support left leg bottom opening  106  which is also aligned with the main bar left member inside opening  108  so as to be capable of receiving the main bar left inside connector  94  which connects all three members together. 
         [0080]    The main bar is secured to the pair of angled bars. The angled bar right section  55  connects to the main bar right member  41  at a pair of locations. The angled bar right section  55  has an angled bar right section main bar outside opening  133  which aligns with a main bar right member outside opening  111  to receive a main bar right outside connector  91 . The main bar right section  55  also has an angled bar right section main bar inside opening  109  which aligns with main bar right member inside opening  107  to receive the main bar right inside connector  93 . The angled bar left section  56  connects to the main bar left member  42  at a pair of locations. The angled bar last section main bar inside opening  110  aligns with the main bar left member inside opening  108  to receive a main bar left inside connector  94 . Similarly, the angled bar left section main bar outside opening  114  aligns with main bar left member outside opening  112  so as to receive a main bar left outside connector  92 . 
         [0081]    The short bars are also connected to the angled bars. The short bar right section  51  is connected to the angled bar right section and a pair of openings. The angled bar right section short bar outside opening  119  aligns with the short bar right section outside opening  115  to receive the short bar right section outside connector  95 . Similarly, the angled bar right section short bar inside opening  121  aligns with the short bar right section inside opening  117  so as to receive a short bar right section inside connector  97 . On the left side, the procedure is analogous where the angled bar last section short bar inside opening  122  is aligned with the short bar left section inside opening  118  so as to receive a short bar left section inside connector  98 . The angled bar left section short bar outside opening  120  aligns with the short bar left section outside opening  116  so as to receive the short bar last section outside connector  96 . In this matter, the short bars are connected to the angled bars. 
         [0082]    When entirely assembled, the apparatus appears as in  FIG. 2 .