Patent ID: 7014601

Claim:
A combined exercise/weight bench/lower cable station device, comprising: a bench; bench support means for supporting the bench in a generally horizontal use position; means for pivoting the bench from the use position to an upright, stowed position; a mechanical device for holding the bench in the upright, stowed position; a generally “S”-shaped cable riser, the cable riser having an intermediate generally vertical portion located spaced from and proximate one end of the bench when the bench is in the use position, a curved lower end portion curving forward toward the bench, with its end located lower than the bench when the bench is in the use position, and a curved upper end portion that curves away from the bench and curves away from the lower end portion; a weight-carrying saddle located below the upper end of the cable riser; a cable coupled to the saddle and in sliding engagement with the cable riser, the cable engaged with at least the upper end of the riser and the lower end of the riser; and a structure, coupled to the cable proximate the lower end of the riser, that is the user interface to the cable.