Patent ID: 6926747

Claim:
A demountable multi-purpose exercise device, including: a) a pair of elongate plunger members, each having a first end portion and a second end portion; and including at least one handhold disposed along a portion of said elongate flexible member and affixed thereto to provide a means for gripping said elongate flexible member; b) a central guide member having a pair of oppositely disposed portions for demountable telescopic engagement with said second end portions of said pair of elongate plunger members; c) depressible resilient means disposed between said pair of elongate plunger members and said central guide member, operative to permit mutual contraction of said plunger members in response to opposing axial forces of at least a predetermined magnitude applied thereto via said first ends thereof; and d) an elongate flexible member operative to be longitudinally looped about the remainder of said exercise device in engagement with said first end portions of said pair of elongate plunger members, and configured to be of a length so as to retain said pair of plunger members in engagement with said central guide member.