Exercise equipment

• US 7,041,041 B1
• Filed: 03/21/2003
• Issued: 05/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Scott Evans
• Original Assignee: Robert Scott Evans
• Inventors: Evans, Robert Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Cronin, Stephen K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HWANG, VICTOR KENNY
• Application Number:
  US10/394,366
• Time in Patent Office: 1,145 Days
• Field of Search: 482/110, 482/121, 482/122, 482124-127, D21692-693
• US Class Current: 482/126
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2023/006 for stretching exercises
• 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 21/026 Bars; Tubes; Leaf springs A63B21/023 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0726 Dumb bells, i.e. with a central bar to be held by a single hand, and with weights at the ends
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1609 for anchoring on a chair chairs with exercising means A47C9/002
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1645 for anchoring on a door

Abstract

The instant invention provides a portable, compact and easy held exercise apparatus that uses two or more resilient members, a securing structure surrounding the resilient members and at least two straps, each attached to one resilient member, to provide flexing resistance exercises to a number of muscle groups of the body.

Claims

1. A handheld exercise device comprising,

a) a first set of two resilient members each member having a midpoint and two ends, where the resiliency of each member in the first set is matched;

b) a second set of two resilient members each having a midpoint and two ends, where the resiliency of each member in the second set is matched and of greater resiliency than the members of the first set;

c) a releasable connector located on each end of each member in the first and second sets;

d) a block enclosing the members so that the members can flex about the block when force is exerted on both ends of each member in at least one set of members;

e) two straps that are releasably connected to at least the four ends of at least two members from the first or second set, where the two straps are of fixed and equal length and where the releasable connection to the members prevents the straps from being adjusted lengthwise; and

where the exercise device is designed and constructed to be handheld and portable such that an individual can hold and operate the device without requiring any other support means for the device.

2. The exercise device of claim 1 wherein each strap has a handle positioned about mid-length therewith.

3. The exercise device of claim 1 wherein the block is secured to the members and prevents lateral movement of the members.

4. The exercise device of claim 1 further comprising at least three pairs of members, where each pair is a matched set in terms of length and resiliency and each pair has a different resiliency than the other pairs.