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Ankle exercise system

  • US 5,186,698 A
  • Filed: 06/20/1991
  • Issued: 02/16/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ankle exercise kit having a plurality of interactive components combination in a plurality of configurations to form a plurality of means for strengthening an ankle of a user, said ankle exercise kit comprising:

  • a plurality of elastomeric tubing segments, each segment having a different modulus of elasticity of elongation and having a first end and a second end;

    a door strap loop having a stop appended thereto for fixably positioning said loop on one side of a closed door when said stop is positioned on an opposite side of the closed door, wherein said door strap loop and said stop consist essentially of a continuous length of strap having two ends joined together, and further wherein said stop is a plurality of strap overlaps;

    a foot strap loop positionable around a foot on a same leg as the ankle of the user;

    a first releasable loop engagement means for engaging said foot strap loop, wherein said first releasable loop engagement means comprises a curved member dissociated from said tubing segment and having two ends, an opening therebetween, and a closure releasably engagable with said two ends of said first releasable loop engagement means to selectively close said opening and form a closed loop releasable engagable with said foot strap loop;

    a releasable tubing attachment means for joining said first and second ends of said tubing segment to form a tubing loop and for attaching said tubing loop to said first releasable loop engagement means, thereby forming a dorsiflexion strengthening means, wherein said tubing loop and said door strap loop are interlinkably positionable through one another, and further wherein said releasable tubing attachment means comprises a body having two bores formed therethrough, said first and second ends of said tubing segment joinable through said first bore, and said closed loop of said releasable loop engagement means releasably engagable with said second bore.

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