Patent ID: 7955239

Claim:
An apparatus for performing exercises with resistance comprising: a tensile member; a reel assembly for repeatedly deploying and retracting the tensile member thereon; a substantially spherical housing for rotatably supporting the reel assembly therein; and a support for rotatably supporting the housing therein, the support having: a ring encircling the housing between an equator of the housing and the tensile member so as to retain the housing in the support, the ring supporting the housing for rotation therein; a base spaced from the ring on an opposing side of the equator from the tensile member for rotationally supporting the housing between the ring and the base; and two or more arcuate span members from connecting between the base and the ring; wherein the support has a z-axis extending therethrough, the substantially spherical housing being supported therein for rotation substantially 360 degrees about the z-axis, the housing being further rotational about an x-axis and a y-axis, rotation being limited about the x and y-axes by interference contact of at least the tensile member with the ring.