Patent ID: 8827231

Claim:
A stanchion for anchoring an exercise apparatus, comprising: a. a post having a plurality of loops mounted thereto and having a bottom end sized for being slidingly inserted into a floor socket; b. a plug mounted to the bottom end of the post, the plug formed with a central threaded hole with internal threads; c. a resilient pad assembled adjacent to and concentric with the plug, the pad formed with a central hole; d. a washer assembled adjacent to and concentric with the pad, the washer formed with a central hole; e. a resilient cushion assembled adjacent to and concentric with the washer, the cushion formed with a central hole; f. the resilient pad and the resilient cushion being formed of a resilient material to expand radially when compressed axially and to shrink radially when axial pressure is released in order to remove the post from the floor socket; and g. an externally threaded fastener having fastener threads and a shank outside diameter sized for snugly engaging the central holes in the cushion and the pad, the fastener threads engaging the internal threads in the central threaded hole in the plug; h. whereas the resilient pad is configured to frictionally engage an inside diameter of the floor socket when the post is rotated, causing the fastener to resist rotation and to drive the fastener into the central threaded hole in the plug, thereby compressing the pad and the cushion axially and expanding the pad and the cushion radially to press against the inside diameter of the floor socket.