Doorway mounted exercise apparatus

• US 20050250619A1
• Filed: 05/07/2004
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carl Daikeler, Jonathan Congdon, Leigh Miller, Steve Edwards, Tony Horton
• Original Assignee: Carl Daikeler, Jonathan Congdon, Leigh Miller, Steve Edwards, Tony Horton
• Inventors: Daikeler, Carl, Horton, Tony, Congdon, Jonathan, Miller, Leigh, Edwards, Steve
• Application Number:
  US10/841,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20050250619A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 1/00 Horizontal bars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1636 for anchoring on the horizontal part of a door frame
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1645 for anchoring on a door
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/1218 Chinning, pull-up, i.e. concentric movement

Abstract

An exercise apparatus that is to be mounted in a doorway and held in position by the user'"'"'s own body weight during use. In one aspect the invention comprises: first and second L-shaped members disposed in side-by-side relation, each having a horizontal section and a vertical section; a first member having a length less than a width of the doorway and connected to the vertical sections of the first and second L-shaped members; a second member having a length greater than the width of the doorway and connected to the horizontal sections of the first and second L-shaped members at a first horizontal distance from the first member; a first gripping bar connected to the horizontal section of the first L-shaped member at a second horizontal distance from the first member, the second horizontal distance being greater than the first horizontal distance; and a second gripping bar connected to the horizontal section of the second L-shaped member at approximately the second horizontal distance.

Claims

1. An exercise apparatus for use in a doorway through a wall, the exercise apparatus comprising:

first and second L-shaped members disposed in side-by-side relation, each of the first and second L-shaped members having a horizontal section and a vertical section;

a first member having a length less than a width of the doorway and connected to the vertical sections of the first and second L-shaped members;

a second member having a length greater than the width of the doorway and connected to the horizontal sections of the first and second L-shaped members at a first horizontal distance from the first member;

a first gripping bar connected to the horizontal section of the first L-shaped member at a second horizontal distance from the first member, the second horizontal distance being greater than the first horizontal distance; and

a second gripping bar connected to the horizontal section of the second L-shaped member at approximately the second horizontal distance.

2. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first member is substantially parallel to the second member.

3. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first member comprises a substantially planar surface.

4. The exercise apparatus of claim 3 further comprising a friction strip on the substantially planar surface for increasing a coefficient of friction between the wall and the first member.

5. The exercise apparatus of claim 4 wherein the friction strip is comprises hard rubber or soft rubber.

6. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 wherein the horizontal section of each of the first and second L-shaped members comprises a U-shaped portion.

7. The exercise apparatus of claim 6 wherein the second member connects to both legs of each U-shaped portion of the first and second L-shaped members.

8. The exercise apparatus of claim 7 wherein the first gripping bar connects to both legs of the U-shaped portion of the first L-shaped member and the second gripping bar connects to both legs of the U-shaped portion of the second L-shaped member.

9. The exercise apparatus of claim 6 further comprising a hand grip on each leg of each U-shaped portion of the first and second L-shaped members.

10. The exercise apparatus of claim 9 wherein the hand grips are made of foam.

11. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first gripping bar and second gripping bar comprise a horizontal section and a section that is vertically angled downward.

12. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second member has a circular cross sectional profile.

13. The exercise apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a plurality of hand grips on the second member.

14. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 comprising friction sleeves covering ends of the second member for increasing a coefficient of friction between the wall and the second member.

15. The exercise apparatus of claim 14 wherein the friction sleeves are made of hard or soft rubber.

16. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a hand grip on each of the first and second gripping bars.

17. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second member, the first gripping bar, and the second gripping bar are connected atop the horizontal sections of the first and second L-shaped members.

18. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first horizontal distance is at least greater than a thickness of the wall.

19. The exercise apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

the first member having a substantially planar surface;

a friction strip on the substantially planar surface of the first member for increasing a coefficient of friction between the wall and the first member;

the horizontal sections of each of the first and second L-shaped members having a U-shaped portion;

the second member connecting to both legs of each U-shaped portion of the first and second L-shaped members;

the first gripping bar connecting to both legs of the U-shaped portion of the first L-shaped member and the second gripping bar connects to both legs of the U-shaped portion of the second L-shaped member;

the first gripping bar and second gripping bar each comprising a horizontal section and a section that is vertically angled downward;

the second member having a circular cross sectional profile and ends;

friction sleeves covering the ends of the second member for increasing a coefficient of friction between the wall and the second member;

hand grips on each leg of the U-shaped portions, on the second member; and

on each of the first and second gripping bars;

the second member, the first gripping bar, and the second gripping bar being atop the horizontal sections of the first and second L-shaped members; and

the first horizontal distance being at least greater than a thickness of the wall

20. An exercise system comprising:

a wall having a first surface and an opposing surface forming a thickness;

a doorway extending through the thickness of the wall from the one surface to the opposing surface, the doorway having a width, sides, and a top;

a first member having a length less than the width of the doorway and in contact with the top of the doorway on the first surface of the wall;

first and second L-shaped members disposed in side-by-side relation, each of the first and second L-shaped members having a horizontal section and a vertical section, the first member connected to the vertical sections of the first and second L-shaped members so that the horizontal sections extend through the doorway;

a second member having a length greater than the width of the doorway, the second member connected to the horizontal sections of the first and second L-shaped members so that the second member is in contact with the sides of the doorway on the opposing surface of the wall;

a first gripping bar connected to the horizontal section of the first L-shaped member at a horizontal distance away from the opposing surface of the wall; and

a second gripping bar connected to the horizontal section of the second L-shaped member at substantially the horizontal distance.