Weight training system for a weight rack

Abstract

A weight training system for a weight rack includes at least one arm assembly. The at least one arm assembly includes a pivot mount couplable to a rack member of the weight rack, where the pivot mount is height adjustable on the rack member relative to a ground surface; a main arm couplable to the pivot mount, where the main arm is adjustable relative to the pivot mount along a longitudinal axis through a length of the main arm; and a weight attachment couplable to the main arm, where the weight attachment is adjustable relative to the pivot mount along the longitudinal axis through the length of the main arm. A handle attachment and/or a combination weight and handle attachment is couplable to the main arm, each being adjustable relative to the pivot mount along the longitudinal axis through the length of the main arm.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An arm assembly for a weight training system, the arm assembly comprising:
 a pivot mount comprising:
 a housing including a first index pin that is couplable to a rack aperture of a rack member of a weight rack, wherein the first index pin includes a first axis that intersects with a longitudinal axis through the rack member; and 
 a pivot socket including a second index pin, wherein the pivot socket is able to pivot about a pin coupling the pivot socket to the housing; 
   a main arm inserted into the pivot socket such that a longitudinal axis of the main arm is non-intersecting with the longitudinal axis of the rack member, wherein the main arm is positionable within the pivot socket at a plurality of locations that each correspond to a plurality of apertures in the main arm, wherein the second index pin of the pivot socket is able to engage a first aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the main arm at a first location of the plurality of locations, and wherein the second index pin includes a second axis that intersects with a longitudinal axis through the main arm; and   a weight attachment including a weight horn coupled to a first port of a first socket, the first socket including a third index pin, wherein the third index pin of the first socket is able to engage a second aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the weight attachment at a second location of the plurality of locations on the main arm, and wherein the third index pin includes a third axis that intersects with the longitudinal axis through the main arm.   
     
     
         2 . The arm assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the pivot mount includes a secondary plate that is couplable to the housing, and wherein the secondary plate is uncoupled from the housing prior to removal of the housing from the rack member. 
     
     
         3 . The arm assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the pivot mount includes a swivel bracket coupled to the housing via a swivel mechanism, wherein the pivot socket is coupled to the swivel bracket, and wherein the swivel bracket and the pivot socket are able to swivel about a pin of the swivel mechanism. 
     
     
         4 . The arm assembly of  claim 3 , wherein swiveling of the swivel bracket and the pivot socket are limited by a rotation limiter of the swivel bracket that is coupled to the housing. 
     
     
         5 . The arm assembly of  claim 3 , wherein the swivel bracket and the pivot socket are able to swivel about a pin of the swivel mechanism in a substantially horizontal direction relative to a ground plane. 
     
     
         6 . The arm assembly of  claim 3 , wherein the swivel bracket and pivot socket are able to swivel about a pin of the swivel mechanism in a substantially vertical direction relative to a ground plane. 
     
     
         7 . The arm assembly of  claim 3 , wherein the swivel bracket includes a removable plate to provide access to the pin for coupling the pivot socket to the housing. 
     
     
         8 . The arm assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a handle attachment including a handle coupled to a first port of a second socket, the second socket including a fourth index pin, wherein the fourth index pin of the second socket is able to engage a third aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the handle at a third location of the plurality of locations on the main arm, and wherein the fourth index pin includes a fourth axis that intersects with the longitudinal axis through the main arm.   
     
     
         9 . The arm assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the weight attachment includes a handle coupled a second port on the first socket, wherein a first axis of the weight horn and a first axis of the handle both intersect with the longitudinal axis through the main arm. 
     
