Patent ID: 6962555
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A muscle strengthening body frame apparatus for providing direct resistance on a body portion of a wearer, said body portion having an upper and a lower section capable of moving along a longitudinal axis said muscle strengthening body frame apparatus for providing direct resistance on the longitudinal axis of each of the following body portions of a wearer between each portion's upper and lower sections: back and torso axis, knee axis between the thigh and the shin, elbow axis between the upper arm and the forearm, wrist axis between the forearm and the hand and back of the neck axis between top of the head and the under shoulders, said apparatus comprising: a first attachment band comprising means for at least encircling a first location on the upper section of the body portion, and a second attachment band comprising means for at least encircling a second location on the lower section of the same body portion, and at least one resistance bar operatively connected to said first and second attachment bands said first and second attachment bands each extending long a horizontal axis, parallel to each other, said resistance bar extending laterally there between defining a longitudinal axis, preferably perpendicular to said each of the attachment bands; wherein, when in use, said first and second attachment bands respectively encircle a first and a second locations on the upper and lower sections of the body portion with the resistance bar in-between, lies substantially along the longitudinal axis of said body portion, and movement of the body portion results in longitudinal resistance forces being exerted by the body frame apparatus on the body portion.