Undertaking
Patent
1990-05-30
1991-12-31
Bahr, Robert
Undertaking
272118, A63B 2100
Patent
active
050765787
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a handle which, in the preferred embodiment, provides a user with five different gripping alternatives for gripping the operating means for an exercising machine to which the handle, in an intended use, is attached.
When training with gymnasium devices, the exerciser can use various handles which enable the performance of different movements. When the exercising movement is changed, the handle also has to be replaced with one more suited for the changed purpose. The degree of use of some handles may be very low, whereas others may be in constant use.
The biggest drawback of prior handles is that they are mostly suited for the performance of a single movement, and when another movement is to be performed, the handle has to be changed as well. In most cases, the changing of the handle is relatively complicated and slow. When two persons exercise by turns with the same device, both using different handles, the constant changing of the handles makes the training very inconvenient and slow. In addition, it is necessary to purchase a plurality of different kinds of handles which for a major part of the time are out of use and merely stored in a handle rack.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The device according to the invention provides a decisive improvement with respect to the above drawbacks.
The most important advantage of the invention is that various movements can be performed with one in the same handle. The handle need not be replaced when the movement is changed. Training by turns works well and no undesired breaks are left therebetween. Expensive handles need not be kept out of use in a rack.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
In the following, the invention will be described with reference to the attached drawing, wherein
FIG. 1 shows the handle in top plan view, as seen from the side of the two opposite end forks, and
FIG. 2 shows the handle in side elevation as seen from the top of the end forks.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The mid portion of the handle according to the invention is formed by a rod 1 in the middle of which there is provided a sleeve 4. The rod 1 is rotatable around the longitudinal axis thereof within the sleeve 4. The sleeve is provided with a loop or the like 5 by means of which it is intended that the sleeve, and thus the handle, be fastened to the operating means for a conventional exercise device (not shown). The rod 1 may be straight, or so bent that it defines a similar wide angle opening in the same direction on both sides of the sleeve.
Both ends of the rod are provided with respective two-branched fork-like parts 2, the branches 6 and 7 of which are interconnected by a rod 3. The branches 6, 7 of the forks form respective gripping handles for the different movements that an exercising person may want to make in connection with using the exercising device (not shown) to which, in use, the handle is mounted at 5.
The branches 6 of each fork are positioned on the same side of the rod 1 and the direction thereof defines an oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rod 1. The other branches 7 are positioned on the opposite side of the rod, substantially in parallel with the rod 1. The rod 3 interconnecting the branches is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rod 1.
The handle is primarily suited for the upper tackle, whereby the end fork and the transverse rod provided therein form gripping handles which are to be pulled so that the rod is rotated to the right position within the suspension sleeve 4. The straight or bent rod 1 in the middle is suitable for the training of extensors in the upper tackle and for the training of flexors in the lower tackle. The handle according to the invention enables a versatile training of the muscles of the shoulder area, back, and arms with one and the same device.
1. A handle assembly for actuating an exercise device, comprising: two axially opposite open ends; intermediate said open ends and projecting laterally for securing said sleeve to an actuator of an
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