US1333005A - Exerciser - Google Patents

Description

H. 1. WARNER.

EXERCISER.

' APPLICATION FILE .NH51411919- 1,333,005. Patented Mar. 9, 1920s INVENTO @rms/f y'rnvrrnn ,sTArEs rATENr orrion HARVEY i. .WAQaNEaor TAKQMAKIPARK, nrsrnicror icoLUMiIA. Y

To all'whom t may concern-l. V V y Be it known that 1,;-HARvEY J.y WARNER, la citizen L of the United States, residing at Takoma Park, District of Columbia, have invented a new .andA useful .Exerciser, of

r'whichfthe following is a" specification.

l and its object is to provide a devicefwhich This `invention has yreference to exercisers,

may be carried'by the hand of the'userf and manipulated inv 'suchi manner as to provide yfor. the use of the ,muscles oifthearm and p chest and more remotelyxofmusclesl of the .The invention. comprises a member which may kbe readilyheldfby thehandjof thev user.` and. anotherl member susceptible of rotating about the first member'in suitably spacedirelation thereto and so. related to the grasped member that the 'inertia eii'ect of the rotated member requires the exercise ofmuscular eortto 'hold the inertia member inthe desiredcourse, thus bringing into play many of the muscles `of the'hand, fore# arm, upperv arm, chest, and to an extent 'many of the muscles of the whole body.y

suitable distance *fromthe axis of rotation of' the inertia memberabouty the handle. The inertia member Imay be given a circular motion by :inappropriate movement of 'the hand and arm with the speed of `movement inertia member in its proper coursefand this exertion imparts-exercise to thefbody of the userwith the exercise beneficial." The exerciser is"'susceptible of use in" various lfrom 'a consideration. ofthe-following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing formingpart of Y this speciication, with thefunderstandmg,

however,` that the invention is not confined to any "strict` conformity with the `showing of the drawing, but may .be changed Y and 4modified so long as such changesand modil' `cations mark no materialdeparture from,V

' Fig.r2 is ay section on the p rings together. demanding more 'orlesseort toholdthe Y Specivfcation of LettersPatent. y. I Pittililtdlll'ag, 17.920. "iAppncatida'mediune 14, 1919.117senarnonaoim'o. i i 'i thesalient' features of vtheiinvention as-eXf l pressed 2in the appended claims.

lntheadrawingr 1 y Figurefl is an elevation of a embodying theinvention.

' line 2-2 thereof?.v

Fig. Bris a section' similar to that oit-Fig'. .2 butiltakenrthrough another Jform of. the inventionVV and. Vomitting` the handle portion.` Fig. 4 is a section..similarjtoFigsx'and 3 but showing still anotherl form of the in vention. s

Fig.` 5 is a` section throughthe handle.

"of theexerciser, but illustratingsome variations in the arrangementrof'FigV-i. .n `Referring to the drawing, and particularlyitoFigsqy 1? and 2, thereis shownjra handle 'l :extending diametrically j across a lring 2,-the handlev being-.appropriately shaped to be grasped bythe hand o'i the user, which hand is then encircledby the ring 2.; The handle `1- maybe made either I actuallyor eectively in onegpiece with the ring 2,"v although:l this isf'not obligatory. Formed in the outer periphery.otthering 2 is a groove 3. extending :wholly aboutthe ring and constituting-one memberoil arace for antifriction balls 4:.7k vSu rroundinglthe ring 3fis another ring 5 khaving. a ball-,race 6 about' its ,inner circumference, .the -two rings being held together by a circular series of the balls'l which not onlyv forman antifric-tion bearing forv the movement `of g the ring 5 about the ring 2, b utalsok lockl the two Projectingl from the fouter periphery of the ring 5 is an armk?, the direction o'j pirojection `being preferabljg though not f necessarily, radial. The. aun-1'2"y is shown -jas hollow 'or tubular and internallyg. screw7 threadedV to receive one .end of a threaded stem S', theotherend oi which .carries an inertia member 9 shown as in the form of aball, but it is to be understood,thatsuch Y' kparticular' form is not obligatory.` FurtheI'-,

more, the bally 9 isjindieatedfasprovided with a covering lwhich may, by preference, be kof softy rubbenor any other suit,- able material designed toprevent injuryin case Vthe inertia member strikes anylthing.r A lock nut .lilapplied 'to kthe stem Sserves to lock thestem in anyl adjusted ,position so that the ball 9'1nay be .-loc;ate d `at different distances from thejhandlel. The bore of the arm 7 is continued through the ring 5 so lr1.0 f

as to open into the ball race-way in the ring 5, whereby the ring may be Iilled with balls through the arm 7 and then the balls are prevented from escaping or jamminggby a screw plug 12 introduced into the arm 7 to a point suliciently close to the balls to prevent jamming thereof.

