Patent ID: 6884202

Claim:
In an exercise device presenting a pair of cuffs adapted for encircling a selected limb of a user's body and a resistance band extending between the cuffs, the improvement comprising a device for releasable attachment of an end of the resistance band to one of the cuffs, said device comprising: a frame for attachment to the cuff, said frame including spaced-apart first and second walls; at least one track in said frame extending between said first and second walls; a spring having first and second ends, said first end attached to said first wall of said frame; a seat in said second wall of said frame; a latch having first and second walls with at least one wall extending therebetween, said at least one wall in said latch adapted for slidable movement along said at least one track in said frame; a post extending from said first latch wall, said post adapted for seating within said frame seat; said second end of said spring bearing against said latch, an expansion of said spring sliding said latch in a first direction wherein said post is in said frame seat; a slidable movement of said latch along said at least one track moving said latch in a second direction displacing said post from said seat and compressing said spring; a fastener at an end of the band, said fastener positioned about said seat upon said displacing of said post from said aperture, an expansion of said spring urging said latch into said first direction and said post through said fastener and into said seat, whereby to connect said respective end of said band about said post.