Field of the invention

The present invention generally relates to the field of exercise equipment, and it particularly relates to a transportable kit for manufacturing a plurality of exercise equipment for floor exercises.

State of the Art

Equipped spaces, that is provided with exercise equipment, so as to allow a user to perform one or more workout exercises, are known. Such spaces may be indoor, for example a gym, or outdoor, for example bars or rings in an equipped park.

In any case, such equipment are fixed, that is positioned stably in the space.

Should the user want to work out in a different space, for example a public park or a field, one needs to find the required equipment and transport them to the park. Generally, such equipment consist of the so-called "parallel bars", which comprise a substantially arclike portion and a pair of base beams perpendicular to such arc.

A drawback of such equipment lies in complicating the transportation thereof due to their overall dimensions.

A further drawback lies in allowing to perform a limited number of workout exercises.

Possibly, should the user intend to perform further exercises using elastic bands or ropes, the latter must be constrained to a tree or the like. It is clear that such need limits the use of elastic bands and ropes and does not allow to use them in outdoor spaces such as a field.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to at least partly overcome the drawbacks illustrated above by providing a kit for manufacturing one or more exercise equipment that is highly functional and cost-effective.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a kit for manufacturing an exercise equipment that can be disassembled.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a kit for manufacturing an exercise equipment that can be transported.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a kit for manufacturing an exercise equipment which allows to perform a plurality of workout exercises.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a kit for manufacturing an exercise equipment which can be positioned in an outdoor space such as a field, a square or the like.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a kit for manufacturing an exercise equipment which allows the use of ropes and elastic bands.

These and other objects that will be more apparent hereinafter are attained by a kit for manufacturing an exercise equipment as described, illustrated and/or claimed herein.

The dependent claims describe advantageous embodiments of the invention.

Brief description of the drawings

Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will be more apparent in light of the detailed description of a preferred but non-exclusive embodiment of the invention, illustrated by way of non-limiting example with reference to the attached drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of an exercise equipment 100 which comprises a pair of handles;

FIGS. 2 to 8 are a schematic view of different embodiments of a kit 1 assembled to obtain different exercise equipment 100;

FIGS. 9A and 9B are an enlarged view of different embodiments of a base element 10;

FIGS. 10A and 10B are an enlarged view of different embodiments of a tubular element 30;

FIGS. 11A to HE are an enlarged view of different embodiments of a fitting 20;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of an annular element 61 with a hook 60;

FIG. 13 is a view of a tubular element 30 fitted on an annular element 61.

Detailed description of some preferred embodiments

With reference to the aforementioned figures, herein described is a kit 1 for manufacturing an exercise equipment for performing workout exercises by a user. Preferably, but not exclusively, the exercise equipment 100 may be configured to perform floor exercises.

Essentially, the kit 1 may be suitable to be assembled and transported to obtain the exercise equipment 100 in any place, for example a field, a garage or the like. Preferably, the exercise equipment 100 may be positioned on a substantially flat surface S. Such surface S may therefore define at least one support plane.

The equipment 100 may be simply placed on the surface S so as to be positioned in any environment without damaging the latter.

The kit 1 may be assembled in a removable fashion. In other words, advantageously, once used the exercise equipment 100 may be disassembled in a simple and quick manner.

Furthermore, as better explained hereinafter, the kit 1 and therefore the disassembled equipment 100, may be easy to transport.

The kit 1 may therefore comprise at least one base element 10, at least one fitting 20, and possibly at least one tubular element 30. Suitably, all the latter may be suitable to be removably coupled to each other so as to obtain the equipment 100.

The base elements 10 may have a longitudinal extension along an axis X. Preferably, the base elements 10 may have a substantially rectangular cross-section, more preferably a substantially square-shaped cross-section.

Thanks to this characteristic, the base elements 10 may be placed on a surface S so that a face 18 thereof is in contact with the surface S so as to counteract the rotation of the element 10 around the axis X thereof.

Preferably, each base element 10 may be operatively connected with a further base element 10 so as to form a base beam 11. In this manner, the base beam 11 may provide a stable support for the equipment 100.

Suitably, the base elements 10 may be connected to each other along the axis X so that also the beam 11 has a longitudinal extension along the same axis X.

