Patent ID: 7927263

Claim:
Weight training exercise equipment comprising a weight rack frame for supporting one or more training weights, said weight rack frame having a plurality of laterally spaced upstanding support posts, a pair of collapsible spotter platforms each mounted to a respective said post, wherein each said spotter platform is pivotally mounted to its respective said post for pivotal movement between a horizontal position for supporting a spotter thereon, and a collapsed position, wherein said spotter platform lies in different planes when in said horizontal position and said collapsed position, respectively, wherein each said spotter platform comprises a step plate having a first pivot pivotally mounted to its respective said post, and a second pivot, and comprises a triangulated hypotenuse leg having a first end mounted to said step plate at said second pivot, and a second end translationally slidable along said post, wherein each said spotter platform comprises a bracket mounted to said post and having a pivot mount pivotally mounting said step plate at said first pivot, and having a guide track channel guiding said second end of said hypotenuse leg therealong, wherein said guide track channel extends obtusely relative to said upstanding post and relative to said horizontal position of said spotter platform.