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 Wrist arm exerciser

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Inventors: Stander, Maxwell; Chander, Radhakrishnan;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Reichard; Lynne A.
Assistant Examiner:
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A portable, compact exerciser comprising a semi-rigid torsion member with a pair of gripping surfaces at each end. The end faces of the gripping surfaces are designed to receive detachable handles orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the torsion member. The torsion member comprising thin walled sections running along the longitudinal axis to offer resistance to any rotational force applied about the longitudinal axis of the torsion member. In one mode of operation, the user can primarily exercise the wrists by rotating the torsion member by rotating the gripping surfaces in a direction relative to each other. In another mode of operation, by moving the detachable handles attached to the gripping surfaces back and forth relative to each other in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the torsion member, the user can exercise forearms and other muscle groups. The torsional resistance of the torsion member can be conveniently increased by using attachments that can be clipped on to the thin walled sections. Due to its simple construction, the exerciser can be easily manufactured at a low cost.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In one embodiment, the invention comprises a portable hand-held exerciser of low-cost, durable and simple construction with left and right gripping surfaces connected by a torsion bar that provides resistance to a twisting force exerted by the wrists and fingers about its longitudinal axis.
In the second embodiment, additional handles are inserted into the ends of the torsion bar, so that by moving the arms back and forth pivotally, the torsion bar may be twisted about its longitudinal axis.
By holding one of the grips or handles firmly, the other hand is free to rotate the torsion bar in either direction and thereby exercise opposing muscles.
Alternately, both hands can be simultaneously used to exert a torsional force on the torsion bar.
It is accordingly, an objective of the current invention to provide a portable hand-held exerciser to rehabilitate, and develop muscle strengths and endurance predominantly in the wrists, arms and fingers.
Another objective of this invention is to provide a hand-held portable exerciser which is simple in construction without complex friction disks and spring type mechanisms, that is easy to assemble and cheap to manufacture.
Yet another objective of this invention is to provide increasing degrees of torsional resistance by snapping clips on the thin-walled radially extending members of the torsion bar.



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