Improvements in Combined Exercising and Developing Apparatus.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Exercising and Developing Apparatus.
CHARLES HENDERSON ROCHE, Ashburnham Road, Tonbridge, Kent. I am Director
of Physical Education to Tonbridge School; late Army Gymnastic Staff, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
or
ornament.
or
india
rubber cord
This apparatus consists of a combination of parts, one or two handle bars,
elastic or india rubber cord, pulleys, foot or other attachments, hooks, and fittings..
The handle bar or bars, may be made of wood metal, or of any suitable sub-
stance, wholly or in part; about 26 or 30 inches long, and about 1 inch in
diameter; the handle bars may be round, or of any other convenient shape, they
will have a revolving action and will have at each end, a fitting,
The clastic
may be in two
lengths; each about 5 feet 6 inches long or one length about 11
to 12 feet long. These measurements may be more or less according to the
height required, the strength or substance of the cords may vary according to
the tension required. The elastic or india rubber cord may be protected or
covered with any pattern material or substance, and will have at each end, a
fitting which may be attached to, or made to revolve on, the fittings on the
hando bars.
On the elastic or india rubber cord will be placed two or more pulleys or rollers
with a revolving wheel action, having an eye and swivel end, the elastic or india
rubber cord will pass through the pulley and travel over the revolving wheel or
roller. A foot attachment about 6 or 8 inches long made in any convenient shape
to fit and work comfortably on the foot will be used. The foot attachment may
be made of web, leather, or any other suitable material or substance, it can be
riveted and made a fixture on the elastic or india rubber cord, or it can have a
fitting, so that it can be attached or detached if necessary.
Two hooks, or other convenient fitting will be necessary to attach the apparatus
to, when used from floor, wall, door, ceiling, or any support or platform, the hooks
may be screwed into the floor, or attached, or screwed into any fitting, or suitable
fastening in floor, wall, door, ceiling support or platform, or the apparatus may
be placed under, or attached, by means of a strap or other fitting to the feet or
any part of the body.
The parts can be put together and used as follows:-
The fittings on two ends of the elastic or india rubber cord will be attached
to the fittings on the two ends of one of the handle bars, the other two ends
of the clastic or india rubber cord will be joined to the foot attachment. On
cach of the two lengths of cord will be a pulley or roller these two pulleys or
rollers will each be attached to a hook or fitting in the floor, wall, door, ceiling
or any support or platform, the floor hooks, or fittings will be about 30 to 60 inches
apart, more or less according to the height the handle bar is required the foot
attachment will be between the two floor hooks or fittings.
The apparatus being thus arranged, can be used by either foot, or by one, or
both hands.

page_text: The drawing attached herewith represents this apparatus with one handle bar,
as above described. This apparatus may also be used with two handle bars, by
taking off the foot attachment and joining the two ends of the elastic or india
rubber cord, to the fittings on the ends of the second handle bar. This apparatus
may be regulated by adding one or two short lengths of elastic or adjustable non-
elastic cord, which may be attached to the pulleys and the floot fittings; or the
handle bar can be raised or lowered by moving the foot attachment backward or
forward.
This apparatus may be used with one handle bar independently of the second,
or with one length of elastic or india rubber cord about 11 to 12 feet long
independently of the foot attachment.
Dated this 5th day of A1800
Improvements in Combined Exercising and Developing Apparatus.
I, CHARLES HENDERSON ROCHE, of Ashburnham Road, Tonbridge, in the County
of Kent, Gymnastic Master, Director of Physical Education to Tonbridge School,
late Army Gymnastic Staff, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in combined exercising and developing
apparatus.
The apparatus consists of a combination of parts, one or two handle-bars, elastic
or india-rubber cord, pulleys, foot or other attachments, hooks and fittings.
I will now proceed to describe the invention and the method of using it,
reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 represents a man using the form of the apparatus wherein there is
one handle-bar, one stirrup, two floor fittings and a large ball-fitting on each
end of the handle-bar, the man being in the act of raising the bar parallel with
the ground with both hands; the stirrup not being in use.
Figure 2 represents the man and apparatus depicted in Figure 1; the man
being in the act of exercising the leg by holding the handle-bar parallel with
the ground on the chief muscle of his fore-arms, the bar being behind the back
and his right foot being in the stirrup and in advance of the left.
