Patent ID: 7189192

Claim:
Apparatus adapted to mount onto the neck and head of a person whereby the person may exercise the neck, comprising: (A) a head assembly including (1) a cap portion constructed as a rigid helmet having an interior cavity adapted to receive the head of the person, said helmet having an upper helmet cam surface extending from a posterior portion of said helmet to an anterior portion of said helmet, said helmet further including a frontal extension projecting forwardly of the person's forehead when in a mounted state, said frontal extension having an upper surface formed as a continuation of the helmet cam surface, said helmet and said frontal extension including a guide channel extending from a posterior portion of said helmet along said cam surface and continuing along the upper surface of said frontal extension, (2) a harness operative to secure said cap portion on the head to define a mounted state and (3) a saddle piece extending across a back portion of the neck when in the mounted state; (B) an anchor assembly; and (C) a flexible tether adapted to interconnect said cap portion and said anchor assembly in an assembled state, said flexible tether having a first end secured to a posterior portion of said helmet when in the assembled state with a first end portion extending across the cam surface and across the upper surface of said frontal extension in said guide channel.