Patent ID: 7553264

Claim:
A multifunctional exercise apparatus, the apparatus comprising: (a) a frame having a substantially right-angle configuration for facilitating its accommodation into a corner of a room and for optimizing its footprint in the room; (b) a pulley system being mechanically coupled to the frame and having an adjustable resistance device using a pulley ratio technique in its operation; (c) at least one weight stack being mechanically coupled to the frame and to the pulley system; and (d) a force mechanism being mechanically coupled to the frame and to the pulley system; wherein the adjustable resistance device comprises: a single pulley; and a double pulley, the double pulley being detachably engageable with the single pulley; wherein the double pulley comprises a bracket having a slot; wherein the single pulley is rotatable on an axis parallel to a chord line of the single pulley, and wherein the single pulley comprises a coupling member being inserted into the slot upon rotation of the single pulley on the axis.