Patent ID: 7621854

Claim:
An exercise device comprising: a first flexible member; a second flexible member, each said member fabricated from a non-elastic material and comprising a first end, a second end, and a body extending therebetween; a first handle; a second handle, said first handle rotatably coupled to said first member body, and said second handle rotatably coupled to said second member body such that each said handle is slidable along each respective said member body between said body first and second ends, each said handle comprises a throat that is spaced a distance from an end of said handle, said throat having a cross-sectional profile defined by a first diameter at a first end and a second diameter at a second end, wherein the second diameter is a different size than the first diameter; a first handle stop; a second handle stop, each said handle stop comprises a first portion directly attached to and extending from a second portion, said second portion is aligned generally axially with each of said first and second flexible member first ends such that said second portion is substantially concentrically aligned with respect to at least one of said first and second flexible members, each of said handle stops facilitates maintaining each of said handles in slidable contact with each of said member bodies, each of said throats is configured to contact a respective said handle stop, wherein at least one of the first diameter and the second diameter is less than a width of each said handle stop; a first end stop; and a second end stop, each said end stop has nominal weight and is coupled to a respective one of said member second ends such that said first handle is freely slidable along said first member body between said first handle stop and said first end stop, and said second handle is freely slidable along said second member body between said second handle stop and said second end stop.