To this end, each base element 10 may comprise an end portion 12 and an opposite end portion 13. The end portions 12 and 13 of each base element 10 may be coupled with respective portions 13 and 12 of a previous and subsequent base element 10 so as to form the beam 11.

Thanks to this characteristic, the beam 11 may be modular and it may therefore vary in length depending on the needs, for example the type of exercise or weight of the user.

The end portions 12 and 13 may define a male and female element so as to allow the coupling of two consecutive base elements 10.

Preferably, the end portions 12 may have a width L12 slightly smaller than the width L13 of the end portions 13 so that the former are suitable to be inserted into the latter so as to define respective male and female elements. The portions 12 and 13 may for example have a length along the axis X measuring about 50 mm starting from the end of the base element 10. In this manner, advantageously, there may be formed a notch 19 so as to serve as an abutment for the portion 12 or 13 of the previous/subsequent base element 10.

Possibly, the end portions 12 may comprise a pivot 14 substantially perpendicular to the axis X, while the portions 13 may comprise a corresponding through hole 15 for the pivot 14. Suitably, the pivot 14 may be movable between a retracted position in which it allows the insertion and disinsertion of the portion 12 into/from the portion 13 and an extended position in which it engages the seat 15 so as to avoid the disinsertion of the portion 12 from the portion 13, or vice versa.

In this manner, advantageously, the base elements 10 may be easily coupled to each other in a removable and safe fashion at the same time.

According to an embodiment, the base elements 10 may have a length of about 40 cm and a width of about 60 mm.

Preferably, the base elements 10 may comprise at least one hole 16, preferably a pair of holes 16, interposed between the end portions 12, 13. Such holes 16 may define a seat for the fittings 20 and/or the tubular elements 30 as better described below.

According to a particular embodiment, the kit 1 may comprise at least one pair of fittings 20 which may preferably be substantially tubular-shaped. Preferably, the fittings 20 may comprise at least one first 21 and one second operating end 22 each designed to interact with the base element 10 and/or with tubular elements 30.

In particular, the tubular end portions 21 and 22 may define respective axes Y', Y" which may be angularly spaced from each other. For example, in the case schematically shown in FIG. 11D, such axes Y', Y" may be angularly spaced by an angle measuring about 90°. However, it is clear that the fitting elements 20 may be mutually spaced by an angle different from 90°, for example of by an angle greater than (FIG. HE) or by a smaller angle for example as shown in FIG. 11C.

Possibly, as schematically shown in FIG. 11A, FIG. 11B and FIG. 11C, the fittings 20 may be of the "three-way" type, that is they may comprise the portion 21, the portion 22 and at least one tubular portion 23 which may define a respective axis Y'".

Preferably, but not exclusively, the tubular portions 21, 22 and/or 23 may have a length measuring about 15 cm. Generally, the entire fitting 20 may have overall dimensions smaller than 30 cm.

Advantageously, the kit 1 may further comprise one or more tubular elements 30 which may be operatively mutually coupled to each other through the fittings 20 and/or with base elements 10 as better described below.

Preferably, the tubular elements 30 may have an extension along a longitudinal axis Z. Furthermore, preferably, the tubular elements 30 may have a pair of opposite end portions 32, 33 which may be coupled with the base elements 10, preferably with holes 16, and/or with the fittings 20.

Preferably, one or both ends 32, 33 may be inserted into the holes 16 of the base element 10 or into one of the portions 21, 22, or 23 of the fittings 20.

Possibly, the portion 32 may be coupled with a portion 33 of a subsequent tubular element 30 so as to form a tubular beam 31 similarly to the beam 11. In other words, the portion 32 and the portion 33 may define a male and female element similarly to the portions 12 and 13 the base elements.

For example, the portion 32 may have an outer diameter measuring about 45 mm while the portion 33 may have an inner diameter measuring about 55 mm.

Preferably, the portions 32 and 33 may have a length along the axis Z measuring about 50 mm starting from the end of the tubular element 30. Furthermore, in this manner there may be formed a notch 39 so as to serve as an abutment for the portion 32 or 33 the previous/subsequent tubular element 30.

Possibly, the end portions 32 may comprise a pivot 34 substantially perpendicular to the axis Z, while the portions 33 may comprise a corresponding through hole 35 for the pivot 34. Suitably, the pivot 34 may be movable between a retracted position in which it allows the insertion and disinsertion of the portion 32 into/from the portion 33 and an extended position in which it engages the seat 35 so as to avoid the disinsertion of the portion 32 from the portion 33, or vice versa.

