Modular structure for physical exercise
A modular structure for performing physical exercises incorporates a gripping system that slides along a surface of the modular structure. The gripping system allows for varying height of an anchoring point where different types of resistance bands or ropes are attached. The modular structure is adaptable, easy to use, and has plurality of exercise stations that can be used simultaneously.
1. A modular structure for physical exercise, the modular structure comprising:
an upper base of the modular structure which is a plate fixed to a sliding surface; the sliding surface is supported on a lower base of the modular structure which comprises a first plate of the lower base and a second plate of the lower base; the first and second plates of the lower base are fixed by means of lower base screws, lower base nuts, and lower base joints; and a gripping means with a hook configured to receive a resistance band, the gripping means sliding on the sliding surface, wherein the sliding surface comprises: a sliding surface rail accommodated in a sliding surface tube; a first wire rope coupled to a large lower pulley and a small lower pulley; and a second wire rope coupled to a large upper pulley and a small upper pulley; wherein the first and second wire ropes, the large lower and upper pulleys, and the small lower and upper pulleys allow for sliding movement of the sliding surface rail in the sliding surface tube; and a counterweight to equilibrate the modular structure and provide resistance.
2. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 1 , wherein the upper base of the modular structure and the lower base of the modular structure have anchoring orifices.
3. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding surface rail and the sliding surface tube are attached on opposing ends, respectively, to upper base joints and to the lower base joints.
4. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding surface rail is a metal bar on which the gripping means slides along.
5. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding surface tube is a metal tube that accommodates: the second wire rope; an upper hook or an upper snap hook; the counterweight; the small lower pulley; the first wire rope, and a lower nipple and wherein said sliding surface tube serves as an anchorage support for handrails and as structural reinforcement for the sliding surface rail.
6. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 5 , wherein the large lower pulley is located on a large lower pulley screw with a lower bushing, a first end of the first wire rope goes through the large lower pulley then through the small lower pulley; wherein the lower nipple is located on the sliding surface tube, a second end of the first wire rope is placed on the lower nipple and secured with a lower square tube clip; wherein the large upper pulley is located on a large upper pulley screw with an upper bushing, a first end of the second wire rope goes through the large upper pulley then through the small upper pulley; wherein an upper nipple is located on the sliding surface tube, a second end of the first wire rope is placed on the upper nipple and fixed with an upper square tube clip; wherein an end of the small lower pulley attaches to a lower hook or a lower snap hook which attaches to a first end of the counterweight; and wherein an end of the small upper pulley attaches to the upper hook or the upper snap hook which attaches to a second end of the counterweight opposite the first end of the counterweight.
7. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 5 , wherein the hook of the gripping means, a lower hook or a lower snap hook, and the upper hook or the upper snap hook are each comprised of two parts: a first unit made of an elongated material, the first unit having two ends and being bent such that the two ends face each other and are spaced apart from each other; and a second unit made of the elongated material, the second unit being fixed at a first end thereof to a first end of the two ends of the first unit such that a second end of the second unit can be pulled closer to or farther from a second end of the two ends of the first unit.
8. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 5 , wherein the counterweight is a cylinder having a height and a base, the height being larger than a radius of the base, a first end of the counterweight having a first ring coupled lower hook or a lower snap hook for coupling to the first wire rope, and a second end of the counterweight having a second ring coupled to the upper hook or the upper snap hook for coupling to the second wire rope.
9. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 1 , wherein there are one, two or three sliding surfaces in the modular structure, and the modular structure can have handrails which respectively attach to each sliding surface using handrail joints, a handrail screw, and a handrail nut.
10. A modular structure for physical exercise, the modular structure comprising:
an upper base of the modular structure which is a plate fixed to a sliding surface; the sliding surface is supported on a lower base of the modular structure which comprises a first plate of the lower base and a second plate of the lower base; the first and second plates of the lower base are fixed by means of lower base screws, lower base nuts, and lower base joints; and a gripping means which slides on the sliding surface, wherein the gripping means comprises: a disk; a swivel joint mounted to the disk, a hook mounted to the swivel joint, a caster placed within a rail of the sliding surface; a main spring and a swivel joint screw.
11. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 10 , wherein the gripping means further comprises two protector plate handles, a pulley system, and a counterweight.
12. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 10 , wherein the swivel joint has a large opening and a small opening at respective opposing ends of the swivel joint.
13. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 10 , wherein the disk is a circular shaped piece with an orifice in a center thereof, wherein a screw is fixed by means of a nut.
14. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 10 , wherein the main spring is located between a spring and the caster, and the main spring is attached to a first wire rope and to a second wire rope using upper rail clips and lower rail clips.
15. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 10 , wherein the swivel joint screw passes through: the main spring; the caster; a protector plate; a spring; the disk; a disk nut; and a large opening of the swivel joint.
16. A modular structure for physical exercise, the modular structure comprising:
an upper base of the modular structure which is a plate fixed to a sliding surface; the sliding surface is supported on a lower base of the modular structure which comprises a first plate of the lower base and a second plate of the lower base; the first and second plates of the lower base are fixed by means of lower base screws, lower base nuts, and lower base joints; and a gripping means which slides on the sliding surface, the gripping means comprising: a hook; a swivel joint; a disk; a caster; a main spring; a swivel joint screw; a spring; and a protector plate.
17. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 16 , wherein the spring slides along the swivel joint screw such that the spring is positioned between the disk and the protector plate.
18. The modular structure for physical exercise according to claim 16 , wherein the protector plate comprises: two handles that allow for an easy-to-use safety system to slide the gripping means by compressing the spring toward a direction of a user; four additional casters of the protector plate that allow the sliding, surface to slide smoothly along a rail; and a rubber foam that attaches to the protector plate.