EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND METHOD

• US 20190314666A1
• Filed: 10/11/2018
• Published: 10/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medescis LLC
• Original Assignee: Medescis LLC
• Inventors: Mantione, III, Jack Michael
• Granted Patent: US 10,682,540 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/026 Bars; Tubes; Leaf springs A63B21/023 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0442 Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0555 Details of the rope or band, e.g. shape or colour coding
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0557 Details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1645 for anchoring on a door
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1654 for anchoring between a door and the floor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1663 for anchoring between a door and the door frame
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4035 for operation by hand
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/00 Space saving
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/1209 Involving a bending of elbow and shoulder joints simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0054 Features for injury prevention on an apparatus, e.g. shock absorbers mats or the like for absorbing shocks for jumping A63B6/00

Abstract

Exercise equipment for at least pulling and pushing exercises comprises an elastic tubular band covered by a flexible material covering, for example, of nylon which is threaded through an O-ring grommet and holes in first and second straps threaded through first and second handles proximate to one another when gripped by a user. The exercise equipment may be used with a safety door attachment that comprises a safety loop for looping around a door handle or knob. The safety loop is stitched to a loop threaded through a plastic spindle of a foam door stop used on one side of a closed door. A further loop extends from the plastic spindle to the other closed side of the door and is adapted to receive the exercise equipment through the further loop. A series of isometric pulling and pushing exercises, trunk rotation among other exercises are disclosed and various accessories which may be used for warm up, relieving pain and for exercise including a D-ring embodiment for use with known exercise equipment.

Claims

1. Exercise equipment having an elastic circular band surrounded by flexible material of a length between fifty-eight inches and seventy-eight inches,

at each distal end of the elastic circular band surrounded by a covering material, a first and second handle, each comprising a plastic grip handle covered by a foam cover, each handle and foam cover having a diameter of between 2.0 and 3.5 centimeters, each handle being of sufficient length adapted for a human hand comprising four fingers and a thumb to grasp firmly,

a respective first or a second strap end passing through each handle, the strap ends comprising a strap, the strap to each of the first and second handles having a different length adapted such that when the handles are gripped by a human hand, the foam of each handle compresses and the handles rotate slightly with the force of the grip,

each distal end of the elastic circular band and flexible material passing through an O-ring metal grommet tying one strap for one handle to the other strap of the other handle by their respective ends, and

the exercise equipment being adapted to be gripped such that the foam covering of each grip handle compresses and may rotate slightly as a grip is tightened around each pair of grip handles.

2. Exercise equipment of claim 1, a strap between an O-ring grommet of one plastic handle being approximately 15.0 centimeters to the plastic handle within a range of twelve to eighteen centimeters and a strap between the O-ring grommet and the other plastic handle at one distal end of the exercise equipment being approximately 11.0 centimeters within a range of eight to fourteen centimeters.

3. Exercise equipment of claim 1, each plastic handle being slightly longer than the width of a hand having four fingers and a thumb.

4. Exercise equipment of claim 3, each plastic handle having a diameter between 2.0 and 3.5 centimeters.

5. Exercise equipment of claim 4, each plastic handle of two plastic handles at one distal end of the exercise equipment having a different diameter.

6. Exercise equipment of claim 4, each plastic handle of two plastic handles at each distal end of two distal ends of exercise equipment having equal length of a value betweeen ten to fifteen centimeters.

7. Exercise equipment of claim 1, the material covering and the elastic tubing being within a range of 56 and 78 inches in length, the material covering limiting the stretch of the elastic tubing.

8. Exercise equipment of claim 7, the elastic tubing having a diameter between 1.0 and 1.75 centimeters.

9. The exercise equipment of claim 1 for use with a door attachment, the door attachment comprising

a safety strap loop for looping around one of a door knob and a door handle, and

an extension loop stitched to the safety strap loop threaded through a spindle of a plastic spindle of a plastic and foam door stop,

the plastic spindle and door stop forming a cylinder with a hole at its central axis further being threaded with a loop for reaching the other side of a closed door for attachment to the exercise equipment of claim 1.

10. A method of manufacture of stretchable exercise equipment comprising:

forming a plastic cylinder having a diameter sufficient for passing a strap and a width sufficient for grasping by a hand;

mostly covering the plastic handle by foam having a sufficient thickness to be compressed;

each end of a strap being passed through a handle and having a hole for receiving an O-ring metal grommet punched into placed and flattened to hold the four ends of the two straps together;

a typical width of a strap being from 2.0 cm to 3.0 cm to pass through the hole and be wide enough to be grasped by the O-ring metal grommet with other strap ends and form an attachment to both handles.

11. A method as recited in claim 10 further comprising

passing a covering material and elastic tubing together through each metal O-ring grommet;

the covering material an elastic tubing bent over and plugged by a plug, the flexible covering limiting the stretch of the elastic tubing.

12. An exercise equipment door attachment comprising:

a safety strap loop for looping around one of a door knob and a door handle, and

an extension loop stitched to the safety strap loop threaded through a spindle of a plastic spindle of a plastic having a foam door stop surrounding the spindle,

the plastic spindle and door stop together forming a cylinder with a hole at its central axis further being threaded with a loop for reaching the other side of a closed door for attachment to stretching exercise equipment.

13. The exercise equipment door attachment of claim 12, the loop for reaching the other side of the door reaching at least to the top of the door from the door knob or door handle.

14. The exercise equipment door attachment of claim 12, the loop for reaching the other side of the door reaching at least to the bottom of the door from the door knob or door handle.

15. The exercise equipment door attachment of claim 12, the loop for reaching the other side of the door reaching at least to a side of the door proximate the door knob or door handle.

16. The exercise equipment door attachment of claim 12 wherein the plastic spindle and foam rubber comprise a cylinder door stop having a diameter of between approximately six centimeters and a thickness of approximately 2.5 centimeters.

17. An attachment to known exercise equipment comprising

a D-ring for use with a carabiner for attachment to exercise equipment,

a first and second straps of varying length for threading through the D ring and stitched together below the D rind, the first and second straps each being threaded through a handle comprising double handles for pulling or for pushing, the handles having variable or equal diameter.

18. An attachment to known exercise equipment as recited in claim 17,

the first strap having a length from the D-ring to a first handle of between ten and twelve centimeters and the length from the D-ring to the second handle having a length of between 13 and 20 cm, the first and second handles having the same diameter, each handle comprising a plastic spindle and a foam rubber cover.