# US 2014/0155229 A1 · Exercise apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0155229 A1
- Document ID: US20140155229A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/690,193
- Filed: 2012-11-30
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30
- Inventors: Gorgi Nikkaran
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155229A1

## CPC

- A63B 21/068: using user's body weight
- A63B 21/154: {using special pulley-assemblies}
- A63B 21/1663: {for anchoring between a door and the door frame}
- A63B 21/4009: {to the waist}
- A63B 23/03541: {Moving independently from each other (A63B22/00 takes precedence)}
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

An exercise apparatus includes a mounting assembly and a pulley assembly coupled to the mounting assembly. The pulley assembly includes a first pulley and a second pulley. A first pulley cable is positioned about the first pulley for movement relative thereto and a second pulley cable is positioned about the second for movement relative thereto. The first pulley cable includes a first end and a second end and the second pulley cable includes a first end and a second end. A first handle is coupled to the first end of the first pulley cable and a second handle is coupled to the first end of the second pulley cable and the second end of the second pulley cable.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An exercise apparatus, comprising:
a mounting assembly;
a pulley assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, the pulley assembly includes a first pulley and a second pulley;
a first pulley cable is positioned about the first pulley for movement relative thereto and a second pulley cable is positioned about the second for movement relative thereto, the first pulley cable includes a first end and a second end and the second pulley cable includes a first end and a second end;
a first handle is coupled to the first end of the first pulley cable and a second handle is coupled to the first end of the second pulley cable;
a body engaging assembly is coupled to the both the second end of the first pulley cable and the second end of the second pulley cable.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pulley assembly includes a support bar from which a coupling bar for releasably securing the pulley assembly to the mounting assembly extends.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pulley assembly includes a first pulley and a second pulley extending from the support bar.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the. support bar includes first end and second end, and the first end of the support bar includes a first O-ring to which the first pulley is secured and a second O-ring to which the second pulley is secured.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first pulley is releasably secured to the first O-ring and the second pulley is releasably secured to the second O-ring.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of die mounting assembly includes an abutment member and the second end of the mounting assembly includes a releasable coupling member allowing for selective attachment of the pulley assembly to the mounting assembly.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the releasable coupling member of the mounting assembly is a carbineer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, further including an adjustable coupling strap securing the pulley assembly to the mounting assembly.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first handle is releasably coupled to the first end of the first pulley cable and the second handle is releasably coupled to the first end of the second pulley cable.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the body engaging assembly is a belt shaped and dimensioned for positioning about a waste of a user as he or she exercisers.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the belt includes an elongated body with an inner surface and an outer surface, as well as a first end and a second end, and the respective first end of the elongated body and the second end of the elongated body are provided with mating fastening members allowing for releasable attachment of the belt about the waist of a user.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the belt includes flat and second O-rings used to releasably securing the second ends of the first and second pulley cables to the elongated body.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The exercise apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first and second O-rings are positioned along the outer surface of the elongated body