Hand-held abdominal muscle exercise device
OwnerTimothy Deon Wimberinventor
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Abstract
A hand-held abdominal muscle exercise device includes a substantially rigid handle assembly which has a pair of hand-grip portions that are held in a spaced, generally parallel position by a transversely extending cross-member. The exercise device is used by a person in performing twisting type abdominal exercises to maintain the person's upper body in proper exercise position relative to the person's lower body to effectively exercise abdominal muscles at the person's waist. The exercise device may include a fixed or pivoting abdominal support adapted to engage and be firmly pressed against the waist of the person during exercise to massage the user's abdominal muscles to provide enhanced blood flow and stimulation thereof.
Claims53
A hand-held abdominal muscle exercise device for use by a person in performing abdominal exercises which when held in the person's hands maintains the person's upper body in proper exercise position relative to the person's lower body to effectively exercise abdominal muscles at the person's waist, the exercise device comprising:
- a substantially rigid handle assembly which includes a pair of hand-grip portions that are held in a spaced, generally parallel position by a transversely extending cross-member;
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- wherein the exercise device is used by the person while a standing position with feet slightly spaced on a supporting floor surface by grasping said hand-grip portions such that the person's hands are positioned with palms inwardly facing in a parallel, laterally spaced position parallel to the person's upper body, and wherein alternating direction twisting of the upper body with exercise device at the waist relative to the lower body strengthens the abdominal muscles due to alternating inertia and momentum forces of the exercise device and the person's upper body during such alternating twisting, the exercise device forcing the person's body to assume the correct posture and path of motion as well as the ideal range of movement for targeting the abdominal muscles.
The exercise device of claim I, wherein the handle assembly comprises an elongate tube having a transversely extending portion comprising the cross-member and at least one bend adjacent each opposite end portions thereof which form the hand grip portions.
A hand-held abdominal muscle exercise device for use by a person in performing abdominal exercises which when held in the person's hands maintains the person's upper body in proper exercise position relative to the person's lower body to effectively exercise abdominal muscles at the person's waist, the exercise device comprising:
- a substantially rigid handle assembly of a generally doughnut shape which includes a pair of hand-grip portions disposed at opposite sides of said handle assembly that are held in a spaced, generally parallel position;
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- wherein the exercise device is used by the person while a standing position with feet slightly spaced on a supporting floor surface by grasping said hand-grip portions such that the person's hands are positioned with palms inwardly facing in a parallel, laterally spaced position perpendicular to the person's upper body, and wherein alternating direction twisting of the upper body with exercise device at the waist relative to the lower body strengthens the abdominal muscles due to alternating inertia and momentum forces of the exercise device and the person's upper body during such alternating twisting, the exercise device forcing the person's body to assume the correct posture and path of motion as well as the ideal range of movement for targeting the abdominal muscles.
A hand-held abdominal muscle exercise device for use by a person in performing abdominal exercises which when held in the person's hands maintains the person's upper body in proper exercise position relative to the person's lower body to effectively exercise abdominal muscles at the person's waist, the exercise device comprising:
- a substantially rigid handle assembly which includes a pair of hand-grip portions that are held in a spaced, generally parallel position by a transversely extending cross-member;
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- an abdominal support which is pivotally connected to said handle assembly centrally of and substantially perpendicular to said hand-grip portions, said abdominal support being adapted to engage the person's waist;
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- wherein the exercise device is used by the person while a standing position with feet slightly spaced on a supporting floor surface by grasping said hand-grip portions such that the person's hands are positioned with palms inwardly facing in a parallel, laterally spaced position parallel to the person's upper body with said abdominal support firmly pressed against the person's waist, wherein alternating direction twisting of the upper body with exercise device at the waist relative to the lower body strengthens the abdominal muscles due to alternating inertia and momentum forces of the exercise device and the person's upper body during such alternating twisting, the exercise device forcing the person's body to assume the correct posture and path of motion as well as the ideal range of movement for targeting the abdominal muscles, and wherein said abdominal support pressed against the person's waist acts to massage the abdominal muscles so that during exercise the abdominal muscles get adequate blood flow and stimulation for maximum exercise effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.