IP Library Granted Patent US 12,427,364
Granted Patent B1
US 12,427,364 · App. 19/230,815 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Device for adjusting positions of armrest bars on Pilates beds

Inventor: Lingmin Shi (Zhejiang, CN)
A63B21/4031A63B21/00069A63B2225/093
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Patent No.
US 12,427,364
App. No.
19/230,815
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

An adjusting device for a Pilates bed armrest bar is provided. The device includes an armrest bar, adjusting members and clamping members, wherein armrest bar has rotatable rods. A cross bar is connected between rotatable rods of the device. As a user pulls upward on the rotatable rods of the adjusting device of the Pilates armrest bar to adjust the Pilates bed armrest to a corresponding desired resistance.

Claims (9)

1. A device for adjusting positions of armrest bars on Pilates beds, comprising an armrest bar ( 1 ), fixing members ( 2 ), a Pilates bed main body ( 3 ), adjusting members ( 4 ) and clamping members ( 5 ), wherein the armrest bar ( 1 ) comprises rotatable rods ( 11 ), a cross bar ( 12 ) is connected between the rotatable rods, through grooves ( 13 ) penetrating through sides of the rotatable rods, first limiting rods ( 14 ) and second limiting rods ( 15 ) are connected inside the rotatable rods ( 11 ), inside the rotatable rods ( 11 ) are pin rods ( 16 ), the pin rods ( 16 ) are in respective threaded connection to both sides of the Pilates bed main body ( 3 ), and bottom portions of the rotatable rods ( 11 ) are in threaded connection to threaded rods ( 17 );

the fixing members ( 2 ) comprise fixing plates ( 21 ), clamping holes ( 22 ) are provided in the fixing plates ( 21 ), and the fixing plates ( 21 ) are connected to two sides of the Pilates bed main body ( 3 ) by bolts;

the adjusting members ( 4 ) comprise movable frames ( 41 ), thread sleeves ( 42 ) are inserted into the movable frames ( 41 ), and operating rods ( 43 ) are in internally threaded connection to the thread sleeves ( 42 ), the operating rods ( 43 ) are slidably connected to the through grooves ( 13 ) in middle portions, adjusting holes ( 46 ) are formed on back portions of the movable frames ( 41 ), springs ( 48 ) are connected to bottom end portions of the movable frames ( 41 ), and bottom end portions of the springs ( 48 ) are connected to the threaded rods ( 17 ); and

the clamping members ( 5 ) comprise push rods ( 51 ), the push rods ( 51 ) are slidably connected in the adjusting holes ( 46 ), clamping rods ( 52 ) are clamped outside the push rods ( 51 ), the clamping rods ( 52 ) are inserted into the clamping holes ( 22 ), and the clamping rods ( 52 ) are slidably connected in the rotatable rods ( 11 ).

2. The device for adjusting positions of armrest bars on Pilates beds according to claim 1 , wherein front and back sides of the movable frames ( 41 ) are provided with first limiting holes ( 44 ) and second limiting holes ( 45 ).

3. The device for adjusting positions of armrest bars on Pilates beds according to claim 1 , wherein sliding holes ( 47 ) are formed on sides of the movable frames ( 41 ) away from each other, and the clamping rods ( 52 ) are arranged in the sliding holes ( 47 ).

4. The device for adjusting positions of armrest bars on Pilates beds according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping holes ( 22 ) are distributed in circular arrays around the pin rods ( 16 ).

5. The device for adjusting positions of armrest bars on Pilates beds according to claim 2 , wherein the first limiting rods ( 14 ) are slidably connected inside the first limiting holes ( 44 ) and the second limiting rods ( 15 ) are slidably connected inside the second limiting holes ( 45 ).

6. The device for adjusting positions of armrest bars on Pilates beds according to claim 1 , wherein shapes of the adjusting holes ( 46 ) are set to be arcs.

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