Patent ID: 6142919
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A physical exercising device comprising:a handle to be grasped by an exercising person;an elongate frame having a plurality of attachment points disposed on said frame;an elastic resistance member having one end attached to the frame and an other end;a fixed pulley fixedly attached to the frame and a detachable pulley detachably connectable to anyone of said attachment points; anda flexible wire threaded through said fixed pulley and said detachable pulley, having a first part in operative engagement with said other end of said elastic resistance member, and another part of the wire attachable to said handle for manually applying a stretching force to said elastic resistance member by the exercising person, wherein said frame is composed of a vertical stem having an upper part and a top member extending away from said upper part, and a plurality of attachment points disposed along said vertical stem and said upper part; including a floating pulley attached to said other end of said elastic resistance member, and wherein said first part of said flexible wire is threaded through said floating pulley, said flexible wire having a distal end away from said first part of the wire, said distal end of the wire being fixedly attached to said frame for increasing said stretching force; pre-stressing means for applying a pre-stressing bias force to said elastic resistance member; and wherein said pre-stressing element includes a wire having a first end attached to the frame and an other end engaging the other end of the elastic resistance member for pre-stressing said elastic resistance member.