Patent ID: 7390286

Claim:
Apparatus adapted to mount onto the neck and head of a person whereby the person may exercise the neck, comprising: a head assembly comprising: a cap portion constructed as a rigid helmet, having an interior cavity adapted to be worn on and receive the head of the person, said helmet having an upper surface, shaped and configured to be able to function as a cam, the upper surface being located between a back portion of said helmet and a front portion of said helmet, said helmet further including a frontal extension projecting forwardly of the person's forehead when in a mounted state upon the head of the person, said frontal extension having an upper tether contacting surface formed as a continuation of the upper surface; a harness operative to secure said cap portion on the head to define a mounted state; a saddle piece extending across a back portion of the neck when in the mounted state; an anchor assembly; and a flexible tether adapted to interconnect said cap portion and said anchor assembly in an assembled state; said flexible tether having a first end secured to a back portion of said helmet when in an assembled state and an intermediate portion extending across and in physical contact with the upper surface of the helmet and the upper tether contacting surface of the frontal extension; said tether further including an elastic and resilient portion.