Adjustable asymmetric-resistance upper body exerciser
OwnerDaniel J. Weber, Jeffery A. Weberinventors
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Abstract
A device for exercising a user's upper body, including a waist mountable assembly secured about the waist of the user, a frame member extending from the belt and including a proximal and a pair of distal ends, wherein the distal ends are located to the rear of the user and below a transverse plane of the user generally including the belt. A flexible cord member is associated with each distal end and coupled to a pair of hand attachment elements. A resistance force is transferred by the cord member for providing a force opposing exercise movement of each hand attachment means during use, the force generally directed to the associated distal end of an extending portion of the frame member during use.
Claims16
An improved exercise device comprising:
- a belt for encircling a waist of a user;
- a securement device selectively retaining the belt about the waist of the user;
- a frame member extending from the belt and including a proximal end and a pair of distal ends, wherein the distal ends are located to the rear of the user and below a transverse plane of the user generally including the belt;
- a flexible cord member associated with each distal end;
- a pair of hand coupling structure for coupling the cord member to hands of the user;
- a variable tension device operatively cooperating with the cord member for providing forces opposing exercise movement of each hand coupling structure during use;
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- a low friction member positioned on the frame member near each distal end forming a path for the cord member, whereby the forces are generally directed to the distal ends of the extending frame member during use.
An improved exercise device, comprising:
- a belt device, said belt device being secured generally proximate the waist of a user;
- a frame member coupled to the belt device, said frame member being generally T-shaped including a central trunk portion and a pair of extending arms, wherein the frame member extends rearwardly from the belt portion and further includes a distal end on each extending arm, and wherein the distal ends are located away from the belt device and at a predetermined distance below the waist of the user;
- a flexible cord of a predetermined length;
- a hand coupling device configured to be manipulated by at least part of users hand, said hand coupling device being secured to the flexible cord;
- a variable resistance device in frictional contact with the cord for opposing exercise movement of the hand coupling device during exercise use;
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- a pair of low friction elements disposed at the distal ends of the frame member and forming paths for the cord, whereby during exercise use, forces are generally directed to the distal ends of frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.