Patent ID: 9072928
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise apparatus comprising: an elongated tube having an inner channel and at least one end; a handle including a strap, wherein a hole is defined in the strap, the hole for receiving the elongated tube; a grommet disposed at the hole in the strap; a gasket having a hole that receives the elongated tube, wherein the grommet is disposed about the gasket such that relative movement between the grommet and the gasket is substantially prevented when the elongated tube moves within the hole of the gasket; and an insert that is arranged in the inner channel of the elongated tube near the at least one end, wherein the insert does not occupy part of the hole of the gasket and cannot pass through the hole in the gasket, and wherein the gasket has at least one rim that restricts movement of the gasket relative to the grommet when the elongated tube moves within the hole of the gasket.