US 2003/0158024 A1 · Door mounted deadman for exercise devices

Abstract

A door-mounted strap extends around a door in the vertical direction, typically being placed medially of the door. On the deadman side of the door, the strap is continuous as it faces the exerciser. On a face of the door, away from the exerciser, the strap has a tension-locking clamp, typically a ladder lock, enabling the tightened door-mounted strap to snugly surround the door. Extending from the door top to the door bottom on exerciser's side of the door is a back-mounting strip that exceeds in width and underlies the door-mounted strap. This back-mounting strip is sewn at intervals to enclose the horizontally disposed linear back members of D-rings at approximate 10-inch intervals. Removable and attachable elastic members are provided for fastening to the arcuate portions of the D-rings. These D-rings and elastic members are provided in combination with handholds, limb straps, at the like to enable standing, sitting or prone exercise positions between the D-rings at the deadman and the exerciser.

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Dependent claims

In combination, a deadman with door mounted exercise device support points comprising in combination:

a door having a top closing across a lintel, a bottom, and two sides closing across door jambs in a building structure, the door having opening and closing faces on opposite sides thereof;
a door-mounted strap extending continuously around a door in the vertical direction from the top of the door to the bottom of the door across the opening and closing faces of the door;
a tension-locking clamp on one side of the door for maintaining the strap in a snug surround over the door;
a back-mounted strip between a door face and the door-mounted strap for distributing loading on the strap to the door;
and,
a series of D-rings fastened between the door mounted strap and back-mounted strip for forming exercise device support points to enable the door under urging of the door-mounted strap to act as a plate urged on a unitary basis into the lintel and doorjambs whereby distribution of exercise induced strain is distributed at the door periphery into the surrounding building structure.

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A process of securing a deadman to a door to enable points on the deadman to be used as anchor points for an exercise device comprising the steps of:

providing a door having a top closing across a lintel, a bottom, and two sides closing across door jambs in a building structure, the door having opening and closing faces on opposite sides thereof;
providing a door-mounted strap;
placing the door mounting strap to extend continuously around the door in the vertical direction from the top of the door to the bottom of the door across the opening and closing faces of the door;
providing a tension-locking clamp to at least one end of the strap;
locking the strap to the door with a tension-locking clamp on one side of the door for maintaining the strap in a snug surround over the door;
providing a back-mounted strip between a door face and the door-mounted strap for distributing loading on the strap to the door;
and,
placing a series of D-rings fastened between the door mounted strap and back-mounted strip for forming exercise device support points to enable the door under urging of the strap to act as a plate urged on a unitary basis into the lintel and door jambs whereby distribution of exercise induced strain is distributed at the door periphery into the surrounding building structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Door mounted deadman for exercise devices

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