Patent ID: 7707652

Claim:
An exercise vest comprising: a front portion, a back portion, right and left side portions and right and left shoulder portions, the front portion comprising a right side open end portion detachably coupleable to a left side open end portion; and at least one anchor mechanism comprising (i) an anchor retaining member extending from a first location on the vest to a second location on the vest, the retaining member comprising an elongated body having a length, and first and second ends at opposite ends of the length being fixedly secured to the vest at the first and the second locations, respectively, and (ii) a repositionable anchor movably coupled to the anchor retaining member and configured to detachably receive one or more resistance devices, wherein the repositionable anchor is selectively movable between the first location and the second location anywhere alone a path defined by the anchor retaining member; a shell section comprised of the front, back, right side, left side, right shoulder and left shoulder portions; and a frame section coupled to an external surface of the shell section and comprising at least a first length of webbing extending circumferentially around and attached to the front portion, back portion, right side portion and left side portion, and at least a second length of webbing extending longitudinally around and attached to the front portion, at least one of the right and left side shoulder portions, and the back portion, wherein the retaining member body extends at least around the back portion of the shell section and the opposite ends of the retaining member body are fixedly secured to the first length of webbing; and a plurality of stationary anchors each configured to detachably receive one or more resistance devices and each coupled to the second length of webbing by one or more retaining strips extending through the stationary anchors and being stitched to the second length of webbing, the one or more retaining strips comprising one or more strips of webbing.