Figure 3 is a detached view in sectional elevation and drawn to a larger scale
of the special screw-threaded floor fitting into which the hook to which the pulley
fitting is attached is screwed.
Figure 4 is a plan view of the upper end of the screw-threaded socket shown in
Figure 3 showing a transverse slot for enabling the said fitting to be inserted by
means of an ordinary turn-screw.
Figure 5 is an elevation of the apparatus in its raised position having two
handle-bars, no stirrup, a continuous stretchable cord, passing around pulleys
and attached to the floor by means of two short lengths of non-stretchable cord,
and hooks and rings.
Figure 6 is a front elevation of the single-bar apparatus with two separate
stretchable cords having short lengths of non-stretchable cord at their lower end
by which they are connected to the floor fittings; the junction of the stretchable
with the non-stretchable cords being effected by means of an ordinary spring
swivel or snap-hook and ring.
Figure 7 is a simple form of the apparatus chiefly for chest expanding.

page_text: The handle-bar or bars a may be made of wood, metal or of any suitable sub-
stance wholly or in part, about 26 or 30 inches long and about 1 inch in diameter.
They may be round or of any convenient shape in cross-section. They will have
a rotary or revolving action not in the hand, but in the eye-like fittings by which
they are attached to the cord or cords, and will have at each end a fitting or
ornament 6 or both. c is the elastic or indiarubber cord. It may be in two lengths,
each about 5 feet 6 inches long, or one length from about 11 to 12 feet long,
these lengths or measurements may be varied, being greater or less according to
the height required. The strength or substance of the cord or cords may also be
varied according to the tension required. The elastic or india-rubber cord or cords
may be protected by non-elastic cord on the frictional parts, or the said cord or
cords may be covered throughout or on the frictional parts only with any pattern
material or substance. The said cords have at each end a fitting which may be
attached to or made to revolve on the fittings on the handle-bar or bars. On
the protected or covered clastic or india-rubber cord or cords are mounted two
movable pulleys or rollers d each having an eye-and-swivel end d; the cord
passing through each pulley or pulley-block and travelling over the revolving
wheel or roller.
A foot-hold or stirrup e about 6 or 8 inches long made in any convenient shape
to fit and work comfortably on the foot is sometimes used. This foot-hold or
stirrup may be made of web, leather, or any other suitable material. It can be
riveted and made a fixture on the cord or cords e as shown, or it can have a fitting
so that it can be attached to or detached from the said cord or cords if necessary.
Two hooks or other convenient fittings such as indicated by f will be necessary
to attach the apparatus to, when used from floor, wall, door, ceiling or any support
or platform. These hooks f may be either screwed into the floor direct or attached
to or screwed into any fitting or suitable fastening in the floor, wall, door, ceiling,
support or platform, or the apparatus may be simply held in position by being
placed under the foot or feet or attached by means of a strap or other fitting to
the feet or any part of the body.
A special and particularly suitable and handy device for enabling the apparatus
to be readily and securely fixed to the floor or some other suitable foundation or
support, and one which will not damage the said support is that shown drawn to
a larger scale in Figures 3 and 4. It consists of a conical socket g which is
gimlet-pointed and screw-threaded externally, and has a hole drilled longitu-
dinally down from the top end some distance into it, this internal hole being also
screw-threadled or tapped." This socket has also a slot cut in its top end in
order that it may be screwed into the floor with an ordinary turn-screw. Into this
socket is screwed the shank of a stout hook f to which in turn is connected by
means of the eye or ring d the pulley d.
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The several parts can be put together and used as follows:- The fittings on
the two ends of the protected or covered elastic or india-rubber cord c are
attached to the fittings on the two ends of one of the handle-bars, the other two
ends of the protected or covered elastic or india-rubber cord are joined to or
adapted for attachment to the foot-hold or stirrup c.
On each of the two lengths of stretchable cord is mounted one of the movable
pulleys or rollers d; these two pulleys or rollers are each attached or adapted for
attachment to the hooks for suitable fittings in the floor, wall, door, ceiling,
or any support or platform; the said floor hooks or fittings being from about 30
to 60 inches apart, more or less, according to the height the handle-bar is required
to be raised, the foot-hold or stirrup being adapted to work between the two floor
hooks or fittings.
The apparatus being thus arranged can be used by either foot, or by one or
both hands at the same time.
