# US 8,784,282 B2 · Exercise device and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,784,282 B2 - Document ID: US8784282B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/468,840 - Filed: 2012-05-10 - Published: 2013-11-14 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2012-05-10 - Assignees: Adult Fitness Concepts, LLC - Applicants: David Mandell - Inventors: David Mandell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8784282B2 ## CPC - A63B 23/20: for vaginal muscles {or other sphincter-type muscles} - A61F 5/41: Devices for promoting penis erection - A63B 21/06: User-manipulated weights - A63B 21/065: worn on user's body - A63B 21/15: {Arrangements for force transmissions} - A63B 21/151: {Using flexible elements for reciprocating movements, e.g. ropes or chains} - A63B 21/4001: {Arrangements for attaching the exercising apparatus to the user's body, e.g. belts, shoes or gloves specially adapted therefor (weights worn on the user's body A63B21/065; exoskeletons in general B25J9/0006, for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about A61H3/00)} - A63B 21/4039: {contoured to fit to specific body parts, e.g. back, knee or neck support (arrangements for attaching exercising apparatus to the user's body A63B21/4001; handles, pedals, bars or platforms A63B21/4033)} - A63B 71/0054: {Features for injury prevention on an apparatus, e.g. shock absorbers (mats or the like for absorbing shocks for jumping A63B6/00)} - A63B 2071/0072: {Limiting the applied force, torque, movement or speed} - A63B 2071/0081: {Stopping the operation of the apparatus} - A63B 2209/08: magnetic - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract An exercise device for the pubococcygeus muscle of a male person comprising: a support member having two arms and a base; wherein the arms of support member are configurable to fit around the shaft of the penis of a male person so that the base depends from the penis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An exercise device for the pubococcygeus muscle of a male person, the device comprising: a support member having two arms and a base; at least one supplemental weight magnetically coupleable to said base; wherein the arms of support member are configurable to fit around the shaft of the penis of a male person so that the base depends from the penis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The exercise device of claim 1 wherein the base further comprises an enclosed weight. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The exercise device of claim 1 wherein one of the arms is configured to partially and adjustably nest within the other arm to form a complete ring. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The exercise device of claim 3 wherein one of the arms has a plurality of holes; the other arm has a pin configured for lockable engagement in one of the holes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The exercise device of claim 1 wherein the arms have interlocking portions, the arms being configured so that the interlocking portions are movable relative to each other but still form a closed ring. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The exercise device of claim 1 wherein said base and said supplemental weight each include a magnet. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The exercise device of claim 1 wherein the base further comprises a tab and the supplemental weight further comprises an indentation; and wherein the tab is configured to rest within the indentation when the base and supplemental weight are properly oriented for said magnetic coupling. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The exercise device of claim 5 wherein the base further comprises a slot on a bottom side, the supplemental weight further comprises a key on a top side; and wherein the supplemental weight key is configured for engagement with the base slot for magnetically coupling the supplemental weight to the base. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The exercise device of claim 8 wherein the supplemental weight further comprises a slot on a bottom side for coupling the supplemental weight to an additional supplemental weight. ### Claim 10 An exercise device for the pubococcygeus muscle of a male person, the device comprising: two arms; a base coupled to the two arms, the base further comprising an enclosed weight; and at least one supplemental weight magnetically coupleable to the base; wherein the arms are configured to form an adjustable ring around the shaft of the penis of a male person so that the base depends from the penis. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The exercise device of claim 10 wherein one of the arms is configured to partially and adjustably nest within the other arm to form a complete ring. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The exercise device of claim 11 wherein one of the arms has a plurality of holes and the other arm has a pin configured for lockable engagement in one of the holes. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The exercise device of claim 10 wherein the arms have interlocking portions, the arms being configured so that the interlocking portions are movable relative to each other but still form a closed ring. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The exercise device of claim 10 wherein the base further comprises a magnet, the supplemental weight further comprises a magnet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The exercise device of claim 10 wherein the base further comprises a slot on a bottom side, the supplemental weight further comprises a key on a top side; and wherein the supplemental weight key is configured for engagement with the base slot to couple the supplemental weight to the base. ### Claim 16 A method for exercising the pubococcygeus muscle of a male person, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an exercise device having two arms and a base; (b) placing the arms of the exercise device around an erect penis of the male person such that the device is retained on the penis with the base depending from the penis; (c) selecting at least one supplemental weight; and coupling the at least one supplemental weight to the base; (d) coupling at least one supplemental weight to another supplemental weight that has already been coupled to the base; (d) performing Kegel exercises with the exercise device placed in accordance with step (b). ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein: during step (b), placing the exercise device such that the exercise device is retained at or near the base of the penis.