Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing frictional force resistance
Patent
1992-01-30
1993-08-10
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing frictional force resistance
482114, 482120, 482139, A63B 21018
Patent
active
052343952
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable resistance upper body exerciser includes a generally arcuate belt (2) encircling the waist of a user and having a generally flat, rigid posterior central portion 3 and flexible anterior portions (4, 4a) including buckling means (5). A flexible inelastic cord (7) having a length and left and right ends (8, 8a) passes through an elongated guide means (12) attached to the belt, slidably retaining a central portion of the length the cord and leaving the right and left ends of the cord extending in the anterior direction. A snubber (15) is attached to the rigid posterior portion of the belt, contacting the slidable cord and applying an adjustable friction load to the slidably retained cord. A pair of handles (18, 18a) are attached to left and right ends of the cord, whereby a user wearing the belt encircling the waist may alternately pull said left and right handles with a tension force generally proportional to the friction load applied to the cord by the snubber.
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Colonello Dennis J.
Miller Jack V.
Apley Richard J.
Reichard Lynne A.
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