Patent ID: 7175575
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A reciprocating weight exercise apparatus comprising: a rigid tube having a first end and a second end; a first stationary handle affixed to the first end and a second stationary handle affixed to the second end, the first end of the tube being swayed where the first stationary handle is affixed to it and the second end of the tube being swayed where the second stationary handle is attached to it; a first coil spring and a second coil spring, the tube being deployed within the coil springs; a permanent weight adapted for sliding along the length of the tube and between the first coil spring and the second coil spring, the permanent weight having sufficient weight to compress the coil springs; a first slidable handle and a second slidable handle adapted for sliding along the length of the tube, the first slidable handle being adjacent to the first coil spring and the second slidable handle being adjacent to the second coil spring; and a first shock absorbing means deployed on the tube adjacent to the first stationary handle and a second shock absorbing means deployed on the tube adjacent to the second stationary handle; wherein said first and second shock absorbing means are operatively associated with a respective first and second swaged end of the tube.