Patent ID: 7591767

Claim:
A universal adapter for exercising sticks having a shaft with a handle on the top end and a lower end defining a lower end tip, the adapter comprising: a mounting means for stably and detachably securing at least an exercising stick in place, such that said universal adapter functions and forms as an extension of said stick when in use, defining an adapter and stick assembly whose lower end portion that makes contact with a rigid surface is that of said adapter, wherein the mounting means includes: a stick holding means defining a housing with a lower portion that extends outwardly from the housing and an upper portion that extends outwardly from housing such that the housing has a defined middle portion that recessed from the outwardly extending lower and upper portions, the lower portion further has an aperture arm member that secures the lower end tip of the shaft in place and the upper portion further has a channel for holding the shaft in place; an elongated member having an upper end secured to an upper end cap, the elongated member being slidably mounted in clips defined within the stick holding means; and a tension cord member having an upper end secured to the upper end can and a lower end secured about the lower portion of the housing, the tension cord member being in tension when stretched, wherein a user holding the handle of the shaft and applying force on the mounting means causes the stick holding means to slide along the elongated member that moves the upper end cap away from the stick holding means to stretch the tension cord member which has a tendency to return the stick holding means such that the tension cord is unstretched.