Pull-up bar with hand and finger holds
US9079085B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B23/16
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An exercise apparatus includes a doorway engaging portion configured to releasably secure the exercise apparatus in a doorway and distribute a weight of a user of the exercise apparatus through a frame of the doorway. The exercise apparatus also includes a finger hold mounted to the doorway engaging portion, the finger hold comprising a ridge or groove shaped and sized to receive the fingertips of the user. When the doorway engaging portion is releasably securing the exercise apparatus in the doorway, the user may insert the fingertips around the ridge or into the groove of the finger hold, and perform an exercise by supporting an entirety of the weight of the user through the frame of the doorway via the finger hold. A method of exercising using an exercise device having a doorway engaging portion and a finger hold configured to receive the fingertips of a user, is also disclosed.
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