Anti-tipping device for a weight lifting bench saddle
US5460588A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 20, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B21/4029
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An anti-tipping device for the saddles of weight lifting benches for preventing accidental tipping of barbells with respect to the saddles, wherein an abutment is provided at the rear stem of each saddle of a weight lifting bench. The anti-tipping device has a guide surface having increasing inclination toward the base of the saddle and terminates in a concave surface spaced from the base on the order of at least the diameter of the bar, and having a radius of curvature at least that of the bar. The anti-tipping device is dimensioned to occlude less than half the distance between the front and rear stems of each saddle, so that the saddles will operate in a completely conventional manner in terms of selectively receiving the bar of barbells when the bar is kept adjacent the front stem, but interferingly abuts the bar when the bar is adjacent the rear stem, so that the barbell is prevented from tipping no matter what the weight disparity may be with respect to the two ends of the bar. In one variation of the anti-tipping device according to the present invention, the saddles are manufactured therewith. In another variation of the anti-tipping device according to the present inventio…
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