Patent ID: 8152700

Claim:
A multistation exercise apparatus, comprising: a base; an upright frame including at least four vertical supports disposed on said base and a plurality of generally horizontal frame elements disposed between said vertical supports; first and second axle supports; an elongate lever axle pivotally disposed between said first and second axle supports; a plurality of handle receptacles affixed to said lever axle and disposed generally rearwardly from said apparatus, said receptacles capable of receiving an end portion of a handle so as to configure the apparatus to provide a wide variety of exercises; at least three handles, each said handle allows for a distinct exercise; a lever arm operatively connected to, and extending generally forward from said lever axle; an arcuate cam disposed medially on said lever arm; a weight plate stack having a plurality of weight plates and disposed in a generally vertical orientation, said weight plate stack having a plate selection apparatus for selectively determining the number of weight plates to be lifted in a given lift; a pulley disposed on one of said horizontal frame elements; and a cable connected to and disposed between said lever arm and said weight plate stack and disposed over said arcuate cam and said pulley; wherein said lever axle functions as a fulcrum for radial translation of said lever arm, and resistance exercises employing said weight plate stack are performed by a user in a standing position by applying a downward force either directly to said lever arm or by radially translating one of said handle receptacles using one of said handles inserted into the one of said handle receptacles, and wherein radial translation of said lever arm or of any one of said handles connected to said lever axle through one of said handle receptacles results in the smooth upward linear translation of all or a portion of said weight plate stack.