Patent ID: 7670271

Claim:
A hanging fitness device for exercising abdominal muscles for use with an overhead bar, comprising: a flatbed upper arm assembly including a lower support beam having a vertical girder extending upwardly at a right angle from one end thereof and a hollow vertical support shaft extending upwardly at a right angle from an opposed end thereof, said flatbed upper arm assembly having a generally U-shaped configuration; a rubber tube enveloping said vertical girder to prevent friction; an arm cushion situated atop said lower support beam generally between said vertical girder and said vertical support shaft; a handle extender assembly including: an insertion girder having four sides defining a plurality of openings on all four sides, said insertion girder being selectively receivable in said vertical support shaft in multiple orientations and securable therein at a selected height; a horizontal insertion bar having a hollow round configuration attached at a 90 degree angle to a top end of said insertion girder, said horizontal insertion bar having a V-spring button; a hand grip unit including: a horizontal section having a hollow round configuration complementary to the configuration of said horizontal insertion bar such that said horizontal section is selectively receivable in said horizontal insertion bar and secured therein by said V-spring button; a spacing girder extending upwardly at a 90 degree angle from one end of said horizontal section; another spacing girder attached to said spacing girder that extends upwardly at a 45 degree angle toward a center of said horizontal section; a top hook assembly having means for attaching to an overhead bar and having a height adjustable connector member that is coupled to said hand grip unit such that said height adjustable connector member is perpendicular to said horizontal section of said hand grip unit.