Isometric exerciser

• US 4,417,727 A
• Filed: 02/11/1982
• Issued: 11/29/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles J. Ottenheimer
• Original Assignee: Charles J. Ottenheimer
• Inventors: Ottenheimer, Charles J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Browne, William R.
• Application Number:
  US06/348,030
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 272/125, 272/137, 272/143, 272/DIG. 8, 272/DIG. 5, 272/67, 272/68, 272/126
• US Class Current: 482/91
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0023 for isometric exercising, i.e. substantial force variation without substantial muscle motion

Abstract

An isometric exercise apparatus having a pair of spaced apart parallel hand grips having bars holding the hand grip in place. At least one of the bars has an orientation device thereon that is used to orient the exercise apparatus with the body of the user.

Claims

1. Isometric exercise apparatus comprising a pair of hand grips, a pair of parallel Z-shaped rigid spacng bars having end portions thereof attached to each hand grip, and oriention means on at least one of said spacing bars for assisting the user in orienting the apparatus in various positions with respect to the user'"'"'s body when performing various isometric exercises.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each spacing bar comprises two coplanar parallel end portions having center lines offset from each other by a distance of from about 1" to about 3".

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the center lines are offset by a distance of about 11/2" to about 21/2".

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said orientation means comprises direction indicators on the inside and outside of the spacing bars.

5. Isometric exercise apparatus comprising a pair of hand grips, rigid spacing means for maintaining the hand grips in fixed spaced apart parallel relationship to each other, orientation means for assisting the user in orienting the apparatus in various positions with respect to the user'"'"'s body when performing various isometric exercises, said orientation means being positioned on at least one of the spacing means and comprising a design having a plurality of direction-indicating symbols therein.