Patent ID: 6899662

Claim:
A support structure for a weight-lifter, comprising: a weight-lifter bench having an upwardly facing surface; an elongated pad adapted for placement on said upwardly facing surface; said pad comprising an upper surface having a multiplicity of cavities therein matable with the rear surfaces of a person's head and torso, whereby essentially the entire rear surface of the person's torso is in contact with the pad when the person is in a lithotomy position during the weight-lifting process; said multiplicity of cavities comprising a first cavity matable with a person's head, a second and a third cavity matable with a person's shoulder blades, a forth and a fifth cavity matable with a person's ribs, and a sixth and a seventh cavity matable with a person's buttocks; said pad having a longitudinal centerline; said first cavity being located on said centerline; said second, fourth and sixth cavities being offset in one direction from said centerline; said third, fifth and seventh cavities being offset in an opposite direction from said centerline; and said pad having two longitudinal side edges equidistantly spaced from the pad longitudinal centerline; and two arcuate concave recesses connecting said second and third cavities to said longitudinal side edges; said concave recesses having approximately the same depth as said second and third cavities, for accommodating the person's shoulders.