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US 11,628,326 B2Granted
Adjustable resistance band and method of use thereof
OwnerBryan Osunainventor
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Abstract
An adjustable resistance band for exercise or physical therapy apparatus including a webbing hook component, strap and slots with openings for adjustability in which the band is easily secured around the user's legs or torso by placing the webbing hook in one of the loop openings.
Claims8
An adjustable resistance band comprising:
- a strap made of elastic material, the strap having a proximal end and a distal end, the strap including a plurality of slots formed only near the distal end of the strap,
- wherein each slot of the plurality of slots is formed by two overlapped portions of elastic material and each of the slots is defined by at least one line of a plurality of lines of sewing or stitching, each line of the plurality of lines of sewing or stitching spaced-apart from the other and positioned transversely across the two portions of elastic material to connect the two overlapping portions of elastic material together to define each of the slots, an opening formed through each of the slots via unconnected portions of each of the slots;
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- a webbing connector including an enclosed window opening formed by a first rod spaced-apart from a second rod, the first rod and the second rod connected together by first and second ends, respectively, the first rod having a length and a symmetrical width, and the second rod having a length and a tapered width, a third rod connected to the webbing connector via a third end connected to the second end and spaced-apart from the second rod, the third rod including a free end forming a curved hook which forms an opening between the second rod and the third rod, wherein excluding the curved hook, the third rod is positioned parallel to the first rod,
- wherein the proximal end of the strap extends through the enclosed window of the webbing connector and the portion of the proximal end is connected via sewing or stitching to the strap, and
- wherein the third rod of the webbing connector is configured to be positioned through the opening in at least one slot of the plurality of slots in a distal portion of the strap near the distal end thereof to adjust a working size of the adjustable resistance band.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.