When used with one handle-bar this apparatus may be regulated as regards
workable length of stretchable cord, by moving the foot-hold or stirrup back-
ward or forward, more or less, that is to say, the normal height of the. handle-bar

page_text: can be temporarily raised or lowered beyond that of the general normal by the
backward or forward movement of the foot within the stirrup.
This apparatus may be also used with one handle-bar independently of the
second and with one length of protected or covered elastic or india-rubber cord
from about 11 to 12 feet long independently of the foot-hold or stirrup..
This apparatus may be also used with two handle-bars as shown in Figure 5
by taking off the foot-hold or stirrup e and joining the two disconnected ends c² of
the cords to the fittings b on the ends of the second handle-bar. When used with
two handle-bars this apparatus may be regulated by adding one or two short
lengths of elastic or non-elastic cord capable of being adjusted as to length if
necessary and which may be attached to the pulleys or rollers d and to the floor
hooks or fittings f or other suitable supports, as in Figures 5 and 6.
When this apparatus is subjected to hard or severe use such as for weight
lifting or other training requiring much power, extra strong cords may be
employed or a portion or portions of non-clastic cord may be used on the frictional
parts so as to protect and increase the durability of the spring cords, and also
for the purpose of inducing a greater resistance.
The pulleys or rollers may be simply constructed. They may be made of any
metal or part wood and metal or other materials, and are employed partly as a
means of regulation so that the cord or cords can be shortened or lengthened
through the combined action of the pulleys or rollers and the foot-hold or stirrup
and partly so that the cord or cords may be distended through the case of pulleys
or rollers, and between the foot-hold or stirrup, and the handle-bar; the pulleys
also have an eye and swivel end adapted for attachment to supports.
In some instances and for certain kinds of training, the pulleys or rollers may
.be detached from the cord or cords, the passage in the case of the pulley or
roller being sufficiently large to allow the fitting on the end of the cords to pass
through, the foot-hold or stirrup may also be disconnected so that the discon-
nected ends of the cords may be attached direct to supports.
The foot-hold or stirrup is preferably attached to two ends of the cords opposite
the ends on the handle-bar, as in Figures 1 and 2 these two ends of the cords may
be provided with an eyelet-shaped fitting adapted to be riveted to the foot-hold or
stirrup, the said fitting being adapted to work on the rivet, so that the cord or
cords may be used at any angle. Crossed straps and angular straps may be used
in the construction of the foot-hold or stirrup as shewn to enable the foot to
retain its hold within the stirrup and also to withstand any angular strain, or the
foot-hold or stirrup may be attached to the ends of the cord or cords by means
of a swivel fitting, or it may be adapted to be attached or detached at will.
In Figure 5 is illustrated the modification of the apparatus with two handle-
bars, the corresponding ends of which are connected one with the other by
means of a continuous length of stretchable cord c. There is thus one length of
cord at each end of the bars; the cord forming a loop or U-shaped bend at its
lower end. In each of the said loops or bends is mounted movably along the
cords a pulley or roller d mounted in a block or case which is provided at its
lower end with an eye-and-swivel or ring extension d¹. A length of non-stretch-
able cord is connected, by its upper end by means of a suitable fitting such as
a snap-hook attached on that end, to each of the said pulleys; lower down the
said non-stretchable cords pass around the floor hooks f screwed in sockets g
which in turn are screwed into the floor, and, finally the lower extremities of
these cords are secured to stationary rings or hooks & the distance of which from
the hooks may be more or less according to the normal height it is desired the
handle bars shall have.
With the above-described apparatus (Figure 5) the performer by standing
between the bars and holding a bar in each hand can exercise the principal
muscles of the body by quick and slow movements; the arms being used either
simultaneously or alternately, or the apparatus may be used by placing one bar
on the ground which bar may be held firmly by treading on it with either foot

page_text: or both feet and the second handle-bar can then be used by one or both hands.
The apparatus may be regulated in the following ways, namely:- By means of
varying the relative distance between the fittings f and k or by means of connecting
the double cords / together at intervals so that they can be used shorter or longer;
by dispensing with the extra floor rings and connecting the lower ends of the
said cords direct to the hooks f or by moving one bar forward or backward on the
floor and thus shortening the working length of the cords through the pulleys.
