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Gymnastic machine

Gymnastic machine description/claims

The present invention relates to a gymnastic machine designed to train at least a given body region. In particular, the present invention relates to a gymnastic machine comprising at least a support member for supporting a body region. In more detail, the present invention relates to a gymnastic machine comprising at least a support member for supporting a body region and a positioning device for correct positioning of this body region with respect to the support member.

In the field of gymnastic machines of the isotonic type, usable for training given body regions through involvement of given muscle groups, it is well known that the effectiveness of the performed exercise depends upon the posture of the user during the preparatory phase and during the execution of the exercise. Each machine is provided with regulating members for adjusting the position of seats and/or of supports for the breastbone and/or of other support members for supporting given body regions, and with graduated scales associated with these regulating members; however, only the most experienced users remember the reference values of the regulating members exactly and although the presence of mirrors in a gym or on the machine itself allows to monitor the progress of the exercise, it does not fully replace the use of a reference table or the advice of a fitness trainer to allow to assume the correct postures on the machines to be used during a training session.

It is well understood that an inexperienced user or a user not provided with the table with the notes drawn up by a trainer, or simply an experienced user who approaches a new machine, could have operating problems and could risk injuries for having incorrectly set the adjustments of the seats or of the different supports.

In view of the above description, this situation does not appear satisfactory; furthermore, the problem of allowing a precise adjustment also in the absence of information supplied by third parties who assist the user in given times shall be solved in an organic manner, so that even when changing implements and therefore relative references, each user is capable of adjusting each gymnastic machine he or she intends to use. This would contribute toward removing the barriers that make it difficult to set up gym circuits equipped with machines of different type, which would facilitate spreading of the practice of sporting activities also among those who are obliged to move from one town to another in their daily work.

In view of the situation described above, it would be desirable to have available a gymnastic machine which, in addition to enabling to limit and possibly to overcome the typical drawbacks of the art illustrated above, could define a new standard for gymnastic machines of the isotonic type, regardless of whether these are machines with a weight stack or with free weights.

The present invention relates to a gymnastic machine designed to train at least a given body region. In particular, the present invention relates to a gymnastic machine comprising at least a support member for supporting a body region. In more detail, the present invention relates to a gymnastic machine comprising at least a support member for supporting a body region and a positioning device for correct positioning of this body region with respect to the support member.

The object of the present invention is to provide a machine that allows the disadvantages described above to be solved, and which is suitable to satisfy a plurality of requirements that to date have still not been addressed, and therefore, suitable to represent a new and original source of economic interest and capable of modifying the current market of gymnastic machines. According to the present invention, a gymnastic machine is provided, whose main characteristics are described in at least one of the appended claims.

Further characteristics and advantages of the gymnastic machine according to the present invention will be more apparent from the description below, set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate some non-limiting examples of embodiment, in which identical or corresponding parts of the device are identified by the same reference numbers. In particular:

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a gymnastic machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. 1 in use in enlarged scale with some parts removed for the sake of clarity;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of a variant of FIG. 1 in use in enlarged scale with some parts removed for the sake of clarity;

FIG. 4 shows a variant of FIG. 1 in enlarged scale with some parts removed for the sake of clarity; and

FIG. 5 shows a detail extracted from FIG. 4 in side elevation view in two distinct conditions of use.

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