Exercising apparatus with improvements in handle structure, rope arrangement, and clamping means

Abstract

Exercising apparatus comprising in combination an elongate housing with a first surface having a first slot adjacent one end thereof and a second slot adjacent the opposite end thereof; first and second pulleys rotatably supported between opposite sides of the housing and extending out of the first and second slots, respectively; a rope having first and second ends and first and second intermediate portions; first and second handles secured to the first and second ends of the rope, respectively; a clamping device operably associated with the rope for selectively extending or reducing the effective length of the rope; and a loop forming member for securing the first end of the rope around the first handle, the loop forming member having structure readily enabling selective expansion and contraction of the loop to position and secure the first end of the rope at any one of several desired locations on the first handle. The first intermediate portion of the rope extending along a first segment into a first opening of the clamping device, out a second opening of the clamping device, in a U-turn as a second segment into the second opening of the clamping device, out the first opening of the clamping device, and to the second intermediate portion of the rope. The second intermediate portion of the rope extends through the first slot, around the first and second pulleys, through the second slot and to the second end of the rope secured to the second handle. The first handle, at least, includes locating grooves in which the rope may be secured.

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