Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing resilient force resistance
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-12
2001-07-03
Donnelly, Jerome W. (Department: 3764)
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing resilient force resistance
C482S142000, C482S130000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06254517
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an exercise device, and more particularly to a simple, lightweight device which permits a number of different exercises to be carried out.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
Many devices intended to provide a variety of exercises are described in the prior art. Of particular interest is U.S. Pat. No. 5,716,308 of Lee issued Feb. 10, 1998, which describes an elevated bench support having, at opposite ends, pivoting members tensioned by means of an elastic chord. The pivoting members permit only limited movement and thus limiting the number of exercises permitted is limited.
Simpler exercisers containing a single lever arm, pivoting at a position located a distance above abase, are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,603,681 of Olschansky et al, issued Feb. 18, 1997, U.S. Pat. No. 5,720,702 of Lee issued Feb. 24, 1998 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,895,343 of Huang issued Apr. 20, 1999, the first of these being associated with a floor supported base pad, the other two being associated with a wall mountable base support.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,720,701 of Truini, issued Feb. 24, 1998, describes and illustrates an exercise device comprising a pair of lever arms secured to each other so as to pivot about an intermediate pivot point against a bias created by a plurality of resilient elements extending between posts positioned on each arm. Door or wall mounted exerciser devices featuring single, tensioned lever arms are described and illustrated in Bass, U.S. Pat. No. 5,407,414 issued Apr. 18, 1995, and Ansel U.S. Pat. No. 5,800,323 issued Sep. 1, 1998.
All of these prior art devices are, relatively speaking, complicated in construction and restricted in the number of exercises which they can permit a user to perform.
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a lightweight, portable, lightweight exercise device intended to provide muscle development exercises for the legs and hips (inner thigh, outer thigh), abdominal/stomach muscles, arm and chest muscles and buttocks. It is a further object of the present invention to provide such a device which is both simple in construction and easy in operation, both to adjust to different exercises and also to use when carrying out a particular exercise. It is a further object of the present invention to provide such a device which folds up into a small space for easy storage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention and the foregoing objects, there is provided a multiple exerciser device comprising an elongated support bar extending from side to side, to be supported on a surface such as a floor, and a pad support extending away from a central portion of the bar and similarly positioned to be supported on the surface. A pair of elongated arms are secured at one end thereof at spaced locations on the bar to pivot in the longitudinal direction of the bar. A bearing bar is secured to another end of each arm and oriented so as to extend towards the pad support in parallel fashion to the bearing bar on the other arm. Tensioning means extend between the arms and the support bar, in adjustable fashion, to provide adjustable resistance to the pivoting motion of each of the arms.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention each arm is telescopically adjustable in length and the lower end of each elongated arm is pivotably secured to a collar, the collar being mounted on the support bar. It is also preferred that the tensioning means for each arm comprises a resistance band releasably securable to a selected one of a plurality of retaining devices spaced along the bar and to a retaining device on the corresponding arm, whereby the resistance band provides a predetermined amount and direction of tensioning with respect to the side to side pivoting movement of the corresponding arm and its bearing bar during operation of the device.
The exerciser of the present invention has a simple, compact construction which permits a multiplicity of exercises to be performed with a minimum of adjustment.
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patent: 5393286 (1995-02-01), Cheng
patent: 5407414 (1995-04-01), Bass
patent: 5603681 (1997-02-01), Olschansky et al.
patent: 5716308 (1998-02-01), Lee
patent: 5720701 (1998-02-01), Truini
patent: 5720702 (1998-02-01), Lee
patent: 5800323 (1998-09-01), Ansel
patent: 5895343 (1999-04-01), Huang
patent: 6120421 (2000-09-01), Koo
Donnelly Jerome W.
Nixon & Peabody LLP
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