Exercise device grips and accessories for exercise devices

Abstract

An exercise device having many advantageous features is described, including the ability to provide a variety of different accessory grips to the user, and the ability to easily mount the device to a wall. One exercise device described is an inelastic resistance device having integral hand grips. The accessory grips are removably attachable to the integral grip of an exercising device, and provide for gripping by the hands, foot or other body parts. The selection of a specific accessory grip allows the user to exercise by specific body parts and provides for a greater number of possible exercises. Accessory grips are attachable to the integral grips, greatly adding to the flexibility of the device. In addition, a novel hand grip is described having a plurality of cords that can be selected for gripping, and a bracket for mounting a door jamb mountable exercise device to a wall is described.

1 . A portable exercise apparatus comprising: 
 a resistance exercise device having at least one hand grip; and    one or more accessory grips coupled to said resistance exercise device.    
     
     
         2 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 1 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips is a removably coupled accessory grip.  
     
     
         3 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 1 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips is an integral accessory grip.  
     
     
         4 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 1 , 
 where said at least one hand grip is a pair of hand grips, and    where said resistance exercise device further includes: 
 an inelastic elongated member between said pair of hand grips, and  
 an anchor for attaching said elongated member to a stationary support.  
   
     
     
         5 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 4 , where said anchor has a first end slidably attached to said elongated inelastic member between said pair of hand grips and a second end adapted for attaching to said stationary support.  
     
     
         6 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 4 , where said inelastic elongated member further includes a mechanism to adjust the length of said elongated inelastic member between said pair of hand grips.  
     
     
         7 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 4 , where each of said pair of hand grips includes one of a pair of rigid elongated members each having an outer circumference.  
     
     
         8 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 7 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips is a removably coupleable accessory grip, where said removably coupleable accessory grip has a grip attachment portion including at least one strap having a length greater than the outer circumference and includes a fastener to secure said grip attachment portion about one of said pair of hand grips.  
     
     
         9 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 8 , where said fastener is a hook-and-loop fastener.  
     
     
         10 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 1 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips includes a loop adapted for accepting a heel of a user.  
     
     
         11 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 10 , where said at least one of said one or more accessory grips is a removably coupled accessory grip.  
     
     
         12 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 10 , where said at least one hand grip is a pair of hand grips, and where at least one of said one or more accessory grips includes a loop integrally coupled near one of said hand grips.  
     
     
         13 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 1 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips includes one or more loops each adapted for accepting at least one finger of a user.  
     
     
         14 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 6 , where said mechanism includes at least one cam buckle, such that said length is adjustable according to the length of said elongated inelastic member through said cam buckle.  
     
     
         15 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 14 , where said at least one cam buckle is two cam buckles, where each of said two cam buckles is adjacent to one of said pair of hand grips.  
     
     
         16 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 5 , where said stationary support is a closed door having a door jamb, where said anchor includes an enlarged portion at said second end and a strap between said first end and said second end that is passable between said closed door and said door jamb, and where said enlarged portion is not passable between said closed door and said door jamb.  
     
     
         17 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 5 , where said stationary support is a pole, rail, or stanchion, where said second end includes a strap and a tensioning device, where said strap has a length sufficiently long to wrap about said stationary support, and where said tensioning device is adapted for tightening said strap about said stationary support.  
     
     
         18 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 4 , where the length of said elongated member is between 6 feet and 12 feet.  
     
     
         19 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 5 , where said support and elongated member interact to provide frictional restraint with respect to the anchor when said pair of hand grips are pulled in a direction away from said anchor as a function of the force applied to each of said pulled grips, where, when the force applied to each of said pulled grips are increased while positioning each of said pair of hand grips a distance of one half of the length from said anchor, said frictional restraint restrains said elongated member with said hand grips equidistant from said anchor.  
     
     
         20 . The portable exercise device of  claim 5 , where said anchor includes an enlarged portion at said second end and a strap between said first end and said second end, where said stationary support is a wall, and further includes: 
 a bracket having a first portion affixed to said wall and a second portion having an opening and spaced apart from said first portion,    where said opening in said second portion is adapted to accept said strap, where said spacing between said wall and said second portion is sufficient to accept said enlarged portion, and where said opening is sufficiently small to prevent said enlarged portion from passing through said opening.    
     
     
         21 . A portable exercise apparatus comprising: 
 a resistance exercise device including: 
 a pair of integral hand grips;  
 an inelastic elongated member between said pair of integral hand grips, and  
 an anchor for attaching said elongated member to a stationary support; and  
   one or more accessory grips coupled to at least one of said pair of hand grips.    
     
     
         22 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 21 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips is a removably coupled accessory grip.  
     
     
         23 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 21 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips is an integral accessory grip.  
     
     
         24 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 21 , where each of said pair of integral hand grips includes one of a pair of rigid elongated members each having an outer circumference.  
     
     
         25 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 24 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips is a removably coupleable accessory grip, where said removably coupleable accessory grip has a grip attachment portion including at least one strap having a length greater than the outer circumference and includes a fastener to secure said grip attachment portion about one of said pair of integral hand grips.  
     
     
         26 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 25 , where said fastener is a hook-and-loop fastener.  
     
     
         27 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 21 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips includes a loop adapted for accepting a heel of a user.  
     
     
         28 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 27 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips is a removably coupleable accessory grip.  
     
     
         29 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 27 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips includes a loop integrally coupled near one of said integral hand grips.  
     
     
         30 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 21 , where at least one of said one or more accessory grips includes one or more loops each adapted for accepting at least one finger of a user.  
     
     
         31 . The portable exercise apparatus of  claim 21 , where the length of said elongated member is between 6 feet and 12 feet.