IP Library Granted Patent US 12,324,976
Granted Patent B2
US 12,324,976 · App. 17/878,269 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Outdoor fitness pavilion

Inventor: Brandon Rivera (Reno, NV)
Assignee: American Standard Equipment, LLC
A63B71/023E04B1/2403E04B1/388E04D3/30E04F15/06E04H3/14H02S20/23E04B2001/2415E04B2001/2484E04B2001/389E04B2103/06
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Patent No.
US 12,324,976
App. No.
17/878,269
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Outdoor fitness pavilions, and systems and methods related to the same are provided. The pavilions include a floor substructure including floor support members, pillars distributed about a perimeter of the floor substructure, a roof substructure including roof support members, at least some of which are connected to the pillars. The pavilion includes integrated fitness equipment items connected to at least some of the pillars.

Claims (59)

1. An outdoor fitness pavilion comprising:

a floor substructure comprising interconnected floor support members and flooring panels provided above the floor support members to define an open-air interior fitness area having a lengthwise dimension;

pillars spaced apart about a perimeter of the floor substructure;

a roof substructure comprising roof panels and roof support members, at least some of which are connected to said pillars and at least some of which are connected to other of said roof support members; and

integrated fitness equipment items connected to a subset of said pillars spaced apart along said lengthwise dimension, wherein said integrated fitness equipment comprises pull-up bars and squat racks;

wherein said squat racks comprise fitness pillars located interior to said pillars, each connected to one of said roof support members, and spacers, each extending between one of said subset of said pillars and one of said fitness pillars such that the squat racks extend inward from the pillars into the open-air interior fitness areas, below the roof substructure, and are spaced apart along the lengthwise dimension;

wherein said pull-up bars comprise:

straight pull-up bars, each extending between adjacent ones of said subset of said pillars and located between adjacent ones of the squat racks; and

kipping bars, each extending outward from adjacent ones of the subset of pillars and from a footprint of the roof substructure such that the kipping bars extend outside of the open-air interior fitness area, said kipping bars extending from other adjacent ones of said subset of pillars and located between other of the squat racks such that said kipping bars are offset along the lengthwise dimension from said straight pull-up bars.

2. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 1 :

wherein each of said pillars and said fitness pillars comprise a series of spaced apertures;

wherein said pull-up bars are connected to said pillars by way of said apertures; and

further comprising barbell holders, wherein said apertures in said fitness pillars are configured to removably receive said barbell holders.

3. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 1 further comprising:

additional integrated fitness equipment items comprising rope holders and at least one rope hanger, wherein said rope holders and said at least one rope hanger are connected to at least some of said roof support members and are each configured to support a rope in a fixed manner such that at least one end of the rope is hung free for climbing.

4. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 1 wherein:

said roof panels comprises corrugated panels.

5. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 1 wherein:

said floor support members comprises an interconnected series of lengthwise extending members and crosswise extending members; and

said flooring panels comprise a metal layer and a rubberized layer.

6. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 5 wherein:

said lengthwise extending members are unitary; and

said crosswise extending members extend between said lengthwise extending members.

7. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 1 further comprising:

brackets for securing said floor support members to said pillars, said pillars to said roof support members, and certain of said floor support members to one another.

8. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 1 further comprising:

storage structures provided on at least one side of said pavilion.

9. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more solar panels located at said roofing panels; and

electronic equipment comprising lighting in electrical connection with said solar panels.

10. An outdoor fitness pavilion comprising:

a floor substructure comprising:

lengthwise extending floor support members;

crosswise extending floor support members, wherein said crosswise extending floor support members extend between said lengthwise extending floor support members; and

flooring panels positioned atop said lengthwise extending floor support members and said crosswise extending floor support members to define an open-air interior fitness area having a lengthwise dimension and a crosswise dimension;

pillars spaced apart about a perimeter of the floor substructure and connected to some of said lengthwise extending floor support members and some of said crosswise extending floor support members;

integrated fitness equipment items connected to at least some of said pillars, said integrated fitness equipment items comprising:

a plurality of kipping bars, each connected to at least two of said pillars, a first subset of multiple of which are spaced apart along the crosswise dimension and a second subset of which extend along the lengthwise dimension; and

at least one squat rack comprising spacers and a first and second fitness pillar connected to a first and second one of said pillars by said spacers; and

a roof substructure comprising roofing panels and roof support members, a first subset of which are connected to said pillars and said fitness pillars and a second subset of which are connected to at least some other ones of said roof support members, wherein each of the kipping bars in the second subset attach, in part, to one of said roofing support members in said second subset at a mid-portion of the respective kipping bar.

11. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 10 wherein:

said lengthwise extending floor support members are unitary; and

crosswise extending floor support members extend between each of said lengthwise extending floor support members.

12. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 10 further comprising:

brackets for securing said crosswise extending floor support members to one another so that said lengthwise extending floor support members remain unitary;

brackets for securing said roof substructure to said pillars and said fitness pillars; and

brackets for securing said floor substructure to said pillars.

13. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 10 further comprising:

storage structures provided along said crosswise dimension and outside of said open-air interior fitness area.

14. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 10 wherein:

said integrated fitness equipment items comprise rope holders and at least one rope hanger;

said rope holders and said at least one rope hanger are connected to at least some of said roof support members; and

said rope holders and said at least one rope hanger are provided at along said lengthwise dimension and outside of said open-air interior fitness area and are each configured to support a rope in a fixed manner such that at least one end of the rope is hung free for climbing.

15. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 3 wherein:

the additional integrated fitness items are spaced apart along a lengthwise dimension of the open-air interior fitness area and extend outward from, and exterior to, the open-air interior fitness area such that at least a portion of each of the additional integrated fitness items extend beyond the footprint of the roof substructure.

16. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 1 wherein:

the floor substructure defines a rectangular shape.

17. The outdoor fitness pavilion of claim 10 wherein:

the floor substructure defines a rectangular shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2022
From: RIVERA, BRANDON
To: AMERICAN STANDARD EQUIPMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 062099/0322 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 29734275 · May 11, 2020
Related Publication 20220370878A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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