Patent ID: 8696521
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exerciser comprising a first suspension member, with the first suspension member including: an extension strap including first and second ends and a side extending between the first and second ends of the extension strap; a connecting ring fixed to the first end of the extension strap; a linking ring having upper and lower ends; a positioning rod mounted to the linking ring, with the positioning rod slideable between the upper and lower ends of the linking ring and between a disengagement position and a clamping position, with the second end of the extension strap wound around the positioning rod; a first ring fixed to the side of the extension strap and located between the first and second ends of the extension strap; an attachment member in the form of a looped belt and including a hook fixed thereto, with the hook releasably engaged with one of the connecting ring and the first ring; a handle slideably mounted around the attachment member, with the handle including a longitudinal through-hole extending along a longitudinal axis of the handle, with the attachment member slideably extending through the longitudinal through-hole of the handle, with the handle slideable relative to the attachment member between first and second positions, with the handle located around an intermediate section of the attachment member when the handle is in the first position, with the handle spaced from the intermediate section of the attachment member when the handle is in the second position; a connecting strap including first and second ends, with the second end of the connecting strap fixed to the upper end of the linking ring; and a stop fixed to the first end of the connecting strap and having cross sections larger than the connecting strap; wherein when the positioning rod is in the disengagement position, the positioning rod is spaced from the lower end of the linking ring by a spacing allowing the second end of the extension strap to move towards or away from the first end of the extension strap, adjusting an overall length of the extensions strap, and wherein when the positioning rod is in the clamping position adjacent to the lower end of the linking ring, the extension strap is frictionally retained between the positioning rod and the linking ring.