Patent ID: 7374516

Claim:
A weight lifting power cage for use by a weight lifter, which comprises: (a) a frame assembly including a pair of spaced-apart side frames, each said side frame including an upper depthenal frame member, a lower depthenal frame member and a forward vertical frame member, and a rearward vertical frame member, and a rear lateral frame including an upper lateral member and a lower lateral member which rear lateral frame interconnecting said pair of side frames; and (b) a carriage assembly carried by said side frames and movable front to back relative to and between said forward and rearward vertical members during lifting by a weight lifter, said carriage having: (i) a weight bar spanning between each side frame, (ii) a pair of spaced-apart vertical slide bars which remain vertical as the carriage assembly moves front to back, (iii) a pair of weight bar mount assemblies, each slidably mounted to a said vertical slide bar, said weight bar mount assemblies affixed to said weight bar for vertical movement of said weight bar along said vertical slide bars, (iv) a pair of vertical weight rack bars carried by said movable carriage and located in spaced-apart adjacency from said weight bar, (v) an engagement mechanism carried by said weight bar and engagable with said weight rack bars, said engagement mechanism activated by the weight lifter rotating said weight bar to rack said weight bar from a weight lifting position without the carriage, moving forward or backward, said weight bar movable vertically and front to back, and said weight bar and weight rack bars movable together front to back.