Adjustable stretching exercise device

• US 5,536,229 A
• Filed: 01/06/1995
• Issued: 07/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Physical Success, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Phsyical Success Incorporated
• Inventors: Albergo, George N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crow, Stephen R.
• Application Number:
  US08/370,295
• Time in Patent Office: 557 Days
• Field of Search: 482/91, 482/148, 482/907, 482/33, 482/904, 482/83, 482/33, 248/354.5, 248/125
• US Class Current: 482/148
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2023/006 for stretching exercises
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00047 Exercising devices not moving during use benches A63B21/4029; isometric exercising devices A63B21/0023; step exercisers A63B23/0458; walk exercisers A63B23/0464
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1681 for anchoring between horizontal surfaces, e.g. the floor and the ceiling

Abstract

The present invention discloses an adjustable stretching device for stretching numerous muscles of the human body comprising a plurality of adjustable telescoping poles adaptable to extend within the span between the floor and most standard ceilings or doorways. Attached to the center telescoping pole is an adjustable leg support extending from both sides of the center pole. The leg support includes a clamp mechanism for easily and quickly adjusting the placement of the leg support on the center pole to effectuate numerous stretching exercises.

Claims

1. An exercise device for stretching muscles of the human body, comprising:

an elongated adjustable shaft comprising a plurality of telescoping elongated sections including a plurality of incrementally smaller elongated sections that extend and retract within each other and means for locking and adjusting said plurality of elongated sections within each other; and

an adjustable transverse support consisting essentially of a plurality of rigid integral spaced apart leg supports laterally extending on opposite sides of said transverse support and from said elongated shaft and including an integral locking clamp mechanism slidably coupled to said elongated shaft for adjusting the placement of said transverse support on said elongated shaft and for locking said transverse support thereon.

2. The invention as set forth in claim 1, wherein said locking clamp mechanism is a compression clamp utilizing radial compression to lock said transverse support onto said elongated shaft.

3. The invention as set forth in claim 2, wherein said means for locking is a compression ring mechanism utilizing radial compression to lock said elongated sections within each other.

4. The invention as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a floor mount detachably connected to a floor for receiving said distal end of said elongated shaft.

5. The invention as set forth in claim 1, further comprising rubber end caps located on opposite ends of said elongated shaft.

6. The invention as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of cushion pads removably attached to said plurality of leg supports for comfortably supporting body parts.

7. An exercise device for stretching muscles of the human body, comprising:

a ceiling mount coupled to a ceiling;

an elongated adjustable shaft, removably coupled to said ceiling at said ceiling mount at a proximal end of said elongated shaft and between a floor at a distal end of said elongated shaft, comprising a plurality of telescoping elongated sections including a plurality of incrementally smaller elongated sections that extend and retract within each other;

means for locking and adjusting said plurality of elongated sections within each other; and

an adjustable transverse support consisting essentially of a plurality of rigid integral laterally spaced apart leg supports extending on each side of said transverse support and including integral locking means slidably coupled to said elongated shaft for adjusting the placement of said transverse support on said elongated shaft and for locking said transverse support thereon.

8. The invention as set forth in claim 7, further comprising a floor mount detachably connected to the floor for receiving said distal end of said elongated shaft.

9. The invention as set forth in claim 7, further comprising rubber end caps located on said proximal end and said distal end of said elongated shaft.

10. The invention as set forth in claim 7, further comprising a plurality of cushion pads removably attached to said plurality of leg supports for comfortably supporting body parts.

11. The invention as set forth in claim 7, wherein the integral locking means is a compression clamp mechanism utilizing radial compression, wherein said transverse support is locked to said device when said compression clamp is tightened and wherein said transverse support is slidably adjustable on said device when said compression clamp is loosened.

12. The invention as set forth in claim 7, wherein the means for locking and adjusting said plurality of elongated sections are a plurality of holes in each elongated section, wherein a pin is placed in matching holes of said elongated sections to lock said elongated sections within each other.

13. The invention as set forth in claim 7, wherein the integral locking means is a compression ring mechanism utilizing radial compression, wherein said elongated sections are locked within each other when said compression ring is tightened and wherein said elongated sections are slidably adjustable within each other when said compression ring is loosened.

14. The invention as set forth in claim 7, wherein the locking means is a plurality of holes in said elongated shaft, wherein a pin is placed in a matching hole of said elongated shaft to lock and adjust said leg support to said elongated shaft.

15. An exercise device for stretching muscles of the human body, comprising:

a ceiling mount coupled to a ceiling;

an elongated adjustable shaft, removably coupled to said ceiling at said ceiling mount at a proximal end of said elongated shaft and between a floor at a distal end of said elongated shaft, comprising a plurality of telescoping elongated sections including a plurality of incrementally smaller elongated sections that extend and retract within each other;

a compression ring mechanism utilizing radial compression for locking and adjusting said plurality of elongated sections within each other, wherein said elongated sections are locked within each other when said compression ring is tightened and wherein said elongated sections are slidably adjustable within each other when said compression ring is loosened;

an adjustable transverse support consisting essentially of a plurality of rigid integral spaced apart leg supports and including an integral compression clamp mechanism utilizing radial compression and slidably coupled to said elongated shaft for adjusting the placement of said transverse support on said elongated shaft and for locking said transverse support thereon, wherein said leg support is locked to said device when said compression clamp is tightened, wherein said leg support is slidably adjustable on said device when said compression clamp is loosened, and wherein said leg supports laterally extend from opposite sides of said transverse support;

a floor mount detachably connected to the floor for receiving said distal end of said elongated shaft;

rubber end caps located on said proximal end and said distal end of said elongated shaft; and

a plurality of cushion pads surrounding said plurality of leg supports for comfortably supporting body parts.