Exercising from home has become commonplace in our post-pandemic world. As many adjust to exercising at home, our approach to strength training has had to adapt to our new fitness environments. Exercise equipment used primarily for strength training in gyms is bulky and incompatible for home use. Additionally, the current exercise equipment on the market that has been adapted for home use does not provide adequate resistance for strength training. There is a clear need for exercise equipment that is portable, compact, and most importantly, provides adequate resistance for strength training.
Exemplary embodiments describe an exercise device having a first handle and a second handle wherein each of said first and second handles are constructed and arranged to facilitate adjustable resistance within a cylindrical chamber. The cylindrical chamber is comprised of exemplary embodiments that facilitate tension resistance for activities including, but not limited to, hand stretch, chest stretch, upper back stretch, hand compression, chest compression, upper back compression, and the like.
The exemplary embodiments may be further understood with reference to the following description and the appended drawings, wherein like elements are referred to with the same reference numerals. The exemplary embodiments provide an adjustable tension resistance exercise device that primarily works the upper body and is suitable to be used as home strength training exercise equipment.
In the example of
The fixed component 104 allows for inward and outward movements of the handles 102 and also allows the user to change the desired resistance by using the knob 108. The fixed component 104 may be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise. The fixed component 104, can only be rotated a maximum of 180 degrees whenever the handles 102 are pushed inwards (non-extended), or pulled outwards (extended). The inward motion is clockwise, and the outward motion is counterclockwise. The rack spur gear 111 of the fixed component 104 acts in conjunction with the rack spurs 106 to transform rotational motion to linear motion. Specifically, there is a first rack spur 106 that engages the fixed component 104 at a first orthogonal side of the fixed component 104 and a second rack spur 106 that engages the fixed component 104 at a second orthogonal side of the fixed component 104, where the first and second orthogonal sides are 180 degrees apart. Each rack spur 106 is attached to a rod 103 which in turn is attached to each handle 102. Each magnetic bracket 105 resides next to each rack spur 106 within the inner wall of the cylindrical chamber 101, and is attached to springs 107, chords 109, and magnetic bracket brace 112.
The cylindrical chamber 101 also includes the knob 108 that extends from an outer wall of the cylindrical chamber 101 such that a user has access to the knob 108. The user may change the resistance of the adjustable tension resistance exercise device 100 by turning the knob 108, which moves independently from the fixed component 104. If the knob 108 is rotated, the fixed component 104 will not rotate. When the fixed component 104 rotates, the knob 108 does not move.
The fixed component 104 allows for the change in the resistance. The magnetic brackets 105 are configured to move with respect to the knob 108, chords 109, and magnetic bracket brace 112. Each magnetic bracket 105 is coupled to two springs 107, a chord 109 (which bisect the magnetic brackets 105 and are attached at the base of the magnetic brackets 105 on its posterior side), and a magnetic bracket brace 112. A portion of the knob 108 contains a small hole which is connected to the chords 109 and the magnetic bracket 105, such that, when the user turns the knob 108, the chords 109 move the magnetic bracket brace 112, which simultaneously moves the magnetic bracket 105 inwards and outwards from the rack spur 106 and magnetic brackets 105, thus increasing or decreasing the resistance. When the knob 108 is turned, the two chords 109 pull the magnetic bracket 105 towards or away from the rack spur 106. As a result, the magnetic bracket 105 which is attached to the springs 107 and the magnetic bracket brace 112, pulls away from the rack spur 106. The closer the magnetic bracket 105 is to the rack spur 106, the higher the resistance. The further away the magnetic bracket 105 is to the rack spur 106, the lower the resistance.
It should be understood that
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the present disclosure, without departing from the spirit or the scope of the disclosure. Thus, it is intended that the present disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalent.
This application claims priority to the U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 63/040,954 filed on Jun. 18, 2020 and entitled “Paladin Edge”, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Number | Name | Date | Kind |
---|---|---|---|
767008 | Pelletier et al. | Aug 1904 | A |
3834696 | Spector | Sep 1974 | A |
3955655 | Pornin | May 1976 | A |
5529559 | Punzalan | Jun 1996 | A |
5735780 | Fazio | Apr 1998 | A |
6468190 | Fazio | Oct 2002 | B1 |
7569003 | Huffman | Aug 2009 | B1 |
9259633 | Meyers | Feb 2016 | B2 |
9377733 | Nishizawa et al. | Jun 2016 | B2 |
20030017920 | Fazio | Jan 2003 | A1 |
20180200574 | Connolly | Jul 2018 | A1 |
Number | Date | Country |
---|---|---|
WO9813108 | Apr 1998 | WO |
WO9910049 | Mar 1999 | WO |
Number | Date | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
20210394004 A1 | Dec 2021 | US |
Number | Date | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
63040954 | Jun 2020 | US |