Modular exercise platform

Abstract

A modular exercise platform and method for assembling the same. A modular exercise platform may include two short tubes arranged parallel to each other; two long tubes arranged parallel to each other and perpendicular to the two short tubes thereby defining a rectangular frame including four junctions between the two short tubes and the two long tubes; and four gussets, each arranged at one of the four junctions.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A modular exercise platform, comprising:
 two short tubes arranged parallel to each other;   two long tubes arranged parallel to each other and perpendicular to the two short tubes thereby defining a rectangular frame including four junctions between the two short tubes and the two long tubes; and   four gussets, each arranged at one of the four junctions.   
     
     
         2 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a plurality of floor plates parallel to and between the two short tubes,   wherein ends of the plurality of floor plates extend into floor plate slots of the two long tubes.   
     
     
         3 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 1 , wherein each of the four gussets comprises:
 a top member;   a first side member; and   a second side member.   
     
     
         4 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 3 , wherein the top member, first side member and second side member are formed of a single steel member and wherein the first side member and second side member are bent downward relative to the top member. 
     
     
         5 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 4 , wherein the first side member and the second side member are welded along a seam between the first side member and the second side member. 
     
     
         6 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of band hooks, wherein the plurality of the band hooks are connected to the two long tubes. 
     
     
         7 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of band hooks comprises:
 a band plate; and   a band peg,   wherein the band peg is welded to the top of the band plate.   
     
     
         8 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of floor clips configured to connect the rectangular frame of the modular exercise platform to a flooring surface. 
     
     
         9 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a plurality of substrate inserts,   wherein the plurality of substrate inserts are inserted into the rectangular frame.   
     
     
         10 . The modular exercise platform of  claim 1 , wherein the two long tubes and the two short tubes are bolted to the four gussets. 
     
     
         11 . A modular exercise platform, comprising:
 two short tubes arranged parallel to each other;   two long tubes arranged parallel to each other and perpendicular to the two short tubes thereby defining a rectangular frame including four junctions between the two short tubes and the two long tubes;   four gussets, each arranged at one of the four junctions; wherein each of the four gussets comprise a top member, a first side member, and a second side member;   a plurality of floor plates parallel to and between the two short tubes, wherein ends of the plurality of floor plates extend into floor plate slots of the two long tubes; and   a plurality of substrate inserts inserted into the rectangular frame,   wherein the two long tubes and the two short tubes are bolted to the four gussets.   
     
     
         12 . A method of assembling a modular exercise platform, comprising:
 arranging two short tubes parallel next to one another;   arranging two long tubes perpendicular to the short tubes;   abutting the two long tubes against the two short tubes thereby creating four junctions of the two short tubes and the two long tubes; and   at each of the four junctions of the two short tubes and the two long tubes, attaching a gusset to an end of one of the short tubes and an end of one of the long tubes,   wherein the two short tubes and the two long tubes define a frame.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 arranging a plurality of floor plates parallel to and between the two short tubes,   wherein the abutting of the two long tubes against the two short tubes brings ends of the plurality of floor plates into floor plate slots of the two long tubes.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the attaching of the gusset to the end of one of the short tubes and the end of one of the long tubes includes:
 placing the gusset over the end of one of the short tubes and the end of one of the long tubes so that a top member of the gusset abuts a top of the short tube and a top of the long tube, a first side member of the gusset abuts a side of short tube, and a second side member of the gusset abuts a side of the long tube; and   bolting the gusset to the short tube and the long tube.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 attaching a plurality of band hooks to the two long tubes.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 inserting a plurality of substrate inserts into the frame.