With an exercising device such as shownV in Figs. 1 and 2, the hand of the user grasps the handle 1 with the ring 2 arranged trans.

versely of the length of the arm, or by bend- Y ing the wrist the ring 2 may be madeto as sume another angular relation to the length ofthe arm. Now by imparting a swinging movement, especially about an axis coinciding with the shoulder joint, the inertia member 9 is caused toorbitally move about the handle land the hand grasping the handle. The inertia ofthe ball 9 tends to impart to it tangential movements and if the orbi: tal movements b e rapid the tangential tendency will become pronounced, so that a considerable muscular eflort'must be exerted to maintainv theorbital movements of the inf' erti-a member. and to kkeep the bodily 1nove ments of the whole device within a reasonably sinall circular path. If the ring 2 be so held that the orbital movements ofthe ball 9'approachparallelism with the length ofV the users arm, certain muscles will come intolplay which were not aii'ected by the` movementsof the inertia ball in planes substantially perpendicular to thelength of the arm. The device is susceptible of use in various ways and maybe easily manipulated in different manners t-o affect many muscles of the arms, chest, back and lower portions of the body, and even of the neck.

The exercising device may be made withV the stem carrying the inertia member more or` less elastic to give a certain amount of elasticity' with Va corresponding Veiitect and change of exertion on the part of theperson Y exercising. Moreover, the structure may be of anchoring the wires in the ball may ybe employed. At the other end the stem is' anchored in aringa corresponding the ring 5 of the structure of Flg.' 1. This anchoring is performed by passing the inner end of the stem partly through a boss 7*"v corresponding to the arm 7 of Fig. v1, but

much shorter and opening into a race-way 6 corresponding to the race-ways of the structure of Fig. 1.V A plugl, of lead or the like, maybe used to hold the inner end of the stem 13, the wires of which were hold in the ring 5a being spread to prevent' retraction or loosening. L

l VTo permit the introdnctionof balls into ,the race-way an opening 16 is formed at any convenient point in the ring 5a and is 'closed by a plug 17 `introduced after the balls `have The structures of Figs. 1,' and 3 are susceptible of considerable` elaboration, representingV corresponding, cost of production.

or such surface may be omitted To provide a cheaperpthoughnin. many re- Y spects equally as effective, structure, the cost of production maybe materially reduced along thelines 'shown in Figs. -iand 5. In Fig. 4 there is shown Aafhandle 1.8 similar in shape to the handle'll of Figs. 1 and 2 andl somewhat differently constructed, and

this handle is madeV separately for cheapness. of construction. Surrounding the handie l is a ring 19 which may comprisea trough shaped or channel strip ofV metal Ibent into ring form and providedfwith ra-A dially outward flanges 20. 1 The 4strip 19 Where the ends meet overlaps, as indicated at 21, and one of two screws 22 holding the handle 18 and ring 19 together may be made to traverse vthe overlapping portion and so secure the overlapping meeting ends of. the ring together. Seated inthe channel thus formed bythe flanges 20 is a metal strip 23 encircling the channel strip 19'and having prolonged meeting ends 24C secured together at intervals by rivets 25 or in yother appropriate mannen'the prolongations 24:, when riveted together, constituting a stem26 corresponding to the stems 8 and 1-3 of Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The outer extremities of the prolongations '24 are appropriately bent inV oppositedirections, as shown at 27, to combine into an -emlbracing clip partially encircling -a ball 9b and a rivet28 traversing the ball 9* diametrically and extending through the extremities 27 constitutes "a convenient means j for securing theparts together. The handle 18 is .formed atlthe ends. with wings 29 of suliicient lengthA to receive between them the ring 19 and the flanges 20 so that the screws 22 are'not subjectedV to any twisting-strain during the operation of the device. InFig. 5 the handle portion andf the'ring carried by the handle areshown as stainped out of sheet'metal. For this purpose two identical stampingsxare provided, each comprising one-half of a handle member 9c and onehalf ofaringw19` with side .flanges 20, the? two halves `being connected by', rivets 30 passed through the handlesections. A TheY structures ofi Figs. 4 and `5 are designed `for cheap production to permit sale at a'relatively low priceand much lower thanV would 'V be the casewith the` Astructures of Figs. 1, 2 and `3 and `.especially with respect to the structureof Figs. 1 and 2 where provision is made for the adjustment of the effective length of the stem 8 to vary the distance of the ball or inertia member 9 from the handle l. However, the usefulness of the structures f ci Figs. 4 and 5 is very similar to that of Figs.v

l, 2 and 3 when considered as exercisers, the

principal ditference, aside from the question of cost, being in the greater 'ease of move` ment with the structures of Figs. 1, 2 and`3 over the structures/of Figs. 4 and 5.

