Patent Application
20240382794
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The disclosure relates to exercise devices and more particularly pertains to a new exercise device for performing resistance exercises in a supine position. The present invention discloses an exercise device enabling a user to perform resistance training while lying on a bed, mat, or floor.
The prior art relates to exercise devices, which may comprise elastic tubing having grips on both ends, which may be formed from the elastic tubing. These exercise devices may include anchoring means or grasps in between the ends. Related prior art comprises elastic tubing having hooks or carabiners at both ends. What is lacking in the prior art is a exercise device comprising an elastic line with foot grips attached to its opposed ends and hand grips attached in between the foot grips.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an elastic line, a pair of foot grips, and a pair of hand grips. The foot grips are attached singly to opposed ends of the elastic line. Each foot grip is configured to selectively attach to a respective foot of a user. A fastener is doubly attached to the elastic line, proximate its opposed ends, and defines a pair of end segments and a loop segment of the elastic line. The hand grips are attached to the loop segment distal from the fastener. Each hand grip is configured to selectively attach to a respective hand of the user. The elastic line is configured to provide resistance to movement of arms and legs of the user, enabling the user to perform a variety of resistance training exercises while in a supine position.
Another embodiment of the disclosure includes a method of resistance training, which comprises a provision step that entails providing an elastic resistance exercising device, according to the disclosure above. Use step of the method are engaging the foot grips to one's feet, engaging the hand grips to one's hands, and moving one or more of one's arms and one's legs such that the elastic line is tensioned.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A fastener 26 is doubly attached to the elastic line 12, proximate its opposed ends 18, and defines a pair of end segments 28 and a loop segment 30 of the elastic line 12. The fastener 26 may comprise a crimp connection 24, as shown in
The hand grips 16 are attached to the loop segment 30 distal from the fastener 26. Each hand grip 16 is configured to selectively attach to a respective hand of the user. A section 34 of the loop segment 30 between the hand grips 16 has a nontensioned length 36 that is shorter than a width of shoulders of the user. Each hand grip 16 and the fastener 26 define a respective subsection 38 of the loop segment 30, with the respective subsection 38 having a nontensioned length 40 that is shorter than a distance between knees and shoulders of the user.
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The elastic line 12 is configured to provide resistance to movement of arms and legs of the user, enabling the user to perform a variety of resistance training exercises while in a supine position. As is made apparent in
The elastic resistance exercising device 10 also may comprise a pair of resistance lines 46, as shown in
The elastic resistance exercising device 10 also may comprise a sack 48, which is sized for insertion of the elastic line 12, the pair of foot grips 14, and the pair of hand grips 16. The sack 48 thus is configured to stow the elastic line 12, the pair of foot grips 14, and the pair of hand grips 16. A sleeve 50 is attached to and extends circumferentially around an open end 52 of the sack 48. A cord 54 is positioned through the sleeve 50 so that opposing end segments 68 of the cord 54 extend through a slit 56 that is positioned in the sleeve 50. The opposing end segments 28 are configured to be grasped in a hand of the user to cinch the open end 52 of the sack 48 closed.
In use, the elastic resistance exercising device 10 enables a method of resistance training 58, which comprises a provision step 60 that entails providing an elastic resistance exercising device 10, according to the specification above. A first use step 62 of the method 58 is engaging the foot grips 14 to one's feet. A second use step 64 of the method 58 is engaging the hand grips 16 to one's hands. A third use step 66 of the method 58 is moving one or more of one's arms and one's legs such that the elastic line 12 is tensioned.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
