Cardio fitness machine
View Patent ↗A fitness machine includes an elongate rail, a pair of wheels attached to a front portion of the rail, and a pair of handlebars attached to and extending from a back portion of the rail. The fitness machine can rotate between a horizontal orientation and a vertical orientation to provide bench-press like exercises. The wheels can be locked to enable the fitness machine to function as a drag sled for exercise. Weights can be added to the fitness machine to increase the resistance of the fitness machine for exercise.
1 . A fitness machine comprising:
a single elongate rail formed from a single elongate metal bar, the single elongated rail having a length extending between opposite front and back ends of the single elongated rail, the single elongated rail extending along and defining an x-axis of the fitness machine extending from the front end to the back end of the single elongated rail, the single elongated rail having an outer surface extending along the x-axis and surrounding the x-axis for a portion of the length of the single elongated rail;
a pair of wheels attached to the single elongated rail adjacent a front portion of the single elongated rail and a pair of struts, each individual strut of the pair of struts being attached to the single elongated rail and extending from the single elongated rail to a respective individual wheel of the pair of wheels, the individual wheel rotatably attached to the individual strut, the pair of wheels rotatable about a common axis of rotation, the axis of rotation defining a z-axis of the fitness machine perpendicular to the x-axis, the single elongated rail being disposed between the pair of wheels with the single elongated rail spaced from the z-axis;
a stand connected to the single elongated rail, the stand extending away from single elongated rail along and defining a y-axis of the fitness machine, the y-axis perpendicular to the x-axis and the z-axis;
a pair of handlebars attached to a portion of the single elongated rail disposed at the back end of the single elongated rail, the pair of handlebars extending away from the single elongated rail from opposite sides of the single elongated rail;
the pair of wheels and the stand being configured to cooperatively support the fitness machine on a horizontal surface whereby the single elongated rail is spaced from the horizontal surface and extends parallel with the horizontal surface and the pair of handlebars extend away from the horizontal surface as they extend away from the single elongated rail when the fitness machine is on the horizontal surface, the fitness machine being in a horizontal orientation when the fitness machine is supported by the pair of wheels and stands on the horizontal surface;
the pair of wheels and the front end of the single elongated rail being configured to cooperatively support the fitness machine on the horizontal surface whereby the single elongated rail is against the horizontal surface and extends perpendicularly away from the horizontal surface when the fitness machine is on the horizontal surface, the fitness machine being in a vertical orientation when the fitness machine is supported by the pair of wheels and the front end of the single elongated rail is on the horizontal surface; and
the fitness machine being pivotable between the horizontal orientation of the fitness machine and the vertical orientation of the fitness machine.
2 . The fitness machine of claim 1 wherein the pair of handlebars each includes a respective arm extending from the handlebar.
3 . The fitness machine of claim 2 comprising a respective handgrip removably attached to each of the arms.
4 . The fitness machine of claim 3 wherein the respective handgrips comprise a first pair of handgrips, and the fitness machine comprises a second pair of handgrips selectively attachable to the pair of handlebars, the second pair of handgrips having a different weight than the first pair of handgrips.
5 . The fitness machine of claim 2 wherein the arms extend from the handlebars parallel with the x-axis.
6 . The fitness machine of claim 3 wherein the arms extend from the handlebars perpendicular with the x-axis.
7 . The fitness machine of claim 1 wherein the stand is selectively axially positionable along at least a portion of the single elongated rail.
8 . The fitness machine of claim 7 wherein the fitness machine comprises a channel receiving the single elongated rail, the channel being selectively positionable along the at least a portion of the single elongated rail, the stand being attachable to the channel whereby positioning the channel along the single elongated rail also establishes the position of the stand along the single elongated rail.
9 . The fitness machine of claim 7 wherein the single elongated rail comprises a plurality of holes spaced along the x-axis and the stand is fixed to the single elongated rail by a fastener extending through a hole and into the stand.
10 . The fitness machine of claim 1 comprising a seat attached to the single elongated rail, the seat being configured to enable a user to sit on the seat while the fitness machine is in the horizontal orientation.
11 . The fitness machine of claim 10 wherein the seat is selectively axially positionable along at least a portion of the single elongated rail.
12 . The fitness machine of claim 10 comprising a weight holder being attached to the single elongated rail.
13 . The fitness machine of claim 1 comprising a weight holder being attached to the single elongated rail, the weight holder being configured to removably hold a weight or weights used for personal exercise, the weight holder being configured to retain weight or weights held by the weight holder while the fitness machine pivots between the horizontal orientation and the vertical orientation of the fitness machine.
14 . The fitness machine of claim 13 wherein the weight holder comprises at least one pair of forks or at least one pin.
15 . The fitness machine of claim 1 comprising a brake assembly associated with the pair of wheels, the brake assembly being configured to enable a user to selectively set a rolling resistance of the pair of wheels, the brake assembly capable of: (a) locking the pair of wheels with respect to rotating about the axis of rotation, (b) allowing freewheeling of the pair of wheels with respect to the axis of rotation, and (c) selectively varying the rolling resistance of the pair of wheels between locked wheels and freewheeling wheels.
16 . The fitness machine of claim 15 wherein the brake assembly comprises a respective brake operatively connected to each wheel of the pair of wheels, each of the brakes being configured to enable the user to selectively set the rolling resistance of the respective wheel connected to the respective brake.
17 . The fitness machine of claim 1 comprising a bar attached to the handlebars and extending between the handlebars.
18 . The fitness machine of claim 1 wherein each handlebar of the pair of handlebars includes a respective arm extending from the handlebar, the bar attached to the arms.
19 . The fitness machine of claim 1 comprising a kickstand operable to relieve the pair of wheels from supporting the fitness machine on the horizontal surface.
20 . The fitness machine of claim 1 wherein the stand comprises at least one support leg.
21 . The fitness machine of claim 1 wherein the single elongated rail has a rectangular cross section.