Patent ID: 8038586
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A portable exercise apparatus, comprising: a member, for placing on the user's back; a shoulder strap, extending out of said member, for passing around the user's shoulder; a torso strap, extending out of said member, for passing around the user's torso, wherein said torso strap has a first strap portion and a second strap portion; a resistance band; a latching member, having a first latch portion and a second latch portion, wherein said first latch portion is provided on said first strap portion and said second latch portion is provided on said second strap portion, and wherein said latch portions are interlockable in an interlocked position and said first latch portion defines a hollow cavity such that said second latch portion is insertable into said first latch portion in a first direction, and said first and second latch portions each have a side defining a hole such that said holes are in alignment when said latch portions are in said interlocked position; and a locking member, including a pin insertable through said holes of said first and second latch portions for securing said latch portions in said interlocked position by preventing relative movement of said latch portions in said first direction.