Patent ID: 9126075
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise apparatus comprising: a. a cylindrical end body portion having a hollow interior; b. a cylindrical main body portion having a hollow interior; c. a cylindrical intermediate body portion, having a hollow interior, connected to said end body portion and adapted to be telescopically inserted into said main body portion hollow interior, said intermediate body portion having on its exterior an L-shaped groove with an axial portion and a radial portion and said main body portion having a first pin member extending inwardly and adapted to fit within said groove radial portion whereby rotation of said end and main body portions relative to each other positions said first pin member in said axial portion permitting axial motion of said end and main body portions relative to each other; and d. tensioning means having radial tension resistance and axial tension resistance and connecting said main body portion to said intermediate body portion through said intermediate body portion hollow interior and said main body portion hollow interior whereby said end and main body portions can be axially separated for an overall greater axial length while elongating said tensioning means against said axial tension resistance of said tensioning means, and said end and main body portions can he radially rotated against said radial tension resistance of said tensioning means.