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US 5,203,754 AGranted
Variable resistance leg harness exercise apparatus
OwnerColin R. Macleaninventor
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Abstract
Variable resistance leg harness exercise apparatus includes a belt, leg attachments, foot attachments and stretchable cords attached to the belt and to the leg and foot attachments for enabling the user to perform under an increased load while not changing the user's natural center of gravity and without distorting the natural patterns of the exercise being performed.
Claims18
Exercise apparatus, comprising:
- belt means for adjustable and removable attachment about the waist or mid-section of a human user of said apparatus;
- first and second ring elements attached to said belt means;
- first and second strap means for adjustable and removable attachment about the legs and above the knees of said user;
- third and fourth ring elements attached to said first and second strap means, respectively;
- first and second foot attachment means for removable attachment to the feet of said user;
- fifth and sixth ring elements attached to said first and second foot attachments, respectively;
- a first stretchable cord of predetermined normal length and first and second connecting elements attached to said first cord for removable attachment of said first connecting element to said fifth ring element and for passing said first cord upwardly through said third and first ring elements to be stretched and removably reattached by said second connecting element to said fifth ring element;
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- a second stretchable cord of predetermined normal length and third and fourth connecting elements attached to said second cord for removable attachment of said third connecting element to said sixth ring element and for passing said second cord upwardly through said fourth and second ring elements to be stretched and removably reattached by said fourth connecting element to said sixth ring element.
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Exercise apparatus, comprising:
- belt means for adjustable and removable attachment about the waist or mid-section of a human user of said apparatus;
- first and second ring elements attached to said belt means for positioning above the illium on each side of the user, respectively, when said belt means is worn by the user;
- first and second strap means for adjustable and removable attachment about the legs and above the knees of said user;
- third and fourth ring elements attached to said first and second strap means, respectively for positioning on outer sides of the legs when said strap means are worn by the user;
- first and second foot attachment means for removable attachment to the feet of said user;
- fifth and sixth ring elements attached to said first and second foot attachments, respectively for positioning on outer sides of the ankles when said foot attachment means are worn by the user;
- a first stretchable cord of predetermined normal length;
- first and second connecting elements attached to said first cord for removable attachment of said first connecting element to said fifth ring element and for passing said first cord upwardly through said third ring element to be stretched and removably attached by said second connecting element to said first ring element;
- a second stretchable cord of predetermined normal length;
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- third and fourth connecting elements attached to said second cord for removable attachment of said third connecting element to said sixth ring element and for passing said second cord upwardly through said fourth ring element to be stretched and removably attached by said fourth connecting element to said second ring element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.