US1749488A - Exercising apparatus - Google Patents

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March 4, 1930. F. KING EXERCISING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 22. 1927 Patented Mar. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES FRANCIS. KING, or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA EXERGISING APPARATUS Application filed August 22, 1927. Serial No. 214,510.

My invention relatesto an exercising apparatus, and has for its principal object the provision of a relativelysimple, inexpensive and easily manipulated device, that may be advantageously used for imparting to practically all portions of the body a highly beneficial form of exercise.

A further object of my invention is to provide an exercising apparatus of the character referred to, thatmay be conveniently suspended from the top member of a door frame,

thereby enablingthe user of the apparatus to manipulate the same while positioned in the open space between the upright members of the door frame.

A further object of myinvention is to provide. an exercising apparatus that is readily adjustable so that it may be conveniently used by persons of different heights, and further to provide an apparatus having apart that is especially designed for exercising the head, neck, and shoulders, of the user.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,'my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is an elevational View of an exercismg apparatus of my improved construction, and showing the same suspended from the head or upper member of'a door frame.

Fig. 2isa side elevational viewof that portion of the apparatus that is utilized for supporting the head while the latter and the neck and shoulders are being exercised.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper end of one of the clamping jaws that engages the head portion of the door frame.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of one end of a bar that. supports parts-of the exercising'apparatus. a

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2. I

Referring by numerals tothe accompanying drawings, 10 designates a pair of crossed metal bars that are pivotally connected to each other by a .pin or bolt 11, and the upper portions of said bars are extended upwardly 59 and thence inwardly to form hooks 12, that are adapted to engage over the facing strips S, that are arranged on the side faces of the head member of a door frame.

The inwardly projecting portions of the hooks 12, are covered with rubber, or analogous material, to provide cushions 13 that prevent the hooks from marring the facing strips S and the faces of the wall adjacent thereto.

Formed in the upper edges of the lower portions of the members 10 are notches 1 1, that receive the upper links of a pair of short chains 15, the latter extendinginward toward each other and the lower links of said chains being connected to a ring 16. I c5 Engaging ring 16 is the upper loop of an S-shaped book 17, and depending from the lower loop of this hook is a short chain 18.

The lower end of chain 18 is connected to the central portion of a horizontally disposed bar 19, preferably a metal tube.

Projecting upwardly from the bar 19, at points equidistant from the point where the chain 18 is connected to said bar are pairs of short pins 20, and similar pairs of pins 21 7 are seated in and project upwardly from said bar at points between said pins 20 and the ends of said bar.

Detachably mounted on the bar 19, between the pairs of pins 21, are rings 22, from which so depend S-shaped hooks 23, and connected to the lower portions of said hooks by means of rings 24, are large rings or stirrups 25 of such size as to receive the lower limbs of a person, and carried by the lower portions of said rings or stirrups 25 are cylindrical members 2% preferably of wood, hard rubber, or the li e.

Detachably connected to the lower portions of the hooks 23, are the upper ends of chains 27, and connected to the lower ends of these chains are metal rings 28, the lower portions of which are providedwith cylindrical handles 29, preferably'of wood or hard rubber.

The portion of the apparatus that is deas signed to receive the head of a person taking exercise, comprises a U-shaped strap 30, preferablyformed of fabric, of sufiicient size to pass beneath the chin of a person and to extend upwardly on the sides of the head; and 1 the upper ends of this strap carry rings 31, to which are connected the lower ends of retractile coil spring 32. The outer ends of these springs are connected to rings 33, that are adapted to pass over the ends of the bar 19, and engage between the members of the pairs of pins 20. I

The forward ends of a strap 34 that is adapted to pass around the rear portion of a persons head, are formed into loops 35, that encircle the strap 30, and said loops being ranged so that they will slide vertically on and the strap 34.

In addition to serving as stops to limit the downward movement of the strap 34:, the plates 36 serve as stays to retain the upright portions of strap 30 in proper opened position while in use, and to prevent said strap from tending to roll up or twist when backward strain are impressed'onstrap 34;.

My improved exercising apparatus may be used in various ways for imparting exercise to different parts of the body, and when the apparatus is set up foruse the hooks 12 on the upper ends of the crossed bars 10 engage over the facing strips S of the sides of the heads or top portion of the door frame as illustrated in Fig. 1, and thus all downward pull upon the apparatus tends to cause the hooks on the crossed bars to more firmly engage the head or top member of the door frame and thus retain the apparatus in proper suspended position.

