Exercising device for the fingers, wrist and forearm

• US 4,310,154 A
• Filed: 04/21/1980
• Issued: 01/12/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Peter T. Kauffman
• Original Assignee: Peter T. Kauffman
• Inventors: Kauffman, Peter T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Richard J.
• Application Number:
  US06/113,629
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 272/67, 272/68, 272/142, 273/1.5 A
• US Class Current: 482/46
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/14 for wrist joints

Abstract

An elongated rigid body member is arranged to receive a person'"'"'s wrist and at least a portion of the forearm. An inverted bail is pivotally mounted on the front of the body member and is urged to an upward angular position with relation to the body member by springs, such bail having a finger engaging roller bar on its outer end. The device is arranged such that when anchored on a person'"'"'s wrist and forearm and the fingers engaged over the roller bar, exercise for the person'"'"'s fingers, wrist and forearm can be achieved by repeatedly pivoting the bail.

Claims

1. An exercising device for the fingers, wrist and forearm comprising

(a) an elongated rigid body having forward and rearward ends,

(b) said body being arranged to receive a person'"'"'s wrist and a substantial portion of the forearm and including means arranged to anchor it thereon with said forward end disposed in approximately the area of the person'"'"'s wrist and with said rearward end disposed a substantial distance from the wrist but short of the elbow,

(c) said anchor means having spaced arm anchor points one of which is arranged to extend over a person'"'"'s arm adjacent the wrist on the side of the arm opposite from the palm of the hand and the other of which is arranged to extend under a person'"'"'s arm on the same side of the arm as the palm of the hand,

(d) lever means pivotally attached at one of its ends adjacent the forward end of the body on a transverse axis,

(e) laterally extending finger engaging means on the other end of said lever means arranged for engagement with the palm side of the fingers,

(f) and spring means operatively connected between said body and said arm means,

(g) said spring means urging said arm means to a rest position which is angular to the longitudinal plane of said body and resisting rotation of said arm means toward a direction in longitudinal alignment with said body,

(h) said finger engaging means and its normal positioning by said spring means requiring a person when anchoring the arm and wrist to said body and positioning the palm side of the finger tips on said finger engaging means to bend the wrist backward,

(i) said finger engaging means being spaced outwardly on said lever means from said pivot means such that with the fingers in straightened condition only the finger tips of the person'"'"'s hand engage said finger engaging means,

(j) whereby a person desiring to exercise the fingers, wrist and forearm anchors the arm to said body with the fingers engaged with said finger engaging means and the wrist bent backward and then forces said lever means against said spring means in a pivotal movement toward longitudinal alignment with said body with the finger tips in engagement with said finger engaging means and the fingers always remaining in straightened condition.

2. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein said anchor means is arranged to anchor said body on a person'"'"'s wrist and forearm with said pivot attachment of said lever means forward of the person'"'"'s wrist whereby the difference in longitudinal positioning of said pivot attachment with relation to the person'"'"'s wrist causes said finger engaging means in its arc of movement to travel outward toward the finger tips.

3. The exercising device of claim 2 wherein said finger engaging means is rotatably supported on said lever means.

4. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein said anchor means includes a transverse depending saddle adjacent the rearward end of said body for engagement under the forearm and a transverse arcuate member adjacent the forward end of said body for engagement over the wrist.