Hip thrusting exercise machine

Abstract

A hip thrusting exercise machine is an apparatus that allows a user to safety perform a hip thrusting exercise in a controlled manner. The apparatus includes a backrest, an abdominal brace, a feet brace, an elongated frame, and a recoiling mechanism. The feet brace and the back rest allows the apparatus to properly hold the user's body in place while the user is performing the hip thrusting exercise. The abdominal brace is pressed against by the user's pelvic region in order to perform the hip thrusting exercise. The recoiling mechanism provides the user with physical resistance as the user pushes to raise the abdominal brace from a resting position to a vertically higher position. The coiling mechanism also returns the abdominal brace from the vertically higher position to the resting position so that the user can repeat the hip thrusting exercise.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A hip thrusting exercise machine comprising:
 a backrest; 
 an abdominal brace; 
 a feet brace; 
 a frame; 
 a weight; 
 a seat; 
 the backrest being mounted to the frame and the backrest being pivotable; 
 the feet brace being mounted to the frame, offset from the backrest; 
 the abdominal brace being positioned away from the feet brace; 
 the abdominal brace being positioned offset from the frame; 
 the seat being positioned between the abdominal brace and the frame; 
 the seat being mounted adjacent to the frame; 
 the weight being positioned laterally offset from the backrest and seat between a distal end of the backrest and a distal end of the seat; and 
 the weight being used to recoil an offsetting movement of the abdominal brace from a resting position to a vertically higher position as a result of a user's hip pressing the abdominal brace upward during a hip thrusting exercise. 
 
     
     
       2. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1  comprising:
 a recoiling mechanism; 
 the abdominal brace being operatively coupled to the frame by the recoiling mechanism; 
 the recoiling mechanism being used to recoil the offsetting movement; 
 the recoiling mechanism comprising a lever, at least one pulley, 
 a cable and the weight; 
 the abdominal brace being terminally mounted to the lever; a fulcrum of the lever being pivotably mounted to the frame, offset from the abdominal brace; and 
 the at least one pulley being rotatably mounted to the frame; 
 the cable being tensionably engaged to the at least one pulley; and the weight being torsionally tethered about the fulcrum of the lever by the cable. 
 
     
     
       3. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 2  comprising:
 the recoiling mechanism comprising a protective structure; and 
 the weight being housed within the protective structure. 
 
     
     
       4. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1  comprising:
 a recoiling mechanism; 
 the abdominal brace being operatively coupled to the frame by the recoiling mechanism; 
 the recoiling mechanism being used to recoil the offsetting movement; 
 the recoiling mechanism comprising a track, an even number of pulleys, a cable and the weight; 
 the track being mounted onto the track at a lifting angle; 
 the abdominal brace being slidably connected along the track; 
 each of the even number of pulleys being rotatably mounted to the frame; 
 the cable being tensionably engaged to each of the even number of pulleys; and 
 the weight being tethered to the abdominal brace by the cable. 
 
     
     
       5. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 4  comprising:
 the recoiling mechanism comprising a protective structure; and 
 the weight being housed within the protective structure. 
 
     
     
       6. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1  comprising:
 the abdominal brace being a rotatable padded body with a cylindrical shape. 
 
     
     
       7. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the feet brace comprises:
 the feet brace comprising a structural post mounted to the frame, a first left support, a first right support, a second left support, and a second right support each laterally connected to the structural post, the first left support and the first right support being positioned opposite to each other about the structural post, the second left support and the second right support being positioned opposite to each other about the structural post, the first left support and the second left support being positioned offset from each other along the structural post such that the first left support and the second left support are configured to receive a left foot of a user therebetween, and the first right support and the second right support being positioned offset from each other along the structural post such that the first right support and the second right support are configured to receive a right foot of the user therebetween. 
 
     
     
       8. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 7  comprising:
 the first left support, the first right support, the second left support and the second right support each being a rotatable padded body with a cylindrical shape. 
 
     
     
       9. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1  comprising:
 an incline adjustment mechanism; and 
 the incline adjustment mechanism being operatively integrated between the backrest and the frame, wherein the incline adjustment mechanism is used to adjust an incline angle between the backrest and the frame. 
 
     
     
       10. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1  comprising:
 a positional adjustment mechanism; and 
 the positional adjustment mechanism being operatively integrated between the feet brace and the frame, wherein the positional adjustment mechanism is used to adjust a position of the feet brace along the frame. 
 
     
     
       11. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the backrest is adjustable to a supine position. 
     
     
       12. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the backrest is pivotable with respect to the frame via the incline adjustment mechanism. 
     
     
       13. A hip thrusting exercise machine comprising:
 a backrest; 
 an abdominal brace; 
 a feet brace; 
 a frame; 
 a weight stack; 
 a seat mounted to the frame, the seat positioned horizontally relative to a floor disposed beneath the hip thrusting exercise machine; 
 the backrest being mounted to the frame; 
 the feet brace being mounted to the frame, offset from the backrest; 
 the abdominal brace being positioned away from the feet brace; 
 the abdominal brace being positioned offset from the frame; 
 the abdominal brace being a rotatable padded body with a cylindrical shape; and 
 the weight stack being used to recoil an offsetting movement of the abdominal brace from a resting position to a vertically higher position as a result of a user's hip pressing the abdominal brace upward during a hip thrusting exercise. 
 
     
     
       14. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the feet brace further comprise:
 first and second left supports and first and second right supports;   wherein a user is able to rest the user's feet within a gap between the corresponding first and second right or left supports.   
     
     
       15. The hip thrusting exercise machine as claimed in  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a recoiling mechanism comprising: a lever, at least one pulley, a cable, and a protective enclosure that houses the weight stack;   wherein the recoiling mechanism operatively couples the abdominal brace to the frame, such that the weight stack moves upward and downward within the protective structure in response to the offsetting movement applied to the abdominal brace.   
     
     
       16. The hip thrusting exercise machine as recited in  claim 15 , wherein:
 the abdominal brace is terminally mounted to the lever;   a fulcrum of the lever is pivotably mounted to the frame, offset from the abdominal brace; and   the at least one pulley is rotatably mounted to the frame;   the cable is tensionably engaged to the at least one pulley; and   the weight stack is torsionally tethered about the fulcrum of the lever by the cable.   
     
     
       17. The hip thrusting exercise machine as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the feet brace comprises:
 first and second left supports and first and second right supports;   wherein a user is able to rest the user's feet within a gap between the corresponding first and second right or left supports.   
     
     
       18. The hip thrusting exercise machine as recited in  claim 17 , further comprising:
 the first left support, the first right support, the second left support and the second right support each comprising a rotatable padded body with a cylindrical shape.   
     
     
       19. The hip thrusting exercise machine as recited in  claim 13 , further comprising:
 an incline adjustment mechanism for adjusting an incline angle of the backrest relative to the frame;   wherein positional adjustment of a structural post between the backrest and the frame causes adjustment of the incline angle of the backrest.   
     
     
       20. The hip thrusting exercise machine as recited in  claim 13 , comprising:
 a positional adjustment mechanism; and   the positional adjustment mechanism being operatively integrated between the feet brace and the frame, wherein the positional adjustment mechanism is used to adjust a position of the feet brace along the frame.   
     
     
       21. The hip thrusting exercise machine as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the backrest is adjustable via an incline adjustment mechanism to a supine position. 
     
     
       22. The hip thrusting exercise machine as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the feet brace is positioned above a level of the seat. 
     
     
       23. The hip thrusting exercise machine as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the feet brace is slidably mounted to the frame, the position of the feet brace being horizontally adjustable along the frame at a plurality of positions.