Therefore, this may allow to prevent the inadvertent de-coupling of the tubular elements 30. In other words, advantageously, the tubular elements 30 may be easily coupled to each other in a removable and safe fashion at the same time.

Preferably, the portions 32 may be coupled with the fittings 20 or with the portions 33, while the portions 33 may be coupled with the hole 16 or with the fitting 20.

Possibly, the fitting 20 may comprise at least one portion 21 (female element) so as to house the portion 32 (male element), and at least one portion 23 configured so as to be engaged with the portion 33. Preferably, the portion 23 may have a diameter smaller than the portion 33 so that the latter can define the female element and the portion 23 define the male element.

Suitably, depending on the configurations, the portions 21 and/or 22 and possibly 23 of the fittings 20 may therefore have a smaller outer diameter with respect to the inner diameter of the portion 33 so as to define a male element, or they may have a larger inner diameter with respect to the outer diameter of the portion 32 so as to define a female element.

According to a particular embodiment, the tubular portions 21, 22, 23 of the fittings 20 and the tubular elements 30 may substantially have the same outer diameter so as to define a single substantially continuous surface once coupled.

Thanks to this characteristic, once the equipment 100 has been formed, the latter may have a substantial continuity. Such characteristic is an advantage both from an aesthetic and a functional point of view given that it protects the user from injury when performing the exercises.

Preferably, the tubular portions 21, 22, 23 may have an inner diameter substantially larger than the outer diameter of the portions 32, 33 so that the former define female elements and the latter define male elements.

Preferably, the male elements of the tubular elements 30 and of the fittings 20 may be equal to each other, while the female elements of the tubular elements 30 and of the fittings 20 may be equal to each other. In this manner, advantageously, the tubular elements 30 and the fittings 20 may be indistinctively coupled to each other. For example, the same tubular element 30 may be coupled with a different tubular element or with a fitting.

Possibly, as schematically shown in FIG, 10B, the tubular elements 30 may further comprise a hook 60 designed to support a rope, an elastic band or a carabiner.

On the other hand, there may be provided for an annular element 61 which includes the hook 60 which may be suitable to be operatively coupled with at least one of the tubular elements 30. Preferably, the annular element 61 may be fitted onto the tubular element 30 (FIG. 13).

In this manner, the hook 61 may be positioned in any position of the equipment 100 depending on the needs.

It is clear that the kit 1 may comprise a plurality of base elements 10, tubular elements 30 and fittings 20 which may vary in number so as to obtain a plurality of different exercise equipment 100 depending on the preferences.

In any case, the kit 1 may allow to obtain exercise equipment 100 having a substantially planar extension along a plane n (FIG. 2) or n' (FIG. 3) or having an extension in space, that is both along the plane n and along the plane n' (from FIG. 4 to FIG. 8).

Furthermore, as described above, all the tubular elements 30, the fittings 20 and the base elements 10 may be suitable to be mutually coupled in a removable manner.

In this manner, the user may go anywhere there is a surface S, prepare the tubular elements 30, the fittings 20 and the base elements 10 which may vary in number depending on the preferences, and obtain the equipment 100. Once through with the workout, the user may easily disassemble the equipment 100 by de-coupling the tubular elements 30, the fittings 20 and the base elements 10.

Advantageously, once de-coupled the tubular elements 30 and the base elements 10 may be put away in a container or a bag so that the axes X and Z are substantially parallel.

In this manner, advantageously, the kit 1 may be contained in a bag or container having a longitudinal extension, that is a predominant extension along a direction. Thanks to this characteristic, the overall dimensions of the kit 1 may be particularly small. Furthermore, advantageously, the kit 1 may be contained in a bag or container having a longitudinal extension with small overall dimensions, and at the same time it may allow to obtain equipment 100 having an extension which is both planar and in the space, for example along the plane n and n'.

For example, the bag may have a length measuring about 70 cm, that is it may have longitudinal overall dimensions measuring about 70 cm.

Described below are examples of kits 1 for manufacturing different types of exercise equipment 100.

