Patent ID: 6120422
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exerciser to be worn around the waist of a user, the exerciser comprising:A) a belt with belt ends;B) buckle means for adjustably joining the belt ends together to secure the belt around the waist of a user;C) a housing mounted on the belt intermediate the belt ends;D) a disc rotatably mounted within the housing, the disc having a first circumferencial groove and a parallel second circumferencial groove;E) a first elongate cord having a first cord end passing through a first opening in the housing and received and anchored in the first groove, and having a second cord end provided with a handle;F) a second elongate cord having a first cord end passing through a second opening in the housing and received and anchored in the second groove, and having a second cord end provided with a handle, the first and second openings in the housing being substantially diameterally opposed, the first and second cords being wound in opposite directions in their respective grooves such that pulling on one handle unwinds the cord attached thereto from the disc and winds the other cord onto the disc;G) adjustable friction means interposed between the disc and the housing for frictionally resisting rotation of the disc within the housing when one of the handles is pulled; andH) reduced friction guideway means encircling the first cord and the second cord for providing a low friction path for cord motion as the first and second cords move back and forth when alternately pulled by the handles.