# US 7,465,259 B2 · Exercise apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,465,259 B2 - Document ID: US7465259B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/523,293 - Filed: 2006-09-20 - Published: 2008-04-03 - Granted: 2008-12-16 - Earliest claimed: 2006-09-20 - Inventors: Harry Mok - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7465259B2 ## CPC - A63B 21/0552: {Elastic ropes or bands} - A63B 21/0004: {Exercising devices moving as a whole during exercise (bar bells or dumb bells A63B21/072; on wheels A63B22/20)} - A63B 21/00043: {Exercising devices consisting of a pair of user interfaces connected by flexible elements, e.g. two handles connected by elastic bands (skipping ropes A63B5/20; resilient elements A63B21/02)} - A63B 21/00185: {using resistance provided by the user, e.g. exercising one body part against a resistance provided by another body part (A63B21/068 takes precedence; isometric exercise A63B21/0023)} - A63B 21/0414: {with both ends stationary during the actual exercise, i.e. moving only at intermediate locations} - A63B 21/0428: {the ends moving relatively by linear reciprocation} - A63B 21/0442: {Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user} - A63B 21/0555: {Details of the rope or band, e.g. shape or colour coding} - A63B 21/0724: {Bar-bells; Hand bars} - A63B 21/4035: {for operation by hand} - A63B 2071/027: {using player's own weight, e.g. on a platform} - A63B 2208/0204: Standing on the feet - A63B 2208/0238: with stretched legs, like on a bed - A63B 2210/50: Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract An exercise apparatus that is lightweight, easily transported, inexpensive and easy to use in performing a wide variety of exercises, the exercise apparatus including a rigid shaft formed of interconnectable limbs having a pair of spaced sleeve-sliders thereon and opposing end caps that receive a long resilient band having side lengths stretched along the staff and the sleeve-sliders thereon, and with each end cap also receiving a short resilient band with a handle thereon. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An exercise apparatus comprising a rigid staff formed from rigid limbs connected end-to-end; an end cap on each opposite end of said staff; a long resilient endless band stretched between said end caps; and a short resilient endless band attached to each of said end caps. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An exercise apparatus as in claim 1, wherein each end cap has a first hole therethrough, said hole extending transverse to the axis of said end caps and said rigid staff; a slot formed in the end of each said end cap remote from the staff attached thereto, said slot extending through the end cap transverse to the axis of the staff and into the first hole; and wherein the long resilient endless band is stretched and passed through the slot and into said first hole of each said end cap. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) An exercise apparatus as in claim 2, further including a second hole through each said end cap and engaging the slot formed in said end cap; and wherein each short resilient band is passed through a said second hole. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) An exercise apparatus as in claim 3, further including handles formed centrally of side lengths of the long resilient endless band. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) An exercise apparatus as in claim 4, further including handles formed on each of the short resilient endless bands. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An exercise apparatus as in claim 1,wherein the rigid staff has a length of between eighty cm and one-hundred cm. ### Claim 7 An exercise apparatus comprising a rigid staff; an end cap on each opposite end of said staff; a long resilient endless band stretched between said end caps; a short resilient endless band attached to each of said end caps; and a pair of spaced apart sleeve-sliders movable on the staff and movable towards and away from one another. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) An exercise apparatus as in claim 7, wherein the sleeve-sliders are telescoped on and are slidable along the staff. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) An exercise apparatus as in claim 8, wherein the long resilient endless band has side lengths extending alongside the staff between the ends of said staff and alongside the sleeve-sliders. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) An exercise apparatus as in claim 9, wherein each end cap has a first hole therethrough, said hole extending transverse to the axis of said end caps and said rigid staff; a slot formed in the end of each said end cap remote from the staff attached thereto, said slot extending through the end cap transverse to the axis of the staff and into the first hole; and wherein the long resilient endless band is stretched and passed through said first hole of each said end cap. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) An exercise apparatus as in claim 10, further including a second hole through each said end cap and engaging the slot formed in said end cap; and wherein each short resilient band is passed through a said second hole. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) An exercise apparatus as in claim 11, further including handles formed centrally of side lengths of the long resilient endless band. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) An exercise apparatus as in claim 12, further including handles formed on each of the short resilient endless bands. ### Claim 14 An exercise apparatus comprising a long rigid shaft; a long resilient cordless band stretched from end-to-end of said staff, said long resilient cordless band including a pair of side lengths extending alongside said staff and ends interconnecting opposite ends of said side lengths at opposite ends of said shaft; and a pair of spaced apart grasping means reciprocably movable along said shaft towards and away from one another, each said means having said side lengths extending close thereto, whereby at least one said side length can be grasped during reciprocable movement of the said spaced apart grasping means along said shaft. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) An exercise apparatus as in claim 14, wherein the rigid staff is formed from rigid limbs connected end-to-end. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) An exercise apparatus as in claim 14, wherein said rigid staff includes an end cap on the end of each limb remote from the end-to-end connection of said limbs. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) An exercise apparatus as in claim 16, wherein each end cap has a first hole therethrough, said hole extending transverse to the axis of said end caps and said rigid staff; a slot formed in the end of each said end cap remote from the limb attached thereto, said slot extending through the end cap transverse to the axis of the limb and into the first hole; and wherein the long resilient endless band is stretched and passed through said first hole of each said end cap. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) An exercise apparatus as in claim 17, further including a second hole through each said end cap and engaging the slot formed in said end cap; and wherein each short resilient band is passed through a said second hole. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) An exercise apparatus as in claim 18, further including handles formed centrally of side lengths of the long resilient endless band. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) An exercise apparatus as in claim 19, further including handles formed on each of the short resilient endless bands. ### Claim 21 An exercise apparatus comprising a rigid staff; an end cap on each opposite end of said staff; a long resilient endless band stretched between said end caps with opposite ends of said long resilient endless band secured to said end caps on said rigid staff and the lengths of said long resilient band between said opposite ends of said long resilient endless band extending alongside the longitudinal length of said rigid staff; a short resilient band attached one of said end caps; and another short resilient band attached to the other of said end caps. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) An exercise apparatus as in claim 21, wherein the rigid staff is formed from rigid limbs connected end-to-end.