Patent ID: 6217495
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A swing-exercise device comprising:a light-weight flexible shaft section having a high flexural modulus;two-handed handgrips attached to each end of the shaft, the long axis of the handgrips being in-line with the longitudinal axis of the shaft whereby the device may be gripped at either end and swung as a golf club, the hand-grips being tapered with the smaller diameter end nearer the middle of the apparatus; andweights within each handgrip such that at least 60% of the weight of the device is concentrated in the handgrips with each weight within the handgrips being substantially equal;the device having an overall length of 35-50 inches and being symmetrical in proportion about its longitudinal axis and being symmetrical and balanced about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.