Patent ID: 8057370

Claim:
A resistance apparatus comprising: a track adapted to be secured in a vertical position on a support, the track having a front surface, an intermediate surface and a back surface, the front and intermediate surfaces being connected by parallel surfaces at opposite sides and forming a pair of guide rails at the longitudinal edges of the track; a plurality of vertically spaced holes in the front surface of the track; a vertical slide mounted on the track and receiving the guide rails, the vertical slide having a spring loaded plunger near a first end thereof, the vertical slide being moved to a selected location on the track and a plunger is inserted into one of the plurality of vertically spaced holes to hold the slide in place; a hook having a pair of spaced apart legs, with upper and lower end portions wherein the lower end portions of the legs are connected by an upwardly extending U-shape portion, the upper end portion of the first leg being close to the front surface of the slide, the upper end portion of the second leg having a downwardly extending curved portion which is laterally spaced from the upper end portion of the first leg to form therewith an entrance opening into the interior of the hook; and a resistance band having an intermediate portion received in the interior of the hook through the entrance opening to permit a person to grasp the ends of the band and to perform various resistance exercises.