     
         10 . A method of coupling an arm assembly for a weight training system to a weight rack, comprising:
 coupling a pivot mount to a rack member of the weight rack, the pivot mount comprising:
 a housing including a first index pin that is couplable to a rack aperture of the rack member, wherein the first index pin includes a first axis that intersects with a longitudinal axis through the rack member; and 
 a pivot socket including a second index pin, wherein the pivot socket is able to pivot about a pin coupling the pivot socket to the housing; 
   inserting a main arm into the pivot socket of the pivot mount such that a longitudinal axis of the main arm is non-intersecting with the longitudinal axis of the rack member, wherein the main arm is positionable within the pivot socket at a plurality of locations that each correspond to a plurality of apertures in the main arm, wherein the second index pin of the pivot socket is able to engage a first aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the main arm at a first location of the plurality of locations, and wherein the second index pin includes a second axis that intersects with a longitudinal axis through the main arm; and   coupling a weight attachment to the main arm, the weight attachment including a weight horn coupled to a first port of a first socket, the first socket including a third index pin, wherein the third index pin of the first socket is able to engage a second aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the weight attachment at a second location of the plurality of locations on the main arm, and wherein the third index pin includes a third axis that intersects with the longitudinal axis through the main arm.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 coupling a handle attachment to the main arm, the handle attachment including a handle coupled to a first port of a second socket, the second socket including a fourth index pin, wherein the fourth index pin of the second socket is able to engage a third aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the handle attachment at a third location of the plurality of locations on the main arm, and wherein the fourth index pin includes a fourth axis that intersects with the longitudinal axis through the main arm.   
     
     
         12 . A weight training system, comprising:
 a first arm assembly and a second arm assembly, each of the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly comprising:
 a pivot mount comprising:
 a housing including a first index pin that is couplable to a rack aperture of a rack member of a weight rack, wherein the first index pin includes a first axis that intersects with a longitudinal axis through the rack member; and 
 a pivot socket including a second index pin, wherein the pivot socket is able to pivot about a pin coupling the pivot socket to the housing; 
 
 a main arm inserted into the pivot socket such that a longitudinal axis of the main arm is non-intersecting with the longitudinal axis of the rack member, wherein the main arm is positionable within the pivot socket at a plurality of locations that each correspond to a plurality of apertures in the main arm, wherein the second index pin of the pivot socket is able to engage a first aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the main arm at a first location of the plurality of locations, and wherein the second index pin includes a second axis that intersects with the longitudinal axis through the main arm; and 
 a weight attachment including a weight horn coupled to a first port of a first socket, the first socket including a third index pin, wherein the third index pin of the first socket is able to engage a second aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the weight attachment at a second location of the plurality of locations on the main arm, and wherein the third index pin includes a third axis that intersects with the longitudinal axis through the main arm. 
   
     
     
         13 . The weight training system of  claim 12 , wherein at least one of the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly further comprise:
 a handle attachment including a handle coupled to a first port of a second socket, the second socket including a fourth index pin, wherein the fourth index pin of the second socket is able to engage a third aperture of the plurality of apertures to set the handle at a third location of the plurality of locations on the main arm, and wherein the fourth index pin includes a fourth axis that intersects with the longitudinal axis through the main arm.   
     
     
         14 . The weight training system of  claim 12 , further comprising a link beam assembly, wherein the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly are joined via the link beam assembly, the link beam assembly including a link beam coupled to a first arm of the first arm assembly and a second arm of the second arm assembly. 
     
     
         15 . The weight training system of  claim 14 , wherein the link beam is coupled to a first link socket via a first clamp and to a second link socket via a second clamp, wherein the first link socket includes a fourth index pin with a fourth axis that intersects with a first longitudinal axis through a first main arm of the first arm assembly, and wherein the second link socket includes a fifth index pin with a fifth axis that intersects with a second longitudinal axis through a second main arm of the second arm assembly. 
     
     
         16 . The weight training system of  claim 14 , wherein the link beam is coupled to the first socket of a first weight attachment on a first main arm of a first arm assembly, and to the first socket of a second weight attachment on a second main arm of a second arm assembly. 
     
     
         17 . The weight training system of  claim 14 , wherein the link beam assembly includes a plate attachment that is positionable at a particular orientation relative to the link beam. 
     
     
         18 . The weight training system of  claim 12 , further comprising an accessory system including at least one of a rack member accessory mount and an arm assembly mount, wherein the accessory system further includes at least one of an arm accessory, a leg accessory, or a footplate accessory, each with a respective shaft able to engage with a respective sleeve of the rack member accessory mount and/or the arm assembly mount. 
     
     
         19 . The weight training system of  claim 18 , wherein the accessory system includes a first footplate accessory coupled to the first arm of the first arm assembly and a second footplate accessory coupled to the second arm of the second arm assembly, and wherein the first footplate accessory and the second footplate accessory are coupled together via a bridge connector. 
     
     
         20 . The weight training system of  claim 14 , further comprising an accessory system including at least one of a chest pad accessory and a pullover accessory couplable to a particular arm assembly of the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly.