Patent ID: 6171221
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
A fitness exercise unit comprising:first and second extension bars joined together at adjacent ends thereof;first and second elongated handle members inwardly extending towards one another from respective ones of said first and second bars at a first location thereon measured with respect to the position of said join;first and second stirrups coupled to said first and second bars at a second location thereon, farther from said position of said join than said first location;said join being a point on said adjacent ends of said extension bars which form a substantially closed tubular clamp when brought together and which form a substantially open tubular clamp when separated;means on one of said extension bars for actuating said join to said closed and said opened clamp position; andwith said means being actuable by the fingers of the hand grasping the elongated handle member of that said one extension bar.