Patent ID: 6059697
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A61H,A63B

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus, attached to a user's body and manually grasped by the user, for use while running or walking, comprising;a vest including a releasable fastener and first and second shoulder straps, for attachment to the user's body;a first elongate upper segment having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said proximal end is hingedly affixed to said vest;a first elongate lower segment having a first horizontal hand hold fitted thereon, a proximal end and a distal end with a pole tip affixed thereupon, said proximal end being slidably and rotatably engaged with said first elongate upper segment distal end with said first horizontal hand hold disposed beneath said first upper segment distal end;a second elongate upper segment having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said proximal end is hingedly affixed to said vest;a second elongate lower segment having a second horizontal hand hold fitted thereon, a proximal end and a distal end with a pole tip affixed thereupon, said proximal end being slidably and rotatably engaged with said second elongate upper segment distal end with said second horizontal hand hold disposed beneath said first upper segment distal end.