Exercise roll bar device
OwnerJim Wallace Sargentinventor
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Abstract
An exercise device and method that is suitable to provide lateral stabilization of the exerciser performing a squatting exercise is provided. The device includes an exercise bar, and wheels that are located, in some implementation, at least the width of a doorframe. Some embodiments of the exercise bar further include a means to adjust its length and to cause vertical resistance. The lateral stabilization method includes the steps of aligning the wheels of the wheeled exercise bar to properly engage the vertical guiding surface; and engaging the vertical guiding surface with the wheels of the wheeled exercise bar such that the wheels roll with sufficient frictional or normal force thereon to provide lateral stabilization to the user.
Claims8
An exercise device comprising:
- a gripping member configured to be suitable for gripping with both hands by a user, the gripping member being further configured with at least two end portions, the end portions joined with an adjustment member that enables a length of the gripping member to be adjusted within a predetermined range;
- an adjustment member cover covering the adjustment member that provides safety to the user;
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- two wheels disposed about and rotatably joined to the end portions of the gripping member, each of the wheels comprising a width greater than a diameter of the wheels and a plurality of circumferential grooves for rolling on a vertical surface where horizontal stability is improved at least by the horizontal constraining tendency of normal and frictional forces generated as the wheels engage the vertical surface, the wheels further being configured to engage a vertical motion guide wherein each of the wheels is joined to a one of the end portions in a manner such that sides of each of the wheels are substantially unobstructed for engagement to the vertical motion guide, thereby assisting the user to balance against the vertical motion guide while performing a squat exercise within a space provided by the vertical motion guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.