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Stretch and press portable gym

Stretch and press portable gym description/claims

1. Field of the Invention

This invention concerns a portable light weight exercise device, and more particularly relates to a portable device intended to be hand-gripped and employed preferably as a pair of identical units.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The health benefit of physical exercise activity that strengthens muscles and improves joint and cardiovascular function is well established. Most exercise devices involve repetitive movement of a force through a distance. The force, usually measured in pounds, is often a weight which represents a gravimetric force, or a resilient member that produces force by way of reversible bending or elongation. A compendium of exercise devices is presented in the year 2007 catalog of Power Systems of Knoxville, Tenn. Most of such devices are intended for use within a properly equipped indoor facility, and are not amenable to use by a traveling person whose exercise activity may be restricted to a hotel room. For example, it is not feasible to travel with heavy weights such as barbells. Other exercise devices may be of cumbersome size, or require anchoring installation or accessory equipment such as floor mats. Although certain exercise devices, such as hand grip exercisors are suitable for use by a traveling person, they provide a limited range of exercise activity and minimal adjustability of force level.

It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a light weight portable exercise device for accomplishing a diverse range of exercise activity.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a device of the aforesaid nature that facilitates exercise activity without requisite accessory facilitating equipment.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an exercise device of the aforesaid nature which permits adjustable force level.

These objects and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

The above and other beneficial objects and advantages are accomplished in accordance with the present invention by an exercise device comprising: a) a handle assembly comprised of a rigid tubular handgrip member and a tether loop of compliant non-elongatable construction slidably retained by said handgrip member, b) a hook assembly comprised of a rigid flat structural member having a substantially straight shank portion extending to a proximal extremity, and an arcuate portion opposite said proximal extremity and terminating in a distal extremity, and a securing foot pivotably attached to said distal extremity and adapted to move in a path parallel to the plane of said structural member, and c) connecting means providing movable joinder of said tether loop with the proximal extremity of said structural member.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective top view of an embodiment of the exercise device of the present invention.

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