Abstract: A belt squat attachment of the present disclosure includes an attachment bar for clipping into holes of a support rack at a height selected by a user. The attachment bar is bisected by and perpendicular to a T-bar, which supports weight horns that are located at the midpoint of the T-bar, allowing a felt load to be calculated as half of the loaded weight. The user clips a belt into the belt ring at the end of the T-bar and performs the belt squat exercise by lifting the attachment and any attached load from a resting position on the ground. The belt squat attachment rotates about the points of attachment between the attachment bar and the support rack during the exercise. Further, the belt squat attachment can be rotated to a storage position against a vertical support behind the support rack while remaining attached to the support rack, allowing the support rack to retain the same utility as prior to attachment of the belt squat attachment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 12, 2024
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2025
Inventors:
James Whittier Lewis, Jr., Kristopher Farley Strickland
Abstract: A belt squat attachment of the present disclosure includes an attachment bar for clipping into holes of a support rack at a height selected by a user. The attachment bar is bisected by and perpendicular to a T-bar, which supports weight horns that are located at the midpoint of the T-bar, allowing a felt load to be calculated as half of the loaded weight. The user clips a belt into the belt ring at the end of the T-bar and performs the belt squat exercise by lifting the attachment and any attached load from a resting position on the ground. The belt squat attachment rotates about the points of attachment between the attachment bar and the support rack during the exercise. Further, the belt squat attachment can be rotated to a storage position against a vertical support behind the support rack while remaining attached to the support rack, allowing the support rack to retain the same utility as prior to attachment of the belt squat attachment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 6, 2022
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2024
Inventors:
James Whittier Lewis, Jr., Kristopher Farley Strickland
Abstract: A weight training bench apparatus includes a support frame; an elongate bench platform mounted on the support frame at an angle to define a platform upper end and a platform lower end and having upper and lower platform segments extending between the platform upper end and the platform lower end, the upper platform segment being positioned at a first angle relative to a horizontal direction, and the lower platform segment having an upper first portion extending at a second angle relative to a horizontal direction which is smaller than the first angle to protrude forwardly from the upper platform segment, to follow the curvature of the user spine lumbar region, and has a lower second portion positioned at a third angle relative to a horizontal direction which is larger than the second angle, and a seat mounted to extend forwardly from the platform lower end.