Exercise apparatus
AssigneeOffset Ventures, LLC
InventorSalvatore LoDuca
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus includes an elongate cable being elastic and having opposing first and second ends configured to be grasped by a user. The elongate cable is configured to provide resistance to being stretched along its length in response to an application of a tension force to the first and second ends of the cable and return to its unstretched length upon the user releasing the tension force. The elongate cable includes a first portion having a first elasticity, and a second portion having a second elasticity that is different than the first elasticity of the first portion.
Claims20
An exercise apparatus, comprising:
- an elongate cable being elastic and having opposing first and second ends configured to be grasped by a user, the elongate cable being resiliently biased toward an unstretched length such that the elongate cable resists being stretched along a length thereof in response to an application of a tension force to the first and second ends thereof and the elongate cable is configured to return to the unstretched length upon the user releasing the tension force,
- wherein the elongate cable includes a first portion having a first elastic modulus, and a second portion having a second elastic modulus that is different than the first elastic modulus of the first portion, wherein the first and second portions of the elongate cable are monolithically formed with one another.
A resistance band for strength training, the resistance band comprising:
- a first end having a first handle;
- a second end having a second handle;
- a central region between the first and second ends;
- a first portion having a first elastic modulus and positioned only between the first end and the central region;
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- a second portion having a second elastic modulus that is different from the first elastic modulus, the second portion being positioned between the second end and the central region, wherein the first and second portions are monolithically formed with one another.
An exercise apparatus, comprising:
- an elongate cable being elastic and having opposing first and second ends configured to be grasped by a user, the elongate cable being resiliently biased toward an unstretched length such that the elongate cable resists being stretched along a length thereof in response to an application of a tension force to the first and second ends thereof and the elongate cable is configured to return to the unstretched length upon the user releasing the tension force,
- wherein the elongate cable includes a first portion having a first elastic modulus, and a second portion having a second elastic modulus that is different than the first elastic modulus of the first portion, wherein the first and second portions of the elongate cable are directly coupled to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.