What is claimed is Q 1'. An exercising device vcomprising a han-V die adapted to be grasped between, .the ends by the human hand,- and an inertia member carried by and mounted to rotate orbitally about the handlev member with the latte transverse to the axis of rotation.

2. An exercising device comprising a handle adapted to be grasped between its ends by the human hand, and provided with a ring-shaped member carried by the handle and to which the latter is diametrically disposed, and an inertia member eccentrically mounted with respect to and rotatable about the ring-shaped member, whereby the inf ertiaimember may be caused to move orbitally about an axis transverse to the length of the handle.

3. An exercising device comprising a handle adapted to be grasped between the ends by the hand of the user, a ring-shaped portion carried by the handle member with the latter extending diametrically across the ring-shaped member, another ring-shaped member encircling the rst-namedl ringshaped member and rotatable thereabout,

vring-shaped member, and an inertia member Vconnected to and spaced away from the p second-named ring-shaped member in substantially radial` relation to the axes ofrota-v tionof the second-named ring-shaped member about the lirst ring-shaped member.

5. An exercising device comprising two ring-shaped members in concentric relation, with the inner ring-shaped member provided with a handle adapted to begrasped by the handI offthe user and extending diaineti'ic'ally "across `said ring-shaped member, and an inertia member having meanstor securing .it

a handley secured to the inner member and extending diametrically thereacross, a stem projecting in a substantially radialY direction from the outer member, and an inertia member carried by the outer end of kthe stem.

7. An exercising device comprising two cpncentrically related ring-shaped members, a handle securedV to the inner member and extending.diametrically thereacross, a stemVV projecting in afsubstantially radial direction from the outer member, and Aan inertia member carried by the outerend of the stem,`the

meeting facesof the two ring-shaped membersbeing provided with ball raceways, and

toi-;tlief'.second-named ring-shaped member `andprojecting in af substantially radial di-y rection lrom'sa'id second ringshaped meinuber. .fj, 5 -r Y* h 162 .Anexercising device comprising `two concentrically related ring-shaped members,

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a series of antifriction balls lodged in the raceways and holding the two members against lateral displacement one with respect to the other. i

8. An exercising device comprising a ringshaped member with a handle adapted to be ,graspedy by the hand of the user extending diametrically across the ring-shaped member, and said member having an outer` peripheral raceway, another ring-shaped Y member encircling the first-named member and provided with an inner vperipheral raceway, and also provided with an interiorly threaded arm projecting radially from said member, a series of antifriction balls lodged between the two members in the raceways, a screw stem enteringV the threaded arm and adjustable lengthwise of the latter, and an inertia member carried by the outer end of the threaded stem,

9. An exercising device comprising a ringshaped member with a handle .adapted to be grasped by the hand of the user extending` diametrically across thering-shaped member and said member having an outer peripheral raceway, another ring-shaped member encircling the first-named member and provided with an inner peripheral raceway, and also provided with an interiorly threaded arm projecting radially from said member,

a series of antifriction balls lodged between.v

the two members in the racewi ys, a screw stem entering the threaded arm and adjust# able lengthwise of the latter, and an inertia meinbencarried by the' outer end of the threaded stem, said inertia member having an exterior covering of yieldable material serving as a protector. 1

10.. An exercising device comprisinganr' inertia member, a mounting therefor about which the inertia member is rotatable, and from which it is offset inV a direction radial isc to the aXis of rotation, and a, handle carried by, the mounting crossWise of thel axis of rotation. n. Y 1 v l11.:An exercising device comprising a ring-shaped memiber of channel cross `section, a diametricavlly located handle secured thereto, another ringshaped memberrsurroundingthe first-named member and hav- 4,

In testimony, that'I claimthe foregoing YasY myoWn, I: have hereto ati'lixed my s ignature; l p

' HARVEY J. WiiRimnv

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