Portable exercise apparatus

• US 7,108,636 B1
• Filed: 09/08/2003
• Issued: 09/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gustavo N. Garcia
• Original Assignee: Gustavo N. Garcia
• Inventors: Garcia, Gustavo N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Donnelly, Jerome
• Assistant Examiner(s): HWANG, VICTOR KENNY
• Application Number:
  US10/656,444
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• Field of Search: 482/23, 482/24, 482/33, 482 35- 40, 482/44, 482/49, 482/94, 482/95, 482/96, 482/139, 482106-109, 482/141, 482/148, 482/904, 482/907, 482/908, D21/691, D21/679
• US Class Current: 482/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 1/00 Horizontal bars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/1627 for anchoring on or between the vertical posts of a door frame
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/1218 Chinning, pull-up, i.e. concentric movement
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 482/904 Removably attached to wheelchair, home furnishing, or home structure

Abstract

A portable exercise apparatus includes a hollow central bar member and telescopic end portions operably insertable therein. Such telescopic end portions allow the central bar member to be securely engaged between a pair of vertical members. A plurality of spring members are disposed within the hollow portion of the central bar member and provide resistive force for assisting to maintain the telescopic end portions at stable positions during operating conditions. The central bar member further includes a plurality of apertures spaced along an outer surface thereof and for receiving a plurality of fastening members therethrough so that a plurality of handle members can be selectively positioned along the length of the central bar member. The handle members preferably have first and second portions integral with each other wherein the first portion extends substantially perpendicular from the central bar member and the second portion extends obliquely from the first portion.

Claims

1. A portable upper body exercise apparatus comprising:

a central bar member having a hollow interior and opposed end portions, said central bar member further having a plurality of apertures disposed between said opposed end portions and about a perimeter of said central bar member;

a plurality of telescopic end members being removably insertable into the hollow interior of said central bar member so a length of said apparatus can be selectively adjusted;

a plurality of rigid handle members and a plurality of fastening members for selectively attaching same to said central bar member by passing through at least a selected one of said plurality of apertures, said plurality of handle members having first and second portions integral with each other wherein said first portion extends substantially perpendicularly from said central bar member and said second portion extends obliquely from said first portion; and

a plurality of grip members attached to said second portion of said plurality of handle members respectively.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of stop members attached to said plurality of telescopic end portions and for assisting a user to engage said apparatus between a pair of vertical members.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of spring members disposed adjacent said opposed end portions of said central bar member and within the hollow interior thereof, said plurality of spring members providing resistive force to said plurality of telescopic members when same are pushed inwardly towards a center of said central bar member.