Patent ID: 7621847

Claim:
A body exercise apparatus mounted in a doorway independently of any door comprising: a frame comprising a first, overhead, level/horizontal support bar having respective opposite ends attached to inner facing surfaces of upper ends of the door jambs so as to bridge the doorway; a second, overhead horizontal, pull bar attached by at least one transverse bar to the support bar to extend in parallel spaced apart relation in front of the support bar and in front of the doorway; a pair of depending stabilizing bars having respective upper ends attached to the support bar adjacent opposite ends thereof and, a pair of depending strut bars attached at upper ends to the pull bar adjacent respective opposite ends thereof and at respective lower ends to respective adjacent lower ends of the stabilizing bars; an outwardly extending potion provided on each lower end of one of the stabilizing bar and strut bar to protrude in front of respective door jambs so as to be brought into stabilizing pressure engagement therewith by a person's weight applied to the pull bar whereby the frame is mounted in the doorway independently of any door being supported soley by the door jambs; the frame further comprising means for operatively supporting a resistance set, which means comprises a resistance set supporting bar which, in an operating position, protrudes horizontally rearwards, cantilever fashion, out of a top of the doorway and has a resistance set cable pulley mounted on a distal, rear end, wherein means are provide on the frame for pivotally mounting the resistance set supporting bar for horizontal swinging movement about a vertical axis between either lateral side of the doorway adjacent respective door jambs, as selected, thereby to accommodate both left hand and right hand, rearwardly opening doors.