Exercise devices – Gymnastic – Arm or hand type climbing arrangement
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-13
2001-07-17
Yu, Mickey (Department: 3764)
Exercise devices
Gymnastic
Arm or hand type climbing arrangement
C482S051000, C482S114000, C482S120000, C482S145000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06261208
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to exercise devices and more particularly pertains to a new exercise device for exercising muscles of the upper body.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of exercise devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, exercise devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,402,504; U.S. Pat. No. 5,626,546; U.S. Pat. No. 2,977,120; U.S. Pat. No. 4,666,151; U.S. Pat. No. 3,373,993; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 254,143.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new exercise device. The inventive device includes a generally U-shaped housing with a base portion adapted for resting on a floor, a main portion upwardly extending from a rear of the base portion, and an upper portion outwardly extending from an upper end of the housing. A pulley system is housed in the housing. A continuous rope extends through the pulley system and through holes in the upper and base portions of the housing.
In these respects, the exercise device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of exercising muscles of the upper body.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of exercise devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new exercise device construction wherein the same can be utilized for exercising muscles of the upper body.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a generally U-shaped housing with a base portion adapted for resting on a floor, a main portion upwardly extending from a rear of the base portion, and an upper portion outwardly extending from an upper end of the housing. A pulley system is housed in the housing. A continuous rope extends through the pulley system and through holes in the upper and base portions of the housing.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new exercise device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the exercise devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new exercise device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art exercise devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new exercise device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new exercise device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new exercise device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such exercise device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new exercise device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new exercise device for exercising muscles of the upper body.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new exercise device which includes a generally U-shaped housing with a base portion adapted for resting on a floor, a main portion upwardly extending from a rear of the base portion, and an upper portion outwardly extending from an upper end of the housing. A pulley system is housed in the housing. A continuous rope extends through the pulley system and through holes in the upper and base portions of the housing.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new exercise device that stretches muscles of the upper body that dead weights and push ups don't.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, arc pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Hwang Victor K.
Yu Mickey
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