[54] EXERCISING APPARATUS
[75] Inventor: Willem J. van Straaten, Sandton, South Africa
[73] Assignee: Verimark (Proprietary) Limited,
Transvaal, South Africa
[21] Appl. No.: 439,702
[22] Filed: Not. 21, 1989
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Aug. 21, 1989 [ZA] South Africa 89/6366
[51] Int. CI.' A63B 21/02; A63B 21/04
[52] U.S. CI 272/137; 272/135;
272/143
[58] Field of Search 272/72, 120, 126, 131,
272/133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 143, 144
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
D. 284,597 7/1986 Smith et al 272/120
1.019,861 3/1912 Titus 272/138
1,738,987 12/1929 Dattilo .
1,979,783 11/1934 Williams et al. .
4,004,801 1/1977 Campanaro et al 272/120
4,725,057 2/1988 Shifferaw 272/136
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 429527 5/1935 United Kingdom 272/72
Primary Examiner—Richard J. Apley
Assistant Examiner—Lynne A. Reichard
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Burns, Doane, Swecker &
Mathis
[57] ABSTRACT
Elastic bands extend between anchor points on a bottom bar and pulleys on a top bar. Their free ends are engaged individually or jointly by handles. A brace extends between stretchers spacing the bars apart. By standing on the bottom bar while the apparatus leans against a wall a large number of exercises can be performed by manipulating the handles. The device can be inverted for further exercises Or laid flat for further exercises.
12 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
