Patent ID: 7892156

Claim:
An exercising apparatus designed to fit around a seat, comprising in combination: (a) a frame adapted to fit around said seat; (b) an elongate arm pivotally coupled to said frame at a pivot point, said arm being movable about the pivot point in pivotal motion from a first position to a second position based on a force exerted by a user; (c) a resistance device, coupled to said frame and to said arm, which provides a resistance force against said pivotal motion of said arm by the user in a first direction; and (d) a retracting device, coupled to said frame and to said arm, which provides a retraction force to said pivotal motion of said arm in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, wherein said arm includes first and second ends, the arm being pivotable around the pivot point between said ends, the arm being adapted to be gripped by a user near the first end; and wherein the resistance device is coupled with the arm at a control point near the second end, said apparatus further comprising means for adjusting the position of the control point, so as to be spaced closer to, or farther away from, the pivot point, whereby an amount of resistance applied to the arm is adjusted.