Fitness equipment

Abstract

Fitness equipment for use in an outdoor prison environment which includes frame and arm assemblies manufactured from hollow steel members that are hot-dipped galvanized, both externally and internally, and are welded together and capped. The fitness equipment further includes a fixed weight stack assembly that includes control rods, weight plates slidably mounted on the control rods, a base assembly and a yoke and collar assembly which precludes removal of the weight plates. Moving parts of the fitness equipment, such as pivotal attachments or the areas where control rods slide within the yoke and collar assembly, include self-lubricating elements such as high speed bearings with grease fittings or oil-light bushings. The fitness equipment may also include a seat assembly or deck assembly. The various assemblies of the fitness equipment are designed to be manufactured as component parts which may be assembled to create various forms of fitness equipment including a bench press, an arm curl shoulder raise, a shoulder press, a squat machine, a tricep press and a lat pull down.

1 . Fitness equipment for use in an outdoor prison environment, said fitness equipment comprising: 
 a. A frame comprised of (i) hollow steel members that are hot-dipped galvanized both externally and internally and are welded together, and (ii) caps which are welded onto the exposed ends of said frame members;    b. An arm assembly comprised of (i) hollow steel members that are hot-dipped galvanized both externally and internally and are welded together and, (ii) caps which are welded onto the exposed ends of said frame members; said arm assembly connected to said frame assembly by a pivot rod bolted to said arm assembly and pivotally attached to said frame assembly through use of self-lubricating fittings; and    c. A fixed weight stack assembly comprised of (i) a plurality of stainless steel control rods, (ii) a plurality of weight plates slidably mounted on said control rods, (iii) a base assembly bolted to said control rods and pivotally attached by pivot rods to said frame assembly through use of self-lubricating fittings, (iv) a yoke and collar assembly through which said control rods pass and that is pivotally attached by pivot rods to said arm assembly through use of self-lubricating fittings, said yoke and collar assembly permanently attached to said arm assembly to prevent removal of said weight plates, and (v) a weight adjusting pin attached by a metal cable to said frame assembly.    
     
     
         2 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment is further comprised of: 
 a. A seat assembly comprised of (i) hollow steel members that are hot-dipped galvanized both externally and internally and are welded together, and (ii) caps which are welded onto the exposed ends of said frame members; and    b. A weather-resistant and hard rubber seat cushion attached to said seat assembly.    
     
     
         3 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment further comprises a deck assembly on which a user of said fitness equipment stands.  
     
     
         4 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment further comprises foot plates that allow said fitness equipment to be bolted to a surface area.  
     
     
         5 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1 , wherein said fixed weight stack assembly further comprises self-lubricating oil-light bushings attached within said yoke and collar assembly and around said control rods.  
     
     
         6 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1  wherein said frame assembly, said arm assembly and said fixed weight stack assembly are manufactured as component parts and, with further attachments, can be assembled to create various forms of fitness equipment from the group consisting of a bench press, an arm curl shoulder raise, a shoulder press, a squat machine, a tricep press and a lat pull down.  
     
     
         7 . The fitness equipment of  claim 6  wherein said further attachments include a seat assembly and a deck assembly.  
     
     
         8 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1  wherein said self-lubricating fittings are high speed bearings with grease fittings.  
     
     
         9 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1  wherein said pivot rod is bolted to said arm assembly by a nylon-lock nut and bolt assembly.  
     
     
         10 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1  wherein said control rods are bolted to said base assembly by nylon-lock nut and bolt assembly.  
     
     
         11 . The fitness equipment of  claim 9  and  claim 10 , wherein said nylon-lock nut and bolt assemblies are welded.  
     
     
         12 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1  wherein said fixed weight stack assembly further comprises a control plate which is moveably attached to the upper ends of said control rods and prevents users of said fitness equipment from easily bending said control rods.  
     
     
         13 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1  wherein said arm assembly further comprises press handles welded to said arm assembly.  
     
     
         14 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1  wherein said arm assembly further comprises a pivot arm assembly which is pivotally attached to said arm assembly.  
     
     
         15 . The fitness equipment of  claim 1  wherein said arm assembly further comprises a handle rod welded to said arm assembly.