# US 11,305,146 B2 · Adjustable exercise device

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- Number: US 11,305,146 B2
- Document ID: US11305146B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/623,398
- Filed: 2018-06-21
- Published: 2020-06-04
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2017-06-22
- Applicants: Gil Peery
- Inventors: Gil Peery
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305146B2

## CPC

- A63B 21/4009: {to the waist}
- F16M 13/04: for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains {, e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head (apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B)}
- A63B 21/00069: {Setting or adjusting the resistance level; Compensating for a preload prior to use, e.g. changing length of resistance or adjusting a valve}
- A63B 21/0442: {Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user}
- A63B 21/0552: {Elastic ropes or bands}
- A63B 21/0557: {Details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps}
- A63B 21/16: Supports for anchoring force-resisters
- A63B 21/4013: {to the ankle}
- A63B 21/4021: {to the wrist}
- A63B 21/4025: {Resistance devices worn on the user's body (A63B21/065 takes precedence)}
- A63B 23/03541: {Moving independently from each other (A63B22/00 takes precedence)}
- A63B 23/0355: {A single apparatus used for either upper or lower limbs, i.e. with a set of support elements driven either by the upper or the lower limb or limbs}
- A63B 23/03575: {Apparatus used for exercising upper and lower limbs simultaneously}
- F16G 11/048: {by moving a surface into the cable}
- A63B 2208/0233: in 90/90 position, like on a chair
- A63B 2208/0252: supine
- A63B 2208/0257: prone
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
- F16G: BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES; CHAINS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR

## Abstract

A sliding clip is disclosed. The clip may slide along a strap, for example on a belt. Optionally the clip includes a fastener. Optionally, the fastener may be configured to hold one or more cords, for example bungee cords. For example, the cords may fit into a channel and/or be immobilized by a pressing them with a clamp and/or a threaded knob. Optionally the positions of the cords may be adjusted and/or the fastener may be opened for replacement of the cords. Optionally the fastener is configured for one handed use. For example the parts may be retained together even when the fastener is opened. Optionally one or more clips and/or bungee cords are mounted of a belt assembly forming an exercise device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A clip comprising:
a connector for slidably connecting the clip to a textile strap said connector including a fastener with a channel having an opening for reversibly attaching and detaching an object to the clip;
a closure for said opening having a closed position wherein said object is prevented from detaching from said fastener through said opening and said closure having an open position wherein said object can be detached from said fastener through said opening; and
a retainer for retaining the closure to the clip in when said closure is in said open position,
wherein said retainer includes a flexible strip rotatably connecting said closure to said channel,
wherein said channel is sized and shaped to hold at least two bungees,
wherein said closure is configured to fix a position of said at least two bungees in said channel and
wherein said closure includes a knob and a screw thread for screwing to said channel by rotating with respect to said channel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The clip of claim 1, further comprising
a belt for holding said strap around a waist of a person and wherein said flexible strip is positioned below said channel such that when said belt is worn upright said strip underlies said channel and catches said bungees when they fall out of the channel.

### Claim 3

A clip comprising:
a connector for slidably connecting the clip to a textile strap said connector including a fastener with a channel having an opening for reversibly attaching and detaching an object to the clip;
a closure for said opening having a closed position wherein said object is prevented from detaching from said fastener through said opening and an open position wherein said object can be detached from said fastener through said opening; and
a retainer for retaining the closure to the clip in said open position,
wherein said channel is sized and shaped to hold at least two bungees and
wherein said retainer retains said closure within 5 cm of said channel in said open position.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The clip of claim 3, wherein said closure is configured to fix a position of said at least two bungees in said channel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The clip of claim 4, wherein said closure includes a knob and a screw thread for screwing to said channel by rotating with respect to said channel.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The clip of claim 3, wherein said retainer includes a flexible strip rotatably connecting said closure to said channel and further comprising:
a belt for holding said strap around a waist of a person and wherein said flexible strip is positioned below said channel such that when said belt is worn upright said strip underlies said channel and catches said bungees when they fall out of the channel.

### Claim 7

An exercise device comprising:
a belt including a strap; and
a clip including
a connector for slidably connecting the clip to said strap and
a fastener for reversibly attaching and detaching a elastic tension element to the clip;
a channel having an opening; and
a closure for said fastener having a closed position closing said opening of said channel thereby preventing said elastic tension element from exiting the channel through said opening and said closure having an open position wherein said elastic tension element can be detached from said fastener through said opening; and
a retainer for retaining the closure to the clip in said open position
wherein said channel is sized and shaped to hold at least two bungees and
wherein said closure includes a knob and a screw thread for screwing to said channel;
a clamping jaw rotationally fixed with respect to said channel and sliding axially within said channel wherein said knob is joined to said clamping jaw to move axially with said clamping jaw and said knob rotates with respect to said clamping jaw and wherein said closure is configured to fix a position of said at least two bungees in said channel and wherein said tension element includes at least one of said at least two bungees.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7, further including:
a second clip moving slideably attached to said strap and reversibly attached to at least two more elastic tension elements.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7, wherein said knob includes a fully tightened position wherein said at least two bungees are prevented from moving with respect to said channel, a loose position in which the at least two bungees can move longitudinally with respect to the channel but cannot be detached from the channel through said opening and an open position in which the at least two bungees can be detached from the channel through said opening.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The device of claim 9, wherein said retainer includes a flexible strip rotatably connecting said closure to said channel.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The device of claim 10, further comprising a belt for holding said strap around a waist of a person and wherein said flexible strip is positioned below said channel such that when said belt is worn upright said strip underlies said channel and catches said at least two bungees when they falls out of the channel.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7, wherein said retainer retains said closure within 5 cm of said channel in said open position.