According to a particular embodiment schematically shown in FIG. 1, the kit 1 may comprise a base element 10 and a pair of fittings 20 which may be mutually coupled in a removable manner so as to form a handle 100 for supporting the exercises of the user. Preferably, the kit 1 may comprise a pair of base elements 10 and two pairs of fittings 20 so as to form a pair of handles 100.

In particular, each fitting 20 may have an end 21 which may be inserted into the hole 16 and an opposite end 22 which may be mutually coupled with the end 22 of the other fitting 20.

According to a different embodiment schematically shown in FIG. 9B, the kit 1 may comprise at least one base element 10 which may include an arc-shaped portion which can be gripped by the user to define a handle. In this manner, advantageously, the base element

10 with the handle may be coupled with the other base modules 10 so as to form the beam

11 without the need for the two fittings 20.

Advantageously, the handles 100 may therefore extend in a plane n which may be substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the surface S.

For example, as schematically shown in FIG. 2, il kit 1 may be configured to obtain an exercise equipment 100 which includes a substantially arc-like structure 101 having an extension in a plane n designed to remain substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the surface S and parallel to the axis X. In particular, FIG.2 shows an equipment 100 which comprises a pair of beams 11 and a pair of arc-like structures 101. Such equipment 100 is generally referred to as parallel bars.

The kit 1 may therefore comprise: - 4 base elements 10 which can be coupled two by two so as to form a pair of beams 11 measuring about 80 cm;

- 4 fittings 20 wherein the axes Y' and Y" are angularly spaced by about 90°;

- 4 tubular elements 30 having a length measuring about 35 cm and 2 tubular elements having a length measuring about 60 cm.

Suitably, each arc-like structure 101, or parallel bars, may consist of a pair of tubular elements 30 (35 cm) coupled with a base element 10 so that the respective axes Z are perpendicular to the axes X, and a tubular element 30 (60 cm) interposed between the pair of tubular elements and substantially perpendicular to the latter so that the axis Z thereof is substantially parallel to the axis X. The two fittings 20 may be interposed between the tubular elements 30.

On the other hand, for example as shown in FIG. 3, the kit 1 may be configured to manufacture an exercise equipment 100 which includes a substantially arc-like structure 101 with dimensions such to allow the user to pass under it. The horizontal tubular element 31, that is having the axis Z substantially parallel to the plane defined by the surface S, may have a height from the latter greater than 2 m, preferably measuring about 2,3 m. In other words, the horizontal tubular element 30 or 31 - if it is a beam - may have a distance from the beam 11 greater than 2 m, preferably measuring about 2,3 m.

The arc 101, and therefore the equipment 100, may have an extension in a plane n' designed to remain substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the surface S and perpendicular to the axis X.

The kit 1 may therefore comprise:

- 4 base elements 10 which can be coupled two by two so as to form a pair of beams 11 measuring about 80 cm;

- 2 fittings 20 wherein the axes Y' and Y" are angularly spaced by about 90°;

- 17 tubular elements 30 having a length measuring about 35 cm each.

In this case, seven tubular elements 30 may be coupled to each other to form a first beam 31 and seven tubular elements 30 may be coupled to each other to form a second beam 31 whose respective axes Z may be perpendicular to the axis X of the beam 11, and three tubular elements 30 may be coupled to each other to form a third beam 31 designed to be coupled with the first and second beam 31 using the pair of fittings 20 so as to remain in a substantially horizontal position.

Suitably, there may be provided for a plate 40 designed to remain interposed between the beams 11 so as to prevent the mutual movement of the latter.

According to a different embodiment, for example as shown in FIG. 4, the kit 1 may be configured to manufacture an exercise equipment 100 which includes a horizontal square-shaped reticular structure 102, that is parallel to the axis X, supported by uprights 103 so that the former has a height from the plane defined by the surface S larger than 2 m, preferably measuring about 2.3 m.

Such equipment 100 may be particularly suitable to be used by multiple users at the same time or to perform particular workout exercises which provide for passing from one bar to another.

The kit 1 may therefore comprise:

- 6 base elements 10 which can be coupled two by two so as to form a pair of beams 11 measuring about 1200 mm;

- 6 fittings 20 of the "three-way" type, that is comprising the portions 21, 22 and 23;

- 36 tubular elements 30 having a length measuring about 35 cm each.

