Patent ID: 7601100

Claim:
A door mounted chin-up assembly comprising in pairs, one for each of an operator's left and right hands, a handhold and tethering assembly, each handhold and tethering assembly comprising: a tunneled handhold; a tunneled tethering anchor; a strapping loop; and a hand bracing pad assembly; wherein a first sector of the strapping loop is disposed by extension through the tethering anchor and a second sector of the strapping loop is disposed by extension through the handhold; and the hand bracing pad assembly comprises a hand bracing pad comprising a hand affronting face, door affronting face and pad edges, wherein laterally opposing portions of the pad comprise pad connective means for connection to the strapping loop, each of the pad connective means disposed intermediate the tethering anchor and the handhold so as to dispose the hand affronting face of the hand bracing pad proximate the handhold and the door affronting face of the hand bracing pad for abutment against the door, with the hand bracing pad extending between opposing sides of the strapping loop from the pad connective means to a location beyond the handhold; whereby the operator, by disposing the tethering anchor by door blocker obstruction against the opposing side of a closed door may perform chin-ups and other body suspension exercises upon the door with the operator's hands cushioned from direct contact with the door.