US4651985A
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Exercise device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1985-02-04
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Granted: 1987-03-24
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Expires: 2005-02-04
Abstract
Abstract New exercising device, intended particularly for exercising the muscles of the hand, wrist and forearm, comprising an exercising means made up of a tightly wound coil spring and handle means attached to both ends of the exercising means to permit grasping of the device by the operator, said handle means also comprising a tightly wound coil spring of smaller size so as to fit within the ends of the exercising means.
Inventors
- 👤 William F. Salisbury
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 03:28
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B21/00; A63B21/0004; A63B21/00043; A63B21/02; A63B21/045; A63B21/023
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
An exercising device comprising in combination an exercising means comprising a tightly wound coil spring having a first and second end, handles attached to each of said ends to permit grasping of the device by the hands of the operator, said handles consisting essentially of a tightly wound coil spring of smaller size than the coil spring of the exercising means so as to fit within the ends of the said exercising means and are disposed in screw threaded engagement within the ends of the exercising means so that the handles can be screwed in or out and thereby lengthen or shorten the said handles, the lengthening or shortening of said handles acting to decrease or increase the resistance of the exercising device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
An exercising device comprising in combination an exercising means comprising a tightly wound coil spring having a first and second end, handles attached to each of said ends to permit grasping of the device by the hands of the operator, said handles consisting essentially of a tightly wound coil spring of smaller size than the coil spring of the exercising means so as to fit within the ends of the said exercising means and are disposed in screw threaded engagement within the ends of the exercising means so that the handles can be screwed in or out and thereby lengthen or shorten the said handles, the lengthening or shortening of said handles acting to decrease or increase the resistance of the exercising device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
An exercising device as in claim 1 wherein the handles are hollow and closed at the outer end and capable of holding various sized weights.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
An exercising device as in claim 2 wherein the handles contain inside various sized weights which can move about at the motion of the exerciser.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
An exercising device as in claim 1 wherein the wound coil springs of the handles are more tightly bound than the coil springs of the exercising means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
An exercising device as in claim 1 wherein the tightly wound coil spring of the exercising means is from 4 to 10 inches in length and prepared by winding of steel wire of 3/16 to 6/16 inches in diameter in a coil of diameter of 11/4 to 2 inches.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
An exercising device as in claim 1 wherein the tightly wound coil springs of the handle means is from 4 to 10 inches in length and prepared by winding of steel wire of 3/16 to 6/16 in diameter in a coil of smaller diameter than the coil spring in the exercising means and capable of being in screw threaded relationship thereto.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
An exercising device as in claim 1 wherein a safety strip is placed over both handles so as to prevent slipping of the users hand.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
115 words
An exercising device comprising in combination an exercising means comprising a tightly wound coil spring having a first and second end, handle means attached to each of said ends to permit grasping of the device by the hands of the operator, said handle means also comprising a tightly wound coil spring of smaller size than the coil spring of the exercising means so as to fit within the ends of the said exercising means, and having a cord attached to the exercising means with a weight at the end of the cord, said attachment being such as to prevent the cord to be wound on the exercising means by the rotation of the handle means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
115 words
An exercising device comprising in combination an exercising means comprising a tightly wound coil spring having a first and second end, handle means attached to each of said ends to permit grasping of the device by the hands of the operator, said handle means also comprising a tightly wound coil spring of smaller size than the coil spring of the exercising means so as to fit within the ends of the said exercising means, and having a cord attached to the exercising means with a weight at the end of the cord, said attachment being such as to prevent the cord to be wound on the exercising means by the rotation of the handle means.
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