Patent ID: 9700750
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A fitness device, comprising: a belt configured to fit around a user's waist; a continuous leg loop member formed of a resilient material and having its ends affixed together; and a belt loop member comprising flexible strip material formed in a loop and having overlapped ends that are sewn together to define an overlapped region, reinforcement stitching in the overlapped region and a seam stitched through multiple layers of the strip material and defining a first tubular section dimensioned to slide over an end of the belt and an adjacent second tubular section sized to securely receive the continuous leg loop member, wherein the continuous leg loop member has a proximal end received in the second tubular section of the belt loop member and non-removably coupled to the belt loop member by the looped strip material and the seam, wherein the second tubular section has opposing ends with first and second openings, the first and second openings being separated by a width, a first portion of the continuous leg loop member extending from the first opening and defining a first resistance segment and a second portion of the continuous leg loop member extending from the second opening and defining a second resistance segment, the width being selected to assist the continuous leg loop member in forming an open loop shape at rest with spaced apart first and second portions to allow ready access by the user and to assist in positioning the first and second portions along opposite sides of the user's leg from a posterior of the belt to maintain a spaced apart relationship between the first resistance segment and the second resistance segment during use as the user's leg is bent and extended, and wherein the first and second portions of the continuous leg loop member are defined to intersect each other at a distal end of the continuous leg loop member, the distal end of the continuous loop member being shaped to pass under the user's foot and having a foot piece, the foot piece being non-removably coupled to the continuous leg loop member and having overlapping ends that can be secured together to retain the continuous leg loop member in contact with a midsection of the user's foot as the continuous leg loop member is tensioned and de-tensioned.