Toggle bar for brachiation in place by the upper limbs

Claim 1

A toggle bar for brachiation in place by the upper limbs comprising, a suspended support, a single elongated tubular bar means having opposite ends, grip means on the opposite ends of said bar means to enable a person to grip said bar means, each of said grip means comprising a T-shaped handle in alignment with and in the same horizontal plane as the elongated tubular bar means, each of said T-shaped handles comprising a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion transversely secured at one end to said first tubular portion at the center of the length thereof, each of said second tubular portions being received by and secured to one end of said tubular bar means, said first tubular portions of each of said handles being horizontally disposed when said bar means is supported on said suspended support, a support means secured to said bar means intermediate the ends thereof pivotally supporting said bar means from the suspended support, and said support means comprising a unitary body portion having a bore extending therethrough and an arcuate hook portion extending upwardly therefrom, said tubular bar means extending through said bore, said hook portion having an opening formed therein adapted to receive the suspended support, said opening being formed in said support means so that said bar means may be selectively pivotally moved about a horizontal axis which is disposed transversely to the longitudinal axis of said bar means.