Elastic tubing terminator
AssigneeBalanced Body, Inc.
InventorChristopher J. Savarino
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Abstract
A tubing terminator is disclosed having two parts that are threaded together to receive and capture an expanded end portion of an elastic tube without exerting a compressive force against the expanded end portion of the tubing. The terminator has a C shaped handle and a threaded cap which together capture the end portion therebetween. A kit for terminating a free end of an elastic tubing resistance member includes a ball sized to be inserted into one end of an elastic tubing resistance member so as to expand the end of the elastic resistance member, a C shaped handle for receiving therein an expanded end of the elastic tubing resistance member, and a tubular cap removably fastenable to the handle to capture and retain the expanded end of the elastic tube in the handle.
Claims19
A tubing terminator comprising:
- a C shaped handle for receiving therein an expanded end portion of an elastic tubing resistance member;
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- a tubular cap removably fastened to the handle to capture and retain the expanded end portion of the elastic tube in the handle.
The terminator according to claim 9 wherein the top of the cap is open permitting a portion of the tubing end to pass therethrough and the top has a radial flange extending inward to prevent an expanded end portion of the tubing to pass through the top.
A kit for replaceably terminating an end of an elastic tubing resistance member comprising:
- a stopper sized to be inserted into one end of an elastic tubing resistance member so as to produce an expanded end of the elastic resistance member;
- a C shaped handle for receiving therein the expanded end of the elastic tubing resistance member;
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- a tubular cap removably fastenable to the handle to capture and retain the expanded end of the elastic tubing member in the handle.
The kit according to claim 11 wherein the handle is a solid C shaped body adapted to fit around the expanded end of the elastic tubing resistance member, the body having a threaded end portion, a radial flange portion and a tapered end portion, each of the portions having a central axial bore therethrough, and a common radial slot intersecting the central bore to form the generally C shape of the handle.
The kit according to claim 12 wherein the cap has a top, a bottom, and a threaded side wall for mating with and engaging the threaded end portion of the handle.
The kit according to claim 13 wherein the top of the cap is open and the top has a pair of opposing radial flanges extending inward to prevent passage of the expanded end portion of an elastic tubing resistance member therethrough.
The kit according to claim 15 wherein the central axial bore through the thread portion of the handle has a taper shape and the central axial bore through the tapered portion of the handle has a straight shape.
The kit according to claim 19 wherein the top of the cap is open permitting a portion of the tubing end to pass therethrough and the top includes a radial flange extending inward to prevent an expanded end portion of the tubing to pass through the top.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.