Workout platform
View Patent ↗An exercise equipment having a sleeved hinge bar that interconnects a pair of scissor legs so that they move, in unison, between a closed position/collapsed condition and an open position/expanded condition supporting the sleeved hinge bar along and elevated above a supporting surface. Each pair of legs has a front leg and a rear leg. The rear legs interconnect along their distal ends by a rear support bar. A base platform may be pivotably connected to the rear support bar by hinge straps so that the base platform moves between a vertical position in the collapse condition and a horizontal position in the expanded position so that a user may be supported by the base platform during exercise routines that rely on engaging the front legs.
1. An exercise equipment comprising:
a sleeved hinge bar interconnecting a pair of scissor legs so that they move, in unison, between a collapsed condition and an expanded condition supporting the sleeved hinge bar along and elevated above a supporting surface;
each of the pair of scissor legs comprise a front leg and a rear leg;
a rear support bar interconnects the rear legs along their distal ends;
a platform may be pivotably connected to the rear support bar so as to be movable between a vertical position in the collapse condition and a horizontal position in the expanded position;
one or more hinge straps operatively associating the platform with the rear support bar, wherein each hinge strap of the one or more hinge straps define a hollow 9-shape, wherein the hollow 9-shape comprises a circular head configured to receive the rear support bar and an open end of a leg configured to slidably receive an edge of the platform,
whereby the platform is configured to support a user above the supporting surface during an exercise routine engaging each of the front legs of the pair of scissor legs.
2. The exercise equipment of claim 1 , wherein each hinge strap of the one or more hinge straps pivots about the rear support bar enabling movement of the platform between the horizontal position to the vertical position.
3. The exercise equipment of claim 2 , further comprising a front support bar interconnecting each of the front legs of the pair of scissor legs so that when the platform is in the horizontal position it is resting on both the front support bar and rear support bar.
4. The exercise equipment of claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of pegs spaced apart along a front face of each front leg of the pair of scissor legs.
5. The exercise equipment of claim 4 , further comprising a bearing peg extending laterally outward from each front leg of the pair of scissor legs.
6. The exercise equipment of claim 5 , further comprising a bearing covering each bearing peg.
7. The exercise equipment of claim 6 , wherein the platform has a handle on each opposing side of the platform.
8. The exercise equipment of claim 7 , further comprising, for each handle of the platform, a storage strap dimensioned to pass through the handle and around one of the pair of scissor legs.