Abstract:
A universal resistance training device for a treadmill for exercising and strengthening the arms and upper torso while working out on a treadmill. The universal resistance training device for a treadmill includes a telescoping support assembly; a bracket assembly pivotably attached to the telescoping support assembly and adapted to detachably engage opposed handholds of a treadmill; a telescoping arm rotatably and securely mounted about the telescoping support assembly; and a resistance support member in communication with the telescoping arm.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to resistance exercisers and more particularly pertains to a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill for exercising and strengthening the arms and upper torso while working out on a treadmill 
     Description of the Prior Art 
     The use of resistance exercisers is known in the prior art. More specifically, resistance exercisers heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
     The prior art includes a lower support frame mounted to a lower body support structure and an upper body exercise structure thereon. The upper body exercise structure includes an upper frame which is selectively and adjustably mounted on the lower support frame. A flywheel is rotatably mounted in the upper frame. A belt and selectable number of weights drag along the flywheel for selectively adjusting the effort required to maintain rotation of the flywheel. Another prior art includes a rocker arm for an electric treadmill which includes an upright frame, a base frame, a front supporting leg and a rear supporting leg. A console is mounted on the upright frame, and a handrail is fitted to either side thereof. A continuous belt circles therearound for an in-place rotation. Also, another prior art includes a treadmill of conventional design including upper body exercise features involving a lever having a rearwardly disposed gripping handle and a forwardly disposed extremity pivotably secured to a stanchion of adjustable height. Reversibly extensible tether bands or springs extend between the lever and the stanchion. Further, another prior art includes a bed having a driving motor provided under the bed; a rotary traction device; a lower-limb traction device connected to a front portion of the rotary traction device; and an upper-limb traction device connected to a rear portion of the rotary traction device. While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill which has many of the advantages of the resistance exercisers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art resistance exercisers, either alone or in any combination thereof. The present invention may include a telescoping support assembly; a bracket assembly pivotably attached to the telescoping support assembly and adapted to detachably engage opposed handholds of a treadmill; a telescoping arm rotatably and securely mounted about the telescoping support assembly; and a resistance support member in communication with the telescoping arm. None of the prior art includes the combination of the elements of the present invention. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the universal resistance training device for a treadmill in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill which has many of the advantages of the resistance exercisers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art resistance exercisers, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill for exercising and strengthening the arms and upper torso while working out on a treadmill. 
     Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill that can be easily mounted and dismounted from any treadmill. 
     Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill that allows the user to position the support arm above the waist of the user to work the shoulder muscles, horizontally at chest level of the user to work the pectorals and below the waist to work the biceps and triceps of the user. 
     These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view of a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a top perspective view of the present invention mounted to a treadmill. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 and 2  thereof, a new universal resistance training device for a treadmill embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the universal resistance training device for a treadmill  10  may generally comprise a telescoping support assembly  11 ; a bracket assembly  24  pivotably and conventionally attached with pins to the telescoping support assembly  11  and adapted to detachably engage opposed handholds of a treadmill; a telescoping arm  51  rotatably, securely and conventionally mounted about the telescoping support assembly  11 ; and a resistance support member  68  in communication with the telescoping arm  51 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the telescoping support assembly  11  may include a main tubular member  12  having open ends  13 , 14  and a bore  15  extending therethrough, and may also include a lug  17  conventionally attached and welded to an outer side  16  of the main tubular member  12  and having an opening  18  laterally disposed therethrough, and may further include a biased fastener  19  disposed in and through the opening  18 . The telescoping support assembly  11  may also include elongate extension members  20 , 22  each disposed in the bore  15  and extendable from a respective open end  13 , 14  of the main tubular member  12  and each having an outer end  21 , 23 . 
