Patent ID: 8105217

Claim:
A grip element for an exercise machine, comprising at least a tubular handgrip ( 2 ), forming at least one outer surface ( 3 ) to be gripped by the user's hand while performing exercises to develop muscles or the like, and having at least one substantially longitudinal through-channel ( 4 ) in which there will engage at least one flexible cable ( 5 ) connected to at least one resistant load of at least one exercise machine, wherein the handgrip ( 2 ) comprises means ( 6 ) for selective locking of the grip element in any position along the cable ( 5 ), the locking means having at least one contact surface ( 7 ) of the through-channel ( 4 ) designed to adhere by friction to the outer surface of the cable ( 5 ), when the grip element is manually translated and/or rotated in any direction in space, to prevent the handgrip ( 2 ) from sliding relative to the cable ( 5 ), wherein the handgrip ( 2 ) has a first end ( 2 a ) and a second end ( 2 b ) which are elastically flexible and define a first portion ( 8 ) and a second portion ( 8 ′) of said contact surface ( 7 ), respectively, said flexible ends of the handgrip being configured to bend with the cable ( 5 ), in order to generate adhesion of the first and second portions ( 8 , 8 ′) of the contact surface ( 7 ) to the outer surface of the cable ( 5 ), for locking the cable relative to the grip element when exercises are being performed, wherein said longitudinal through-channel ( 4 ) is completely surrounded by the tubular handgrip whereby a movement of the handgrip consisting of a translation, rotation-translation or rotation in any direction in space not coinciding with the axis of the cable causes an adhesion of said first flexible end portion ( 8 ) and/or said second flexible end portion ( 8 ′) to the cable, and wherein the contact surface ( 7 ) is substantially located at least at one end opening of the through-channel ( 4 ).