Patent ID: 7678032

Claim:
An exercise apparatus comprising: a base; a longitudinally extended bottom member directed generally transverse to the base; an upright support; an elongated lever arm, including an exercise bar; a resistance member including a first end connected with the lever arm and an opposing second end connected with the upright support such that the resistance member impedes movement of the lever arm with respect to the upright support; and an extension arm extending generally laterally from the upright support and having a pivot connection about which the lever arm is pivotally connected; wherein the lever arm is movable to a folded stage adjacent the upright support, and the bottom member is movable toward the upright support to a folded stage; and wherein the lever arm and the upright support are spaced apart by the extension arm such that the lever arm is rotatable through about 180 degrees from between a top position and a bottom position and such that a lateral space is provided beneath the fixed extension arm in which the lever arm is disposed in the folded stage at an orientation generally parallel with the upright support; and wherein the first end of the resistance member is connected with the lever arm via a pivot connection on one end of an upper bracket, the upper bracket being connected on an opposite end to the lever arm between the exercise bar and the pivot connection of the extension arm and extending generally transversely away therefrom, and wherein the second end of the resistance member is connected with the upright support via a pivot connection on a lower bracket that is extended generally laterally from the upright support, such that when the lever arm is disposed in the folded stage at an orientation generally parallel with the upright support, the upper bracket and the resistance means are disposed in the lateral space between the lever arm and the upright support and the upper bracket is generally parallel with the lower bracket.