In this case, similarly to the above, there may be provided four beams 31 each formed by six tubular elements designed to form the vertical part of the structure, that is the uprights 103, and four beams 31 each formed by three tubular elements designed to form the horizontal reticular structure 102. The fittings 20 may therefore be arranged at the corners of the upper base square, that is between the four horizontal beams 31, so as to connect the latter with each of the four vertical beams 31.

In this case, the horizontal beams may have the respective axis Z substantially parallel to the axis X, while the vertical beams may have the respective axis Z substantially inclined with respect to the axis X so that the portions 33 of a pair of beams 31 are coupled with the base element 10 one close to the other.

Suitably, so as to allow such type of coupling there may be provided for a pair of substantially Y-shaped fittings 20 wherein the portion 21 is inserted into the hole 16, while the portions 22 and 23 are angularly spaced by about 30°. In this manner, each pair of vertical beams 31 may cooperate with a horizontal beam 31 so as to form a triangular structure conferring high stability to the equipment 100.

According to a different embodiment, for example as shown in FIG. 7, the kit 1 may be configured to manufacture an equipment 100 having functions similar to those of FIG. 4 with a horizontal reticular structure 102 supported by four uprights 103. As a matter of fact, unlike the embodiment of FIG. 4, the four vertical beams 31 may have all the axis Z substantially perpendicular to the axis X.

In particular, the kit 1 may comprise

- 6 base elements 10 which can be coupled two by two so as to form a pair of beams 11 measuring about 1.2 m;

- 2 fittings 20 of the "three-way" type, that is comprising the portions 21, 22 and 23;

- 40 tubular elements 30 having a length measuring about 35 cm each.

Each vertical beam 31 may be obtained by mutually coupling seven tubular elements 31 along the axis Z, while the horizontal beams 31 may be obtained by mutually coupling three tubular elements 30 along the axis Z.

Advantageously, the beams 31 may be directly coupled with the base elements 10 without using fittings 20.

According to a different embodiment, for example as shown in FIG. 5, the kit 1 may be configured to manufacture an equipment 100 which may be used to perform exercises similarly to the equipment 100 of FIG. 2 or which may be used to support a bench 50 for example as shown in FIG. 6.

The kit 1 may therefore comprise:

- 6 base elements 10 which can be coupled two by two so as to form a pair of beams 11 measuring about 1.2 m;

- 4 fittings 20 wherein the axes Y' and Y" are angularly spaced by about 90°;

- 4 tubular elements 30 having a length measuring about 35 cm and 2 tubular elements having a length measuring about 60 cm.

In this case, the two arcs 101 may define respective planes n' substantially perpendicular to the axes X of the base beams 11, while the equipment 100 of FIG. 1 may have two arcs 101 defining respective planes n substantially parallel to the axes X of the base beams 11.

Suitably, the kit 1 may also comprise the bench 50 which may be coupled to the horizontal beams 31 in a per se known manner as schematically shown in FIG. 6. Such equipment 100 may allow to perform a plurality of exercise both of the floor exercise type, for example steps, skips, sit-ups or the like, and using dumbbells or barbells, for example push or pull exercises.

According to a different embodiment, for example as shown in FIG. 8, the kit 1 may be configured to manufacture an equipment 100 which comprises both the reticular structure with upper horizontal square 102, and it therefore allows to perform the exercises similarly to the embodiments of FIG. 4 and FIG. 7, and the bench 50, and therefore it allows to perform the exercises similarly to the embodiments of FIG. 6.

In particular, the kit 1 may comprise:

- 6 base elements 10 which can be coupled two by two so as to form a pair of beams 11 measuring about 1.2 m;

- 4 fittings 20 of the "three-way" type, that is comprising the portions 21, 22 and 23 wherein the respective axes Y', Y", Y'" are angularly spaced by about 90°;

- 4 fittings 20 of the "three-way" type, that is comprising the portions 21, 22 and 23, wherein the axes Y', Y" are substantially coincident;

- 20 tubular elements 30 having a length measuring about 60 cm.

In this case, advantageously, the equipment 100 may have a particularly high stability given that the vertical beams 31 may be connected to each other using a pair of horizontal beams 31.

In the light of the above, it is clear that the invention attains the pre-set objectives.

The invention is susceptible to numerous modifications and variants. All details may be replaced by other technically equivalent elements, and the materials can be different depending on the technical needs, without departing from the scope of protection of the invention defined by the attached claims.