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US 9,186,535 B2Granted
System and method for adjusting length of a cord
AssigneeICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
InventorGaylen Ercanbrack
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Abstract
A device for adjusting a length of a cord is disclosed. The device may include a body portion having a channel defined by first and second opposed walls shaped to receive a cord. Each of the first wall and the second wall may include at least one notch shaped to receive the cord in a direction provided at an angle to the channel.
Claims19
A device for adjusting a length of a cord, the device comprising:
- a tubular body portion having a through channel that extends from a first end portion of the tubular body to a second end portion of the tubular body, wherein a length of the through channel is defined by edges of first and second opposed walls shaped to receive a cord, the edges of each of the first wall and the second wall defining at least one notch in each of the first and second walls shaped to receive the cord in a direction provided at an angle to the channel;
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- wherein the through channel includes a channel longitudinal axis and each of the at least one notch includes a notch longitudinal axis, the channel longitudinal axis being substantially perpendicular to each of the notch longitudinal axes.
A method for adjusting a length of a resistance band, the method comprising:
- providing a resistance band and a length adjustment device, the length adjustment device having a tubular body with a through channel extending from a first end portion of the tubular body to a second end portion of the tubular body, wherein a length of the through channel is defined by edges of first and second opposed walls, each of the first wall and the second wall also defining at least one notch in each of the first and second walls, respectively;
- threading in one end of the resistance band through one of the at least one notch;
- wrapping a portion of the threaded resistance band around the length adjustment device;
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- threading out the resistance band through the other of the at least one notch;
- wherein the through channel includes a channel longitudinal axis and each of the at least one notch includes a notch longitudinal axis, the channel longitudinal axis being substantially perpendicular to each of the notch longitudinal axes.
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An exercise device for facilitating resistance band exercises, the exercise device comprising:
- a length adjustment device having a tubular body portion with a length of a through channel defined by edges of a first wall and a second wall, each of the first wall and the second wall defining at least one notch in each of the first and second walls provided at an angle, wherein the device includes a smallest diameter at a lateral center and a largest diameter at first and second ends flanking the lateral center;
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- a resistance band adapted to be engaged relative to the length adjustment device and secured at various lengths thereof;
- wherein the through channel includes a channel longitudinal axis and each of the at least one notch includes a notch longitudinal axis, the channel longitudinal axis being substantially perpendicular to each of the notch longitudinal axes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.