Patent ID: 7717836

Claim:
Exercise apparatus comprising a support frame comprising a support base resting on a horizontal floor and a support post extending upwardly therefrom, a bearing assembly movable upwardly and downwardly along said support post to a plurality of positions vertically spaced above said floor, said positions of said bearing assembly being vertically spaced from each other and including a user-exercise position and a stow-away position, said stow-away position of said bearing assembly being spaced above said user-exercise position of said bearing assembly, namely said bearing assembly in said stow-away position along said support post being at a higher vertical elevation with respect to said floor than said bearing assembly in said user-exercise position along said support post, a seat frame having a user seat thereon and extending between a root end and a free end, said root end being pivotally mounted to said bearing assembly and movable therewith upwardly and downwardly along said support post including between said user-exercise position and said stow-away position, a connector link having a first end pivotally connected to said support frame at a location below said bearing assembly, and having a second end pivotally connected to said seat frame at a location between said root end and said free end, wherein said free end of said seat frame swings downwardly in an arc about said root end and said bearing assembly moves upwardly along said support post, to change from said user-exercise position to said stow-away position, a user-engaged locking device releasably locking said bearing assembly at each of said user-exercise position and said stow-away position and preventing upward and downward movement of said bearing assembly along said support post, said user-engaged locking device comprises a movable handle at said free end of said seat frame and operatively coupled to a movable locking pin to move said pin between locking and unlocking positions respectively preventing and permitting said movement of said bearing assembly along said support post between said user-exercise and stow-away positions, wherein said locking pin in said locking position extends between and engages each of said seat frame and said bearing assembly, wherein said locking pin in said locking position extends through aligned apertures in said bearing assembly and said root end of said seat frame.