Patent ID: 7465258
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An exercise device comprising: an elastic cord, a handle of an exercise device including the elastic cord, the handle having a bore through which the cord passes, said stopping device comprising a member having a first end and a second end and a bore therethrough through which the cord passes, the bore of the member and the bore of the handle being axially aligned, said member having a side wall having a slot extending parallel to the bore from said first end of the member toward said second end thereof, said slot tapering and narrowing from said first end toward said second end and terminating in a circular opening at least slightly larger than the narrowed end of the slot and forming a pair of pinch points therewith, wherein said cord passing from the bore into the slot at the first end of the member may be pulled through the slot at a right angle to the bore past the pair of pinch points and into the circular opening to permit the cord to expand slightly as it passes the pinch points and locks the cord in the circular opening of the stopping device whereby the handle integral with the stopping device is prevented from moving along the cord.