Combination jump rope and flexible exerciser

Claim 1

In an exercising apparatus, comprising, in combination: a. a pair of handgrips; b. an elastic, flexible member having two spaced ends connected to the handgrips, with the member being arranged extending between the handgrips; and c. fastening means attached to the handgrips for attaching the ends of the flexible member to the handgrips; the improvement wherein: d. each of the handgrips is resilient and includes a torsion spring provided with normally diverging arms, and two handles, one of the handles mounted on one of the arms and the other of the handles on the other of the arms, and each of the handles extending longitudinally away from the torsion spring, one of the handles of each of the handgrips being provided adjacent an end of the handle spaced farthest from the torsion spring with a recess means extending part way around the handle and substantially transverse to the longitudinal extent of the handle for selectively receiving the flexible member and permitting the apparatus to be employed as a chest exerciser by wrapping the flexible member around the one of the handles of each of the handgrips, the other of the handles of each of the handgrips being provided on an end of the handle spaced farthest from the torsion spring with a groove means disposed extending perpendicularly to the recess means provided in the one of the handles and toward the torsion spring for receiving the flexible member and facilitating performance of certain exercises by using the other of the handles of each of the handgrips as a fulcrum for the flexible member.