Friction type exercising device

Claim 1

An exercising device comprising a wheel, a frame, said frame including an elongated plate and a rod, one end of the rod fixedly secured to a first marginal edge of the plate, the wheel being disposed journalled to opposed sides of an opening located in the frame, the first marginal edge being disposed intermediate said opposite sides, a shaft, the shaft co-axially aligned with an fixedly secured to the wheel extending outwardly from the frame, a pair of handles fixedly secured eccentrically to the ends of the shaft, means to apply a variable magnitude drag force on the periphery of the wheel, said drag force applying means including a threaded rod, one end of the threaded rod carrying a bar, the bar having a portion of the outer surface thereof arcuately shaped disposed in touching engagement with a portion of the periphery of the wheel, the other end of the threaded rod having a handle fixedly secured thereto, the frame having a threaded hole disposed in a second marginal edge of the plate, the second marginal edge being disposed intermediate said sides and opposite to said first marginal edge, a portion of the threaded rod being disposed in threaded engagement with the threaded hole, the portion of the threaded rod including a portion of the rod intermediate the handle and the bar, said fastening means includes a circular plate, the circular plate having a plurality of holes therein, a plurality of screws, said plurality of holes having said plurality of screws passing therethrough for mounting said circular plate to said mounting surface, means to adjustably position including a block, the block having a hemi-sperhical socket disposed therewithin, the socket having an open mouth portion disposed in the surface of the block, a ball, a portion of the surface of the ball being disposed captured within the socket, the rod being disposed fixedly secured to another portion of the surface of the ball and passing through the open mouth portion, the block being disposed fixedly secured to the circular plate, means to releasingly clamp the ball to the block, means to adjustably position the longitudinal axis of the shaft relative to a stationary mounting surface, means to fasten the frame to said mounting surface.