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Strength training system with folding frameStrength training system with folding frame description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090105052, Strength training system with folding frame. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
Not applicable In an attempt to improve their health and physical conditioning, consumers are purchasing home exercise devices in record quantities. Some of the exercise equipment purchased includes strength training equipment, such as strength training systems. Strength training systems having one or more exercise stations linked to a resistance assembly have been around for some time. Strength training systems are often large and made of numerous different parts. In order to reduce the cost associated with packaging, storing, and shipping, strength training systems are packaged in an unassembled manner. Packaging strength training systems in an unassembled manner reduces the size of the box required to enclose the system, thus reducing the packaging costs and the amount of storage space required to store the system. While packaging strength training systems in an unassembled manner provides some benefits as described above, there are however, various drawbacks to packaging and shipping strength training devices is an unassembled manner. For example, when a strength training system is shipped in an unassembled manner to a user, the user must assemble the strength training system. Such assembly can be complicated. Often, strength training systems are shipped with an instructional manual to assist the user is assembling the strength training system. However, even with the aid of an instructional manual, the complications associated with assembling the strength training system are not eliminated. Further, the assembled strength training systems often do not provide the stability or rigidity desired for vigorous strength training. The subject matter claimed herein is not limited to embodiments that solve any disadvantages or that operate only in environments such as those described above. Rather, this background is only provided to illustrate one exemplary technology area where some embodiments described herein may be practiced. In one example, a strength training system includes a folding frame having a central sub-frame, first and second lateral sub-frames, and pivoting cross members pivotally coupling the central sub-frame to at least one of the first and second lateral sub-frames. The folding frame may be configured to move between an unfolded position and a folded position in which the first and second lateral sub-frames are generally parallel in the folded position and/or in the unfolded position. The strength training system also includes a strength training assembly coupled to the folding frame. Strength training assemblies may include, without limitation, weight machines that make use of pulleys, resistance bands such as resilient or rubber bands, free weights such as plate stacks and/or Olympic plates, resilient rods, other types of resistance and/or some combination of the above. Strength training assemblies may also include free weights, partial free weight assemblies, resistance assemblies that make use of a user\'s weight and/or some combination of the above. For ease of reference, a weight machine assembly and a free weight assembly will be described below. It will be appreciated that these assemblies are provided for discussion and not by way of limitation. In another example, a strength training system includes a folding frame having a central sub-frame, cross members pivotally coupled to the central sub-frame and first and second lateral sub-frames pivotally coupled to the cross members. The folding frame may be configured to move between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration in which at least half of the central sub-frame is located between the first and second lateral sub-frames when the folding frame is in the folded configuration and in which a footprint of the folding frame in the folded configuration is at least about 80 percent less than the footprint of the folding frame in the folded configuration, such as about 85 percent less than the footprint of the folding frame in the unfolded configuration. The strength training system also includes at least one strength training assembly coupled to the folding frame. In yet another example, a strength training system includes a folding frame comprising a central sub-frame, cross members pivotally coupled to the central sub-frame and first and second lateral sub-frames pivotally coupled to the cross members. The folding frame being configured to move between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration in which the central sub-frame is located completely between the first and second lateral sub-frames when the folding frame is in the folded configuration. The strength training system may include a pulley machine that includes pulleys and cables. In at least one example, the pulleys and cables may be secured to the folding frame in a pre-assembled manner. Further, in at least one example, the strength training system may be assembled without the use of tools. This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. Additional features and advantages will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by the practice of the teachings herein. Features and advantages of the invention may be realized and obtained by means of the instruments and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims. Features of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth hereinafter. In order to describe the manner in which the above-recited and other advantages and features can be obtained, a more particular description of the subject matter briefly described below will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments which are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting in scope, embodiments will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which: Continue reading about Strength training system with folding frame... Full patent description for Strength training system with folding frame Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Strength training system with folding frame patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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