Patent ID: 7104938

Claim:
An apparatus for performing exercises which comprises: a pair of frames, each frame including: a.) a pair of front frame legs ( 12 , 14 ); b) a pair of rear frame legs ( 16 , 18 ); c) a pair of lower rails ( 24 , 26 ); one ( 24 ) of said lower rails having one end joined perpendicularly to said one of said rear frame legs ( 16 ) and an opposite end joined perpendicularly to said one of said front frame legs ( 12 ); another one ( 26 ) of said lower rails ( 26 ) having one end joined perpendicularly to another one of said rear frame legs ( 18 ) and an opposite end joined perpendicularly to said another one of said front frame legs ( 14 ); an H frame ( 28 ); a pair of gripping means ( 44 A,B) for grasping said apparatus, one said gripping means ( 44 A) detachably attached to one of said front frame legs ( 12 ) and another gripping means ( 44 B) detachably attached to another one of said front frame legs ( 14 ); each said gripping means including a channel snuggly slideable onto a respective front leg and a popit pin mounted on said channel engageable with any slected aperture in said respective front leg; said H frame having one end attached to an end of one of said front legs ( 12 ) and another end attached to an end of said another front leg ( 16 ); a supporting means ( 40 , 41 , 42 ) comprising a floor bar positioned between said front and rear legs having a platform on one end between said front legs and another end hingeably joined to lower ends of said rear legs for enabling a user to stand on said platform, grasp said handles ( 44 A,B), and lift said front legs ( 12 , 14 ) of said frame; a barbell ( 23 ) supported at a selectable location on said pair of lower rails ( 24 , 26 ) whereby resistance to lifting said front legs is selectable.