Rigging system for suspension exercise training
AssigneeNautilus, Inc.
InventorGlenn Polinsky
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Abstract
A rigging system is configured for selective attachment to a fixed-point mount (e.g., a beam, a bar, or a door jamb), typically located at a position above the user's head. A handle on the opposite end of the rigging system hangs from this fixed point and is grasped by the user to support a portion of the user's weight while the user performs resistance exercises against a reduced portion of the user's body weight. In some configurations, the fixed point may be a doorjamb above the top of a door. A height adjustment buckle of the rigging system is designed to be positioned generally distal from a structure forming the handle during use of the rigging system.
Claims20
A rigging system for use in performing suspension exercises comprising:
- a first strap including a length;
- a first buckle forming a distal end of the rigging system through which a first end portion of the first strap is threaded and in which the first strap is selectively secured;
- wherein the first buckle further comprises:
- a first buckle body including a span and two sidewalls positioned on opposing sides of the span and connected to the span;
- wherein the sidewalls are defined by respective perimeter edges;
- a resilient bumper surface formed on the perimeter edges of the sidewalls;
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- a retention structure joined to the body that releasably secures the first strap within and with respect to the first buckle at a variety of positions;
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- a handle operatively associated with the first strap.
A rigging system for use in performing suspension exercises comprising:
- a first strap of a first length;
- a second strap of a second length;
- a lower buckle connected to a first end of the first strap, wherein the lower buckle further comprises:
- a lower buckle body that defines a slot through which the second strap passes and a bulkhead around which the second strap loops whereby the second length of the second strap is located below the first length of the first strap when a second end of the first strap is joined to a fixed point located above the second strap such that the first and second straps hang vertically from the fixed point;
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- a retention structure joined to the lower buckle body that releasably secures the second strap within and with respect to the lower buckle at a variety of positions;
- a handle;
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- a third strap connected at both ends to an end of the second strap, wherein the handle is supported by a third length of a portion of the third strap.
A rigging system for use in performing suspension exercises comprising:
- a first strap of a first length;
- a first buckle forming a distal end of the rigging system through which the first length of the first strap is selectively secured;
- a second strap of a second length fixed at a first end to a first end of the first strap, wherein the second length of the second strap is located below the first length of the first strap when a portion of the first strap between the first end and a second end is joined to a fixed point located above the second strap such that the first and second straps hang vertically from the point;
- a second buckle through which the second length of the second strap is selectively secured;
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- a handle connected to a second end of the second strap in a fixed position such that a distance between second end of the second strap and the handle is constant.
A rigging system for use in performing suspension exercises comprising:
- a first strap of a first length;
- a second strap of a second length connected to an end of the first strap;
- an elongate handle connected to the second strap in an orientation normal to the first length of the first strap when the first strap is under tension;
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- an ankle strap in the form of a resilient, self-supporting stirrup connected to the elongate handle, wherein lateral ends of the ankle strap are connected to lateral ends of the elongate handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.