Patent ID: 8535204

Claim:
An exercise apparatus comprising: a first pair of rigid elongate spaced-apart drop members, each drop member having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axes of the drop members being substantially in a single plane; a rigid elongate first rest member having a longitudinal axis, the rest member having a length greater than the drop members are spaced apart such that opposing ends of the rest member extend beyond the spaced-apart drop members in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drop members, the rest member comprising two rest surfaces substantially parallel to the rest member longitudinal axis, the rest surfaces located at the opposing ends of the rest member; a first pair of rigid elongate handle struts spaced apart by at least hip width, each handle strut having a longitudinal axis, the strut axes being substantially in a single plane and located inwardly with respect to said rest surfaces; wherein the rest member is rigidly connected at least to the drop members or to the handle struts, and the handle struts are rigidly connected at least to the respective drop members or to the rest member, and the drop members are rigidly connected at least to the respective handle struts or to the rest member; wherein the rest surfaces are offset in a first direction from the longitudinal axis of the rest member, and the strut members extend away from the longitudinal axis of the rest member in a second direction having a component opposite to the first direction; and wherein the drop members each have a free end from which they depend, each free end comprising an attachment means for releasably mounting the exercise apparatus in an operable position, wherein the attachment means is configured to rotatably engage a mounting bar.