Neck exercising device

Claim 1

A neck exercising device comprising in combination (a) a football helmet that is adapted to be strapped securely on the head; (b) an elongated steel bar located immediately above the central top portion of said football helmet with the longitudinal axis of said steel bar extending in an essentially vertical direction, (c) a curved steel plate which is about 1/8 inch thick, 2.5 inches in width and 6-7 inches in length, the curvature of said plate corresponding to the curvature of the top portion of said football helmet, the bottom end of said elongated steel bar being welded to the convex surface of said curved steel plate, (d) a rubber bushing having approximately the same size and shape as said curved steel plate, the entire undersurface of said rubber bushing being secured flush against the upper central surface of said football helmet and the entire undersurface of said curved steel plate being secured flush against the upper surface of said rubber bushing, said securement being effected by a plurality of fastening means that are located at spaced apart portions of said curved steel plate and which fastening means extend through both said curved steel plate, said rubber bushing and the upper central portion of said football helmet, (e) at least one bar bell disc with a central bore mounted on said vertically disposed steel bar, each said bar bell disc being disposed in a generally horizontal plane and bearing its weight downwardly on the top of said curved steel plate, and (f) a locking collar mounted on said steel bar at a point immediately above the upper most bar bell disc so as to secure said bar bell disc against upwardly movement.