Patent ID: 7815555

Claim:
A dual action weightlifting machine, comprising: a stationary main frame assembly having a lower end and an upper end, the frame assembly comprising a right side frame and a left side frame on opposite sides of an exercise area; a traveling frame movably supported on the stationary frame assembly and having right and left sides each having a lower end and an upper end, each side having a vertical guide; a weight bearing exercise bar movably supported on the traveling frame and having a user engaging portion and spaced first and second vertical slides slidably mounted on the right and left vertical guides for vertical sliding movement relative to the traveling frame in a vertical travel path; a horizontal slide assembly which slidably connects the traveling frame to the right and left side frames of the stationary frame assembly, the horizontal slide assembly being located in a lower portion of the stationary frame assembly completely below the vertical travel path of the user engaging portion of the weight bearing exercise bar, the traveling frame having no connection to the stationary frame assembly above the horizontal slide assembly when in an exercise ready position; and the horizontal slide assembly comprising a right pair of parallel, first and second horizontal guides associated with a lower portion of the right side frame, first and second horizontal slides on the right side of the traveling frame slidably engaging the respective first and second horizontal guides on the right side frame, a left pair of parallel first and second horizontal guides associated with a lower portion of the left side frame, and first and second horizontal slides on the left side of the traveling frame slidably engaging the respective first and second horizontal guides on the left side frame.