U.S. patent application number 13/317501 was filed with the patent office on 2012-04-26 for abdominal exercise device.
Invention is credited to Jill Brown, James Tilton, Douglas James Wille.
Application Number | 20120100968 13/317501 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 45973483 |
Filed Date | 2012-04-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20120100968 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Tilton; James ; et
al. |
April 26, 2012 |
Abdominal exercise device
Abstract
Improved strap type exercising devices comprising an attaching
band having an attaching member for attachment to a door knob or
the like and two D rings supported by the band together with a pair
of straps each extending slidably through a respective one of said
D rings and having handles formed at each end of said straps with
ankle straps attached to each of said straps adjacent one end
thereof, said straps being movable individually or in unison, as
desired.
Inventors: |
Tilton; James; (Los Angeles,
CA) ; Brown; Jill; (Los Angeles, CA) ; Wille;
Douglas James; (Santa Monica, CA) |
Family ID: |
45973483 |
Appl. No.: |
13/317501 |
Filed: |
October 20, 2011 |
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Patent Number |
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61394860 |
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
482/131 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 2022/0038 20130101;
A63B 21/4043 20151001; A63B 21/068 20130101; A63B 21/151 20130101;
A63B 22/001 20130101; A63B 21/0442 20130101; A63B 2022/0041
20130101; A63B 21/1645 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/131 |
International
Class: |
A63B 21/00 20060101
A63B021/00 |
Claims
1. An exercising device comprising: an attaching strap supporting
supporting a pair of D rings, a pair of inelastic straps each
slidably extending through a respective one of said D rings, and
handles provided at each end of each of said straps.
2. The exercising device of claim 1 further comprising: ankle
straps attached to said straps spaced from the handles adjacent one
end of said straps.
3. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein: said attaching straps
comprises a loop and has an anchor connecting the ends of said
loop.
4. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein: said straps may be
moved through said D rings in unison or separately, as desired.
5. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein: said attaching strap
may be attached to a door or other stable object.
6. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein: said attaching strap
is secured to a fixed member approximately three feet above the
exercise surface.
7. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein: said attaching strap
is secured above the top of a door.
8. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein: the user's body parts
serve as weights which are moved by the various muscles.
9. The exercising device of claim 1 wherein: when said attaching
straps is secured above the top of a door two exercisers can
exercise simultaneously on a single exercise device.
Description
RELATED CASES
[0001] This invention is described in my copending Provisional
Application, Ser. No. 61/394,860, filed Oct. 20, 2010 and now
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FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to exercising equipment and is
particularly directed to improved equipment for abdominal
exercise.
BACKGROUND
[0003] Strap type exercising devices have been known heretofore.
However, the prior art strap type exercising device have been
intended to hang from a high point, such as the top of a door, and
have served for exercising a wide variety body muscles. However,
the prior art strap type devices have not served well for floor
type exercises or for exercising abdominal muscles or individually
exercising arm and leg muscles. Thus, none of the prior art strap
type exercising devices have been entirely satisfactory.
BRIEF SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF INVENTION
[0004] These disadvantages of the prior art are overcome with the
present invention and improved strap type exercising devices are
proposed which are especially useful for floor type exercises and
for strengthening abdominal muscles.
[0005] These advantages of the present invention are preferably
attained by providing improved strap type exercising devices
comprising an attaching band having an attaching member for
attachment to a door knob or the like and two D rings supported by
the band together with a pair of straps each extending slidably
through a respective one of said D rings and having handles formed
at each end of said straps with ankle straps attached to each of
said straps adjacent one end thereof, said straps being movable
individually or in unison, as desired, thereby enabling the user to
use their muscles to pull their own body weight during
exercising.
[0006] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to
provide improved exercising equipment.
[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide
improved strap type exercising equipment.
[0008] An additional object of the present invention is to provide
improved strap type exercising devices are which are especially
useful for floor type exercises.
[0009] A further object of the present invention is to provide
improved strap type exercising devices are proposed which are
especially useful for floor type exercises and for strengthening
abdominal muscles.
[0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide
improved strap type exercising devices comprising an attaching band
having two D rings supported by the band together with a pair of
straps each extending slidably through a respective one of said D
rings and having handles formed at each end of said straps with
ankle straps attached to each of said straps adjacent one end
thereof, said straps being movable individually or in unison, as
desired.
[0011] A specific object of the present invention is to provide
improved strap type exercising devices comprising an attaching band
having an attaching member for attachment to a door knob or the
like and two D rings supported by the band together with a pair of
straps each extending slidably through a respective one of said D
rings and having handles formed at each end of said straps with
ankle straps attached to each of said straps adjacent one end
thereof, said straps being movable individually or in unison, as
desired, thereby enabling the user to use their muscles to pull
their own body weight during exercising.
[0012] These and other objects and features of the present
invention will be apparent from the following detailed description,
taken with reference to the figures of the accompanying
drawing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0013] FIG. 1 is a front view of an exercising device embodying the
present invention; and
[0014] FIG. 2 is an isometric view showing a person using the
exercising device of FIG. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0015] In thar form of the present invention chose for purposes of
illustration, FIG. 1 shows an exercising device, indicated
generally at 10 comprising an attaching strap 12 having an anchor
14 and a pair of D rings 16 and 18 supported from the anchor 14 by
suitable bands 20 and 22. As shown, a pair of inelastic straps 24
and 26 extend slidably through the D rings 16 and 18 and have
handles 28, 30, 32 and 34 provided and the ends of the straps 24
and 26. Finally, ankle straps 36 and 38 are provided spaced from
the handles 32 and 34. Alternatively, the user could attach the
attaching strap 12 to the head of a bed and lie on the bed to
perform the exercises. Again, if desired, the attaching strap 12
could be attached to a tree trunk and the user could lie on the
ground adjacent the tree to do the exercises. It will be seen that,
with the system of the present invention, the user's body parts
serve as weights which are pulled by the various muscles.
[0016] In use, the attaching strap 12 is attached to a suitable
fixed member approximately three feet above the exercise surface,
such as knob 40 of door 41, and the user 42 lies on the floor with
his hands gripping the handles 28 and 30 and his feet extending
through the ankle straps 36 and 38 and engaging handles 32 and 34.
Since the straps 24 and 26 are freely slideable through the D rings
16 and 18, the straps 24 and 26 may be moved in unison or
separately, as desired. This enables the user 42 to perform a wide
variety of floor exercise, including those which are especially
useful for toning the abdominal muscles. It will be seen that, with
the exercising device 10, the user can perform crunches, bent leg
tucks, double leg lifts, scissor kicks, bicycle exercises, reverse
crunches, wood chops, alternating leg tucks, V-ups, oblique
crunches, windshield wipers and numerous other floor exercises.
Moreover, if desired, the anchor 14 may be placed above the top of
the door 41 to allow the exercise device 10 to be used to perform
other exercises, in a manner similar to those of other strap
exercise devices. Moreover, when attached to the top of a door, a
first exerciser can use one set of straps 24 and a second exerciser
can simultaneously perform the same type of exercises using the
second set of straps 26.
[0017] Obviously, if desired, a rope or other attaching means could
be used to attach the attaching strap 12 to a tree or other
free-standing support. In addition, other variations and
modifications can, obviously, be made without departing from the
spirit of the present invention. Therefore, it should be clearly
understood that the forms of the present invention described above
and shown in the figures of the accompanying drawings are
illustrative only and are not intended to limit the scope of the
present invention.
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