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The disclosure relates to exercising assisting device and more particularly pertains to a new exercising assisting device for allowing a person to utilize a household door as an anchor for resistance band training.
The prior art relates to exercising assisting device and more particularly the type of exercising assisting device that allows a person to extend a resistance band between themselves and an anchor point.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first strap that has a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side. The first strap is extendable around a door. A coupler is attached to the first end and receiving the second end to form a closed loop. A demarcation line is defined on the first strap to partition the first strap into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes the first end and the second portion includes the second end. A second strap is attached to the first portion at a first attachment point and is attached to the second portion at a second attachment point. The second strap is configured to be positioned over an upper edge of a door. The exercising system is configured to engage a resistance band to releasably secure the resistance band to the door.
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 demarcation line 26 is defined on the first strap 12 to partition the first strap 26 into a first portion 28 and a second portion 30. The first portion 28 includes the first end 14 and the second portion 30 includes the second end 16. The demarcation line 26 is less than 30.0 inches, and typically be between 12.0 inches and 26.0 inches, from either one of the first 14 or second 16 ends, though which of the first 14 or second 16 ends it is closer to is not of importance. This length ensures that the coupler 22 is properly positioned relative to the door 24 and remaining elements of the system 10. The demarcation line 26 may be marked with line indicia 32 used to align an outer edge 34 of the door 24 with the demarcation line 26.
A second strap 36 is attached to the first portion 28 at a first attachment point 38 and is attached to the second portion 30 at a second attachment point 40. However, instead of attachment points 38, 40, the first 12 and second 36 straps may be a unitary structure wherein the attachment points 38, 40 would instead be defined as intersection points. The second strap 36 will typically be constructed of the same material as the first strap 12. The second strap 12 is configured to be positioned over an upper edge 42 of the door 24. A length of the second strap 36 from the first attachment point 38 to the second attachment point 40 will typically be less than 18.0 inches. The second strap 36 may extend beyond each of the first 38 and second 40 attachment points to define a pair of free ends 44. Each of the free ends 44 typically extends away from the first strap 12 a distance of between 2.0 inches and 12.0 inches. The first 38 and second 40 attachment points are equidistant from the demarcation line 26 so that when the demarcation line 26 is aligned properly with the edge 34 of the door 24, the free ends 44 are spaced evenly from the outer edge 34 of the door 24. The first 38 and second 40 attachment points will most generally be less than 8.0 inches from the demarcation line 26.
Each of the free ends 44 can be formed into a closed loop so that articles may be easily attached to the free ends 44. However, more often, a pair of ring clips 46 is provided so that each of the free ends 44 has one of the ring clips 46 attached thereto. The ring clips 46 may be conventional carabiner type clips. Alternatively, the ring clips 46 may be attached directly to the first strap 12 or at juncture of the first 12 and second 36 straps. If ring clips 46 are not used, alternate securing members may be used such as hooks, for example. The second strap 36 may be attached to the first side 18 of the first strap 12 at each of the first 38 and second 40 attachment points. Also, the free ends 44 may be a separate structure from the second strap 36 though it would be beneficial to have the free ends 44 still aligned with the second strap 36.
A stop 48 is provided which is configured for engaging the door 24 to prevent movement of the door 24 relative to a door frame 50 that the door 24 is pivotally coupled to. The stop 48 comprises a block having a top side 52, a bottom side 54, and perimeter wall 56 extending between the top 52 and bottom 54 sides. The perimeter wall 56 includes a front wall 58, rear wall 60, first side wall 62 and second side wall 64. The block has a notch 66 therein extending into the front wall 58 and upwardly through the top side 52. The notch 66 has a width typically between 1.0 inches and 3.0 inches and is angled downwardly from a top edge 68 of the notch 66 positioned adjacent to the rear wall 60 to a bottom edge 70 of the notch 66 positioned adjacent to the bottom side 54. The bottom edge 70 is thereby slidable under a lower edge 72 of the door 24 as shown in
Once the first strap 12 is attached to the door 24, the system 10 includes a plurality of exercise assistance implements that are attachable to the door 24 via the first 12 and second 36 straps. These exercise assistance implements may include resistance bands 74. The resistance bands 74 may include terminal ends 76 with grips or couplers and further may include alignment indicia 78 to align center of the resistance bands 74 with the with the ring clips 46, for example, or alter the resistance of the resistance bands 74 by using alignment indicia 78 which are not centrally located. Ankle straps 80 are provided which are extendable around a person's leg and are attachable to the resistance bands 74 to exercise the legs, while rope handles 82 and waist belts 84 are attachable to the resistance bands to perform a wide variety of total body and arm exercises.
In use, as is obvious from the above, the user can use the system 10 to provide a wide range of exercises with those noted herein only being a few thereof. The arrangement of the first 12 and second 36 straps allows a person to effectively utilize a door 24 as an anchor point for resistance type exercises without damaging the door 24 and ensuring that the system 10 will not move during the workout or be uneven in positioning on the door 24.
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.