Patent ID: 6450929
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
In combination with a door of a building structure, said door being mounted within an opening and being movable between an open position permitting passage through said opening to a closed position preventing passage through said opening, a jamb surrounding said door, said door having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a doorknob mounted on said exterior surface, an exercising device comprising:a loop strap slipped over said doorknob; an elastic cord connected to said loop strap by a slip knot attachment, said loop strap being extended from said exterior surface to directly adjacent but spaced from said interior surface by being conducted between said door and said jamb, said elastic cord terminating in a first end and a second end, said slip knot attachment being tightenable onto said elastic cord which permits said first end and said second end to each be stretchable independent of each other; a first handle assembly attached by first connection means to said first end; and a second handle assembly attached by second connection means to said second end, whereby said first handle and said second handle are to be grasped by a human with a force to be applied in a direction away from said door causing stretching of said elastic cord with said door in said closed position and said loop strap being secured to said door and said doorknob.