# US 5,707,324 A · Portable gym

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- Number: US 5,707,324 A
- Document ID: US5707324A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/756,824
- Filed: 1996-11-26
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1996-11-26
- Inventors: Ricky Sam Blake
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5707324A

## CPC

- A63B 21/0004: {Exercising devices moving as a whole during exercise (bar bells or dumb bells A63B21/072; on wheels A63B22/20)}
- A63B 21/0552: {Elastic ropes or bands}
- A63B 21/4007: {to the chest region, e.g. to the back chest}
- A63B 21/4009: {to the waist}
- A63B 21/4013: {to the ankle}
- A63B 21/4015: {to the foot}
- A63B 21/4025: {Resistance devices worn on the user's body (A63B21/065 takes precedence)}
- A63B 21/0442: {Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user}
- A63B 21/0557: {Details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps}
- A63B 21/4017: {to the upper limbs}
- A63B 2208/0204: Standing on the feet
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A belt that can be worn around a person's waist and which has a back support along a portion of the belt. The belt contains loops positioned along the sides of the belt to attach various elastic resistance elements for exercising a person's arms and legs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An exercise device comprising:
belt means adapted to be secured around a user's waist,
said belt means having a length, a thickness, and a width,
said belt having a back support means attached to said belt,
said back support means having a width which is larger than said width of said belt,
said belt having at least two attachment means,
first elastic resistance means secured to each of said at least two attachment means,
said first elastic resistance means having a handle means attached at one end,
second elastic resistance means secured to each of said at least two attachment means,
said second elastic resistance means having a first belt attached at approximately the mid point of said second elastic resistance means, and a second belt attached at an end of said second elastic resistance means,
whereby a user can utilize said first elastic resistance means to exercise their upper body and can utilize said second elastic resistance means to exercise their lower body, while said back support means protects said user's back, and
wherein said first elastic resistance means has a series of apertures at one end, and
a spring clip is attached to one of said aperture, and
said spring clip is also attached to said attachment means.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The exercise device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second elastic resistance means has a series of apertures at one end, and
a spring clip is attached to one of said aperture, and
said spring clip is also attached to said attachment means.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The exercise device as claimed in claim 2, wherein a circular disk having an aperture therein is positioned in one of said apertures, and
said spring clip is attached to said aperture in said circular disk.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The exercise device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a circular disk having an aperture therein is positioned in one of said apertures, and
said spring clip is attached to said aperture in said circular disk.