US 2014/0194259 A1 · ExerThighzer

Abstract

The ExerThighzer is an apparatus for securing a dumbbell to a person's leg to enable the wearer to exercise the muscles of the leg by performing various leg exercises. The apparatus has the complete ability to strengthen the entire thigh by allowing a full contraction and extension of the quadriceps and biceps femoris muscles and allows for the abduction and adduction of the thigh muscles. The apparatus is equipped with a cushioned cuff that is strapped around the lower leg and can be used by any individual and is adaptable to varying amounts of weight. The apparatus provides users with alternative forms of exercise utilizing dumbbells that are locked into the housing unit in a way previously unable to be used for such exercises.

Claims6

Dependent claims

An apparatus for attaching a dumbbell to a leg comprising:

a substantially rigid leg attachment housing comprised of at least two halves connected together by a hinge and possessing an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter being releasably attachable to a leg;
a dumbbell attachment housing possessing a means of securing a dumbbell within the housing;
and a strap connected to the leg attachment housing capable of securing the leg attachment housing in a closed position around a leg.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/101,288Filed 24 Feb 2014

Priority

7 Jan 2013

Published

10 Jul 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A63B 21/4013
To the lower limbs: to the ankle
A63B 21/065
User-manipulated weights: worn on user's body
A63B 23/04
For limbs, i.e. upper or lower limbs, e.g. simultaneously: for lower limbs
A63B 21/0726
Dumb-bells, bar-bells or the like , e.g. weight discs having an integral peripheral handle: dumb bells, i.e. with a central bar to be held by a…

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