Self spotting exercise apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A weight lifting station comprising: a pair of separated, substantially vertical guide posts, each provided with a plurality of vertically spaced apertures; a pair of sliders, one slider telescoping on one of said posts and said other slider telescoping on said other post; a pair of plate means, one said plate means secured to one said slider and said other plate means secured to said other slider; a bar means secured to said plate means in operable combination with said sliders and plate means to provide that said bar means be oriented substantially horizontally, adapted to receive one or more exercise weights and can reciprocate on said vertical posts; a sleeve means rotatably telescoped on said bar means; a pair of spotter stop means, one stop means secured to one end of said sleeve means adjacent to one said post and said other stop means secured to another end of said sleeve means adjacent to said other post, each stop means in operable arrangement with said respective post to engage a selected one of said apertures when said sleeve means is oriented in a first position, disengaged from said aperture when said sleeve is oriented in a second position, remote from said aperture when said sleeve means is oriented to a third position; a first catch means mounted on at least one of said plates for selectively securing said stop means in said first position; a third catch means mounted on at least one of said plates for selectively securing said sleeve in said third position.
2.
A weight lifting station as in claim 1 which comprises: a second catch means mounted on at least one of said plate means for selectively maintaining said stop means in a range of positions between said first and second positions.
3.
A weight lifting station as in claim 2 wherein said second catch means is a catch pin insertable in a second hole in each one of said at least one plate means positioned between said first and third holes thereby arranged to maintain said spotter stop means in a range of positions between said first and second positions