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the bracket assembly  24  may include bracket members  25 , 26  each pivotably and conventionally attached to the outer end  21 , 23  of a respective elongate extension member  20 , 22 . Each of the bracket members  25 , 26  may include a pair of flanges  39 - 42  with a solid elongate body  27 , 33  conventionally attached and welded to and separating the flanges  39 - 42 . The pair of flanges  39 - 42  of each of the bracket members  25 , 26  may be pivotably coupled with the pins to the outer end  21 , 23  of the respective elongate extension member  20 , 22 . Each of the flanges  39 - 42  may have an intermediate projecting portion with a hole disposed therethrough and through which the pin is removably inserted. The solid elongate body  27 , 33  of each of the bracket members  25 , 26  may include first and second planar sides  28 , 30 , 34 , 36  disposed perpendicular to one another with one of the planar sides  30 , 36  facing the respective elongate extension member  20 , 22 . Each of the solid elongate bodies  27 , 33  may further include a lateral inwardly beveled outer side  32 , 38  which extends from an outer end  29 , 35  of the first planar side  28 , 34  to an outer end  31 , 37  of the second planar side  30 , 36  and faces away from the respective elongate extension member  20 , 22  and may be adapted to mount flush to a respective one of the handle bars  69 , 70  of the treadmill. The bracket assembly  24  may further include adjustable straps  43 , 47  having ends  43 , 44 , 48 , 49  conventionally secured with fasteners to the bracket members  25 , 26  and may also have clasps  46 ,  50  for tightening and securing the adjustable straps  43 , 47  about the handle bars  69 , 70  of the treadmill. The adjustable straps  43 , 47  may extend about the beveled outer sides  32 , 38  of the elongate bodies  27 , 33  and in cooperation with the beveled outer sides  32 , 38  secure the bracket members  25 , 26  and the universal resistance training device  10  to the handle bars  69 , 70  of the treadmill. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the telescoping arm  51  may include a base section  52  rotatably and conventionally mounted about the main tubular member  12  adjacent to the lug  17 . The base section  52  may include a hollow cylindrical portion  53  having a side wall  54  with the main tubular member  12  disposed through the cylindrical portion  53 , and may also include a tubular portion  59  conventionally attached and welded to an outer side  58  of the side wall  54  of the cylindrical portion  53  and extending outwardly therefrom. The base section  52  may further include a bushing  57  conventionally disposed in the hollow cylindrical portion  53  and engagable to the main tubular member  12 . The cylindrical portion  53  may also include slots  56  spaced apart and disposed in, along and about an end of the side wall  54  of the hollow cylindrical portion  53  with the biased fastener  19  of the telescoping support assembly  11  removably received in one of the slots  56  to secure the telescoping arm  51  relative to the main tubular member  12 . The tubular portion  59  may have an open outer end  61  and a bore  60  extending therein. The telescoping arm  51  may further include an intermediate hollow tubular section  62  having a proximate end  63  removably disposed through the open outer end  61  of and fastenable with a fastener to the tubular portion  59 . The telescoping arm  51  may also include an outer tubular section  64  having an outer end  65  and telescopingly disposed in and conventionally fastenable to the intermediate tubular section  62  with the outer tubular section  64  having holes  66  disposed in and spaced along a length thereof for receiving a biased fastening member. The outer tubular section  64  may further have opposed openings  67  extending laterally therethrough proximate the outer end  65  thereof. The resistance support member  68  may be conventionally connected to the outer tubular section  64  and may be adapted to support resistance members. The resistance support member  68  may extend through the opposed openings  67  of the outer tubular section  64  and may be an endless tubular member. 
     In use, the bracket assembly  24  may be fastened to the opposed handle bars  69 , 70  of the treadmill using the straps  43 , 47  and the clasps  46 , 50 . The inwardly beveled outer sides  32 , 38  of the solid elongate bodies  27 , 33  may be strapped with straps  43 , 37  flush to the opposed handle bars  69 , 70  of the treadmill. The telescoping arm  51  may be securely positioned about the support assembly  11  for a desired exercise routine. The telescoping arm  51  may include extending the telescoping arm  51  above a waist of a user while on the treadmill or extending the telescoping arm  51  forward of the user between chest and waist high or extending the telescoping arm  51  below the waist of the user. One or more resistance members may be connected to the resistance support member  68 . The desired exercise routine using the resistance members may be performed by the user while using and running or walking on the treadmill. 
     As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the universal resistance training device for a treadmill. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.