Patent ID: 7628738

Claim:
An exerciser including a handle adapted to be swung through a simulated swing for exercise purposes and a resistance applied to resist movement of the handle through the simulated swing, the exerciser comprising: a bracket connected to a proximal end of the handle; the bracket including a pivot; a pivoting portion of the bracket being free to pivot between a closed position in which the pivoting portion of the bracket is disposed near a distal end of the handle and an open position in which the pivoting portion of the bracket is remote from the distal end of the handle; the resistance being connected to a distal end of the pivoting portion of the bracket; and the bracket being oriented relative to the resistance and to the pivot positions so that the pivoting portion of the bracket moves in response to the resistance to the open position when the handle is in a backswing region of the swing, and the pivoting portion of the bracket moves in response to the resistance to the closed position as the handle approaches a hitting region of the swing.