In the event that the personusing the apparatus desires to exercise the head, neck, shoulders and arms, the rings 22 carrying the parts 25, 27 and 28 may be'removed from the end portions of bar 19, and the-strap 30 is then placed beneath the chin with the upper portions ofsaid strap extending upwardly to the sides of the head, and strap 34 is arranged so that it passes around the back of the head. The user now lowers the body so that the head is drawn down slowly, and this downward movement of the head is yieldingly resisted by the coil spring 32.

In order to assist in this exercise of the head, neck and shoulders, the user may manually grasp the end portions of bar 19 and to alternately pull the body upward and then permit the body to lower, withthe result that the arms-,fshoulders, upper portion of the may, and practically all parts of'the head and neck are exercised so as to stimulate cir- 'c'ii-l'ationand bring inte -pla and action 'various muscles and nerves with beneficial 'results.

By grasping the bar 19 with the hands the body may be bent forward and backward or pairs ofpins 21, and the user of the apparatus by grasping the handles 29 of the lower rings 7 28, may swing the limbs" upward and-pass the lower-portions of-the limbs through the large rings 25', and thus hang by the knees from said rings, and .which action is highly beneficial in stimulating bloodflow andexerci'sing practically all the muscles and organs ofthe body and lower limbs.

To remove the apparatus from the door frame, it is only necessary v to swing the crossed bars 10 upontheir axis 11, so as to disengagethe hooks from the head portion of the door frame, and when the" entire apparatus is packed for storage or transportation it occupies comparatively little space.

Thus it will be seen that I haveprovided an exercising apparatus that is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture, capable of being easily and quickly suspended from an overhead support, such as a head or top bar of a doorframe, and'which apparatus may be advantageously employed in the exercise of'practically all parts of the H body.

In some instances it maybe found desirable ies to suspend the bar 19 by means 015a pair of the hangers comprising the parts 10 and18, and where such arrangement is employed, the

bar 19 functions or maybe used after th manner of an ordinary trapeze.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved exercising apparatusmay be made and substituted for those herein shown and describedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth ed claims.

I claim as my invention: I 1. In anexercising apparatus,-a pair of pivotally connected crossed bars havingtheir upper endsterminating in hooks, a flexible member depending from said crossed bars, a bar'carried by the lower end. ofsaid flexible member, and rings detachably connected to and suspended from said bar. I f I 2. In anexercising apparatus, a pair 'of pivotal-1y connected crossed bars, the upper ends thereoftermi nating in hooks; a flexin the appendible member suspended from the lower portions of said crossed bars, a bar carried by the lower portion of said flexible member, rings suspended from the ends of said bar, flexible members suspended from the end portions of said bar, and rings carried by the lower ends of said flexible members.

3; In an exercising apparatus, a flexible member, means connected to the upper end of said flexible member for suspending the same from an overhead support, a bar carried by the lower portion of said flexible member, and a pair of adjustably associated head-engaging straps yieldingly suspended from said bar. 7

4. In an exercising apparatus, a flexible member, means connected to the upper end of said flexible member for suspending the same from an overhead support, a bar carried by the lower portion of said flexible member, a pair of adjustably associated headengaging straps yieldingly suspended from said bar, and pairs of rings detachably con nected to and suspended from said bar.

5. In an exercising apparatus, the combination with a suspended bar, of a pair of adjustably associated head-receiving straps, one of which is adapted to pass beneath the chin of the user,-the other adapted to pass behind the head of the user, and retraotile springs forming a connection between said head-receiving straps and said suspended bar.

6. In an exercising apparatus, a U-shaped strap adapted to pass beneath the chin of the user, a strap adapted to pass behind the head of the user, the ends of which last mentioned strap are mounted for sliding movement on the first mentioned strap, springs connected to the upper ends of said U-shaped strap, and means on said U-shaped strap for limiting the downward sliding movement of the other strap.

7. In an exercising apparatus, a suspended bar, rings detachably mounted on the ends of said bar, larger rings flexibly connected to the first mentioned rings, flexible members depending from said first mentioned rings, and hand rings carried by the lower ends of said flexible members.

8. In an exercising apparatus, an overhead clamp comprising a pair of pivotally connected crossed bars, the upper ends of which terminate in inwardly presented hooks, a

flexible member suspended from the lower ends of said crossed bars, a bar carried by the lower portion of said flexible member,

and a pair of adjustably associated head-receiving straps yieldingly suspended from said bar.

In testimony whereof I ture.

FRANCIS KING.

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