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US 5,628,713 AGranted
Multi purpose exercise poles with many optional attachments
OwnerWillian T. Wilkinsoninventor
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Abstract
An adjustable exercise device having at least two shafts. The exercise device has a novel adjustment means. It is also possible to attach weights or an electronics package an offset or removable tips, to the exercise device.
Claims30
A pole device for the aiding of forward movement comprising
- (a) a hollow outer tubular shaft having a plurality of aligned holes,
- (b) an inner tubular shaft having a plurality of aligned holes wherein said inner tubular shaft has a smaller diameter then said outer tubular shaft and said inner tubular shaft fits inside said outer tubular shaft to form a pole said pole has a top end and a bottom end,
- (c) an adjustment and locking means which fits inside said holes of said outer shaft and inner shaft,
- (d) a handle attached to said shaft at the top end of the pole,
- (e) means for exercising a user's arms during the course of forward movement of the user's legs, during relative movement of the user's arms with respect to the user's body while said handle is gripped by the user's hand during the course of forward movement of the user's legs,
- (f) a weight attached to one of said shafts either on the inside or the outside of said shaft below said handle or attached as said handle,
- (g) said handle is attached to a top end of said device and said handle is capable of bring gripped by user's hand, said device having a bottom end, said device being of sufficient length for the user to grip said handle during the course of forward movement while said bottom end of said device touches a ground surface, and
- (h) the touching of said bottom end with the surface comprising a push-off means to assist the user in moving forward.
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A method of exercising comprising moving a pole wherein the pole comprises:
- (a) a handle
- (b) a first shaft,
- (c) a second shaft connected to said first shaft, wherein one of said first and second shafts is an outer shaft and the other of said shafts is an inner shaft, with said inner shaft being telescopically mounted in said outer shaft to comprise a telescopic assembly, whereby said telescopic assembly has a ground contacting surface remote from said handle, with said handle being separate and distinct from said telescopic assembly,
- (d) a weight attached to one of said shafts either on the inside or the outside of said shaft below said handle or attached as said handle, and
- (e) said exercise device being of sufficient length whereby said exercise device has said handle attached to a top end of said device and said handle is capable of being gripped by user's hand and a bottom end of said device which touches a ground surface wherein said pole has one end of an exercise cord attached to said pole and the other end of said exercise cord attached to a belt on the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.