In Figure 6 is shewn a further modification in which there is one handle-bar a
which is connected at each end by means of two separate lengths of stretchable
cord c which in turn are connected at their lower ends by means of swivels and
rings only to lengths of non-stretchable cord h which are connected to the floor
in the same manner as in Figure 5. There are no pulleys employed.
The above apparatus, Figure 6, may be advantageously used for special weight-
lifting training or for any other severe training; the stretchable cords being
preferably short and as thick as required a greater resistance is experienced. The
bar likewise may be regulated as regards normal height by means of the adjust-
able fittings.
In any of the modifications in which a stirrup is employed it need not necessarily
be constructed so as only to be applicable to the foot as in Figures 1 and 2 but
it may be so constructed as to be also convenient to hold in the hand. Thus
one method of effecting this would be to provide the stirrup in addition to the
strap or straps with a rigid bar forming a grip for the hand, and further this
grip piece may be so connected to the cords that it is normally in a horizontal
position either below or above the cross strap or straps in which case it will
be found advantageous for use by either foot or hand; in this way a great variety
of movement may be practised.
By dispensing with the pulleys and non-stretchable cords and floor fittings and
using lengths of the stretchable cord sufficiently short the two handle-bar
apparatus shewn in Figure 5 may by being held apart at arm's length be used as a
chest expander, and by a slight further modification consisting in attaching to
the centre or ends of one of the bars a non-stretchable cord having at its lower end
a stirrup or foot or hand grip, a very useful little apparatus is formed, and by
extending this construction so as to have a pulley at diagonally opposite corners
of the rectangle formed by the two bars and the two stretchable cords the apparatus
will be suitable for use either as a chest expander or an exerciser and developer
generally; or again the said pulleys may be attached to one of the bars only,
the stretchable cords doubled and both ends of each cord attached to the ends of
the second handle bar; by this means the resistance of the stretchable cords may
be made more severe. Instead of doubling the cord or cords they may be multi-
plied to any extent to increase the power of the apparatus to resist the muscular
efforts.
The primary objects of my invention are:-(1) To combine in a spring cord
exerciser and developer, a bar or bars broader than the shoulders preferably in the
form of bar-bells or wands, connected one with the other at the ends by spring
cords, and adapted to be used in different positions for different forms of exercises,
being fitted with pulleys and stirrup which are capable of being detached from the
apparatus if necessary. The bars being capable of being used, one in each hand,
simultaneously or alternately; or one bar may be placed or held in one hand or
under the feet or attached to the feet or other suitable support, in which case the
second bar may be used by one or by both hands. The grip of the hands being
connected by the bar, a combined strain on the muscles may be obtained, partly
through the resisting action of the spring cords and partly, through the joint
grip of the hands on the bar.
(2) An exerciser and developer which gives the operator the advantage of per-
forming the various movements from a firm base, and at the same time from a
natural and comfortable attitude, to obtain a general benefit from every individual
movement caused by the downward resisting action of the handle-bar against the

page_text: opposite action of the operator; the exertion of the exercise being thus evenly
transferred through the arms, body and legs to the base on which the performer
stands.
(3) An exerciser and developer capable of being regulated or adjusted by the
action of either foot within a stirrup, and an exerciser and developer capable of
being used by both hands and with either foot at the same time. The advantage
of obtaining every free arm movement quick or slow without necessarily bringing
the cord or cords into contact with the body, thus overcoming a defect often
experienced in the use of cord exercisers through the employment of short inde-
pendent handles.
(4) An exerciser and delevoper capable of being used with either leg or with
both hands at the same time, while the operator may be seated on a chair or any
other seat.
(5) A foot-hold or stirrup adapted to be used for several purposes such as
exercising the lower limbs, to raise or lower the handle-bar, to shorten and
increase the tension of the cord or cords, so as to make the exercise more severe,
to prevent the cord or cords from becoming uneven, and the handle-bar from
becoming tilted.
(6) An exerciser and developer which enables the operator to obtain a great
variety of movements from the same support, so that changing or disconnecting
the supporting attachments during the performance of the exercise may be
avoided.
(7) An exerciser and developer having the lines of draught from the floor
supports to the handle-bar through the cords on either side of the body, and
partly in line with or parallel to the body, so that the total or part strength
of the performer may be brought into action at will without necessarily subjecting
the body to any unnatural or side-straining positions.
(8) An exerciser and developer adapted to be used from floor supports, and
having the cords parallel to the body so that the space required for its use
is considerably economised.
