Exercise device

• US 6,524,226 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2001
• Issued: 02/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stephen Kushner
• Original Assignee: Stephen Kushner
• Inventors: Kushner, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Crow, Stephen R.
• Application Number:
  US09/774,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20020103059A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 482/121, 482/124, 482/125, 482/126, 482/81-82, 482/139, 482/907
• US Class Current: 482/126
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/027 using player's own weight, e.g. on a platform
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0004 Exercising devices moving as a whole during exercise bar bells or dumb bells A63B21/072; on wheels A63B22/20
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00043 Exercising devices consisting of a pair of user interfaces connected by flexible elements, e.g. two handles connected by elastic bands skipping ropes A63B5/20; resilient elements A63B21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00185 using resistance provided by the user, e.g. exercising one body part against a resistance provided by another body part A63B21/068 takes precedence; isometric exercise A63B21/0023
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0552 Elastic ropes or bands
• 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 21/1663 for anchoring between a door and the door frame
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0204 Standing on the feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 5/20 Skipping-ropes or similar devices rotating in a vertical plane

Abstract

An exercise device including a pair of elastic bands, the inner ends of which are joined together by a releasable fastener. The outer ends of the elastic bands are each provided with a lateral handle and a longitudinal handle. To gain exercise, a user may grasp the lateral handles to stretch the elastic bands when they are joined together by fastener. Alternatively, a user may grasp the longitudinal handles to swing the elastic bands in circles when such are detached from one another.

Claims

1. An exercise device, comprising:

a pair of elastic bands each having an inner end and an outer end;

a fastener releasably joining said inner end of each of said elastic bands together;

a pair of lateral handles each being respectively tethered to said outer end of one of said elastic bands; and

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a pair of longitudinal handles each being respectively fitted over, and secured to, said outer end of one of said elastic bands.

2. The exercise device according to claim 1 wherein said fastener is a snap hook.

3. An exercise device comprising:

a pair of elastic bands each having an inner end and an outer end;

a snap hook secured to the inner end of one of said pair of elastic bands;

an attachment ring secured to the inner end of the other one said pair of elastic bands, said attachment ring being adapted for releasable attachment to said snap hook;

a pair of endless belts each being respectively secured to said outer end of one of said elastic bands;

a pair of lateral handles each being respectively secured to one of said endless belts; and

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a pair of longitudinal handles each being respectively fitted over, and secured to, said outer end of one of said elastic bands.

4. The exercise device according to claim 3 further comprising a pair of protective coverings each being respectively secured over said attachment ring and said snap hook.

5. The exercise device according to claim 3 wherein each of said protective coverings is a foam rubber ball having a transverse opening for containing either said attachment ring or said snap hook.

6. An exercise device comprising:

a pair of elastic bands each being formed of rubber tubing and having an inner end and an outer end;

a snap hook secured to the inner end of one of said pair of elastic bands;

an attachment ring secured to the inner end of the other one said pair of elastic bands, said attachment ring being adapted for releasable attachment to said snap hook;

a pair of protective coverings each being respectively secured over said attachment ring and said snap hook, each of said protective coverings being a hollow, foam rubber ball;

a pair of endless belts each being respectively secured to said outer end of one of said elastic bands;

a pair of lateral handles each being respectively positioned on one of said endless belts; and

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a pair of longitudinal handles each being respectively fitted over, and secured to, said outer end of one of said elastic bands.

7. The exercise device according to claim 6 further wherein each of said longitudinal handles and said bands each have a plurality of apertures capable of axial alignment and said exercise device further comprises a pair of pins, each of said pins being removably positioned in said apertures so as to adjustably join said longitudinal handles and said bands together.