Exercise device and buckle
AssigneeGaiam Americas, Inc.
InventorsDrew Friedberg, Sean Leyden
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Abstract
An exercise device comprising a handle having two ends, a buckle comprising a receptacle secured to the handle and a clamp secured to the other end of the handle, and an elongate flexible tube. The receptacle and clamp selectively releasably engageable together to join the two ends of the handle and disengageable to separate the two ends of the handle. The receptacle and clamp defining a hole when the receptacle and clamp are releasably engaged. The hole having an outer dimension. The elongate flexible tube sized to be received by the hole and having an enlarged portion. The enlarged portion having a clearance dimension greater than the outer dimension of the hole to prevent the elongate flexible tube from disengaging from the buckle.
Claims12
An exercise device comprising:
- (a) a handle having two ends;
- (b) a buckle comprising a receptacle secured adjacent one end of the handle and a clamp secured adjacent the other end of the handle, the receptacle and clamp selectively releasably engageable together to join the two ends of the handle and disengageable to separate the two ends of the handle, the receptacle and clamp defining a hole when the receptacle and clamp are releasably engaged, the hole having an outer dimension;
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- (c) an elongate flexible tube sized to be received by the hole and having an enlarged portion, the enlarged portion having a clearance dimension greater than the outer dimension of the hole;
- whereby when the elongate flexible tube is received by the hole and the receptacle and clamp are releasably engaged, the elongate flexible tube is engaged with the handle and the enlarged portion prevents the elongate flexible tube from disengaging from the buckle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.