Further objects are, to produce a more general and less complicated form of
exerciser and developer, and to reduce the cost of manufacture of such devices.
To obtain the best results from devices of this same general character, I find
that the weight in the hands is not so much a consideration as the amount of
resistance in one muscle acting against the other, caused by using them one
against the other, that is to say, making an extensor muscle tight against the action
of the antagonistic flexor, and vice versa. This opposite action or strain on the
muscles may be produced or brought into play more generally and more effectively
through the joint grip of the hands on the handle-bar, the hands being placed
on the bar about the breadth of the shoulders apart, so that one arm may resist
the inward or outward action of the other arm, and these opposite actions of the
arms capable of being also combined with an outward, inward, upward or down-
ward action, and this outward, inward, upward downward action
or
the
of the arms being also resisted through the opposite action of
spring cords and bar, the muscles are therefore subject to a complete and thorough
training, and I am enabled through the application of my invention to obtain
this result simply and effectively.
I find the best results are obtained when the cords, or the pulleys or rollers
thereon are attached to fixtures in the floor allowing the handle-bar to reach
nearly to the shoulders so that it can be used in any direction and with consider-
able force, either for quick or slow movements, though for certain kinds of
exercise this apparatus may be attached to vertical or overhead supports, or this
apparatus may be attached partly to an overhead support and partly to a ground
or floor support.
By means of this specially constructed apparatus I am enabled to introduce
many advantages for the promotion of physical culture generally, and to over-

page_text: come or minimise several of the disadvantages heretofore experienced in devices
of somewhat similar general character.
Figures 8 to 24 represent some of the most useful exercises that can be
performed with the apparatus hereinbefore described: Figure 8 represents the
return position of the striking-muscle exercise, performed by alternately
straightening the arms in line with the shoulders parallel to the ground, and
after return to chest raising them above the head perpendicular to the ground.
Figure 9 is the single arm direct lift from shoulder, performed with either arm.
Figure 10 is the chest, shoulder, back and arm combination, performed by.
raising the bar from the level of the thighs to the shoulders, bending the arms
at the elbows, keeping the upper arms rigid.
Figure 11 is the side, neck and shoulder exercise, performed with either
arm by raising the arm outward and upward above the head at the same time
bending the body from the waist to the opposite side, eyes directed towards the
bar and elbow stiff.
Figure 12 is a chest and shoulder exercise, performed by raising the arms from
the sides outward and upward above the head keeping the elbows stiff and chest
well forward.
Figure 13 is a single arm exercise, performed by extending the arm slowly in
line with the shoulder keeping the upper arm rigid and horizontal, returning the
hand each time to touch the shoulder.
Figure 14 is the double arm lift from the floor, which may be performed in two
movements, one of which is performed by raising the bar outward and upward
above the head, raising the body from the waist, the eyes being directed towards
the bar.
Figure 15 represents the second position of Figure 14 and is self explicit.
Figure 16 represents the pulling exercise, performed preferably by two distinct
movements namely: -(1) Bend arm from the elbow, bring bar close under arm
pit, bend the body to the opposite side, lower left hand; use each arm, also
practice with one hand on hip; (2) Reverse position of apparatus, place foot
on bar and carry the hand from the side across the front of the body.
Figure 17 is the neck, back and shoulder exercise, performed by bending, from
an erect position, forward from the waist, keeping the knees stiff, and raise both
arms simultaneously over the back to the perpendicular, keeping the elbows
stiff and head up.
Figure 18 is the single-leg exercise and is self explicit.
Figure 19 represents or corresponds to the guard movement, and Figure 20
the lunge movement, in fencing, and need no further description.
Figure 21 is a universal exercise which may be performed seated, using both
the arms and the legs simultaneously or alternately, as desired.
Figure 22 is an exercise performed with the arms and legs as in rowing.
Figure 23 is the leg and abdominal muscle exercise performed chiefly by raising
and stretching the leg against the resistance of the cords, the tension of which
may be regulated by the position of the arms.
Figure 24 is an exercise to remedy round shoulders and wry neck, performed
chiefly by straightening the arms above the head and forcing the chest well
forward.
