Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing resilient force resistance
Patent
1996-09-12
1998-06-16
Donnelly, Jerome
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing resilient force resistance
482904, 482121, A63B 0069
Patent
active
057661189
ABSTRACT:
An exercise apparatus includes a clamping means for fixing the apparatus to a vertical surface such as a door or a wall, an elastic resistance band and a resistance harness. In a preferred embodiment, the clamping means includes a lag screw having a hook portion adjacent one end. One end of the resistance band is attached to the hook portion of the lag screw and the other end is attached to the resistance harness. In another preferred embodiment, the exercise apparatus further includes an adjustment means for adjusting the vertical location of the resistance harness relative to the clamping means, and the clamping means includes a U-shaped Bracket. The adjustment means includes a belt having one end attached to the U-shaped bracket, and the free end threaded first through an adjustment buckle and then through a hook attached to one end of the resistance band. The other end of the resistance band is attached to the resistance harness. In a preferred method of using the exercise apparatus, a user extends the upper arms through an opening defined by the resistance harness and rotates the upper body about the pelvis while pulling the resistance harness in the direction of the pelvis using the abdominal muscles to extend the resistance band. In another preferred method, the user pulls on the resistance harness in the direction of the pelvis using the abdominal muscles to extend the resistance band without rotating the upper body about the pelvis. Thus, the spine is elongated and all of the abdominal muscle groups are contracted without placing undue stress on the muscles in the lower back.
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(FR) Laurent Mar. 3, 1906 Figs 1 and 2 of Specification.
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