The apparatus in its simpler forms may be advantageously used as a chest
expander the bars being in all cases longer than the shoulders are broad. This is
one of the essential features of novelty over apparatus of the same general class
which have hitherto had only short handle-bars or grips such for instance, as
dumb-bells, ordinary stirrup handles or hand rings, which obviously afford no
combined action of the hands at all, so essential to even and equal developments,
and moreover when the handles are independent and the apparatus attached to a
vertical support or fixture such for instance as a door frame or post, then, save in
the case of both hands being pressed forward simultaneously stretching the cords

page_text: to an equal extent on either side of the body, the latter occupying a central
position between the cords, it follows that the strain on the body is very unequal
tending at the same time to turn the performer round as on a pivot and also to
resist the forward pull on the cord so that the performer is called upon to resist
and overcome both of these different motions at the same time, which is
injurious and unequally develops the body; and there are other drawbacks to
the use of handle-bars which are shorter than the breadth of the shoulders which
however need not be discussed here; they chiefly relate to the tendency such
handles or grips have of producing unequal or one-sided development.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. An exercising and developing apparatus consisting of two rigid bars longer
than the shoulders are broad connected one with the other by two spring or elastic
cords in such manner that the four members form a parallelogram, substantially
as described and set forth.
2. The combination with an exercising and developing apparatus consisting of
two rigid bars longer than the shoulders are broad connected one with the other
by two spring or elastic cords, of a ball or weight fitting secured removably on
each end of each bar, substantially as described and set forth.
3. The combination with an exercising and developing apparatus consisting
of two rigid bars longer than the shoulders are broad connected one with the
other by two spring or elastic cords and with or without a ball or weight fitting
secured removably on each end of one of the bars, of a strap connected at each
end to one of the bars so as to hang in a curve below the bar, substantially as
described.
4. The combination with an exercising and developing apparatus consisting of
two rigid bars longer than the shoulders are broad connected one with the other
by two spring or elastic cords and with or without a ball or weight fitting on each
end of one of the bars, of a non-elastic cord or strap attached by one end to the
middle of one of the bars and a stirrup attached to the other end of the said
cord or strap, substantially as described and set forth.
5. An exercising and developing apparatus consisting of two rigid bars longer
than the shoulders are broad connected parallel one with the other by two spring
or elastic cords and with or without a ball or weight fitting on each end of the
bars, the said cords passing over a pulley or roller loosely connected to the bars
at two diagonally opposite corners of the parallelogram formed by the combina-
tions and having their ends connected together at the other two corners, sub-
stantially as described.
6. An exercising and developing apparatus consisting of two rigid bars longer
than the shoulders are broad connected parallel one with the other by means of
two doubled cords, each passing over a pulley or roller loosely suspended at each
end of one of the bars, substantially as described.
7. An exercising and developing apparatus consisting of two spring or elastic
cords carrying a handle-bar longer than the shoulders are broad on two of the
ends and a foot-hold, stirrup or hand grip fixed or detachable on the opposite ends,
and a movable pulley or roller on each of the said cords, said pulleys being
adapted for attachment to fixtures, substantially as described.
8. An exercising and developing apparatus consisting of two spring cords
carrying a handle-bar longer than the shoulders are broad on two of the ends,
and a foot-hold, stirrup or hand grip fixed or detachable on the opposite ends.
a second handle-bar capable of being substituted for or used instead of the said
foot-hold, stirrup or hand-grip, and a movable pulley or roller on each cord, said
pulleys being adapted for attachment to fixtures, substantially as described.
9. An exercising and developing apparatus, consisting of a bar longer than the
shoulders are broad on the ends of which are fitted removably knobs or weighted

page_text: balls, the ends of the bar being connected to the ends of two spring or elastic
cords the other ends of which are detachably connected to non-stretchable cords
which latter are adapted by means of hooks or their equivalents for attachment.
to fixtures, substantially as described and as illustrated in Figure 6 of the accom-
panying drawings.
10. An exercising and developing apparatus consisting of two bars longer than
the shoulders are broad on the ends of which are fitted removably knobs or
weighted balls and to the ends of which bars are connected the ends of two spring
or elastic cords, a roller or pulley loosely mounted on each of the said cords and
a non-stretchable cord detachably connected to each of said rollers or pulleys and
adapted to be connected to a fixture, substantially as described and as illustrated
in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings.
11. An exercising and developing apparatus all constructed, combined, arranged
and operating, substantially as described.
Toted the Irid day of trout 1900
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.