FR2548912A1 - MUSCLE APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR FOR ALPINISTS - Google Patents

Abstract

THE APPLIANCE INCLUDES A CYLINDRICAL BAR AND MEANS FOR IMMOBILIZING THE BAR AT A DETERMINED HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND. THE BAR SHOWS, ALONG ONE OF ITS GENERATORS, AT LEAST ONE FLAT OR CURVED DIGITAL 3 SUSPENSION ZONE, OR SUPPORTS ONE OR MORE ACCESSORIES PRESENTING SUCH ZONE.

Description

The present invention relates to a device for exercises of

  weight training, more specifically for mountaineers, comprising a cylindrical bar and means for immobilizing said bar at a given height above the ground. During the exercise of their sport, and in particular in free climbing, mountaineers frequently need to grip the rocks with the first knuckles of the fingers To reinforce their bodybuilding at this level, they do not have, to the knowledge of the deaandeur, of any suitable apparatus and they must be satisfied er apartment, to suspend with means of makeshift (top of furniture, edges of high windows, etc) they can not indeed, 'tiliser the classics' bars of "whose cronvexity is unsuitable for suspension by the end of the

  fingers, which will be called "digital suspension".

  The present invention aims to remedy this situation and, for this purpose, it proposes an apparatus of the aforementioned type in which the bar has, along one of its generators, at least one flat digital suspension zone or curved, or supports one or more accessories

presenting such a zone.

  In a first embodiment, this zone is

  constituted by the surface of a strip fixed on the periphery of the bar.

  In another embodiment, the suspension zone is constituted by the suitably deformed surface of the bar itself. In this respect, along the generator

  considered, the bar can be flat or curved.

  1, d In yet another embodiment, the bar is cylindrical and the suspension zone is formed either in a rigid or semirigid sheath surrounding the bar, or in one or more accessories that can equip

said bar.

  Whatever the embodiment chosen, the apparatus according to the invention thus allows the user to hang by the fingertips by taking hold of the or

the zones of digital suspension.

  This area may occupy the center of the bar or two

  symmetrical ranges with respect to the middle of the bar.

  It is of course advantageous that the apparatus according to the invention can be used for other purposes and that it is so versatile Thus, to be used as footrests, like the apparatus described by the applicant in its patent application No. 83 06599, or to be able to serve as a conventional suspension bar, the apparatus according to the invention comprises a removable envelope capable of surrounding the bar, with the interposition of a removable sleeve made of a foam material, to form a bar

  cylindrical rigid core and flexible periphery.

  The means for immobilizing the bar at a given height above the ground can be constituted by jacks, which makes it possible to adapt the bar exactly to the frame of a door or by means

  separated fixed, such as a couple of pitons.

  However, in a preferred embodiment, the means for immobilizing the bar at a height determined above the ground are constituted by an elongated element forming an abutment that can be connected in parallel with one another.

  at the bar by a pair of straps.

  Thanks to this structure, it is possible to suspend the bar by arranging the straps on horseback on the top of a door, the stop element immobilizing the bar once the door is closed This method of suspension, which is close to the process The immobilization of the footrest described in the aforementioned patent application No. 83 06599, has the advantage, on the one hand, to leave in place 30 the device on the top of the door without affecting its closure and, on the other hand, to use the vertical surface of the closed door as support for the back of the user I 1 is clear that the cylindrical flat bars do not have any of these advantages since their placement prohibits the closing of the door and that the user necessarily works the door open, without

back support.

  To ensure that the straps will not inadvertently disengage from the elongated abutment member, it comprises a pair of deep grooves adapted to receive the straps and opening each, on the surface of the abutment member, in a groove. superficial lower depth but greater width, adapted to receive a semi-circular clamp of a width substantially equal to that of the superficial groove and embedded in the latter Thus, the clamp maintains, 10 without touching, the strap in the deep groove which avoids an inconvenient separation, while allowing the sliding of the strap around the element

forming stop.

  In a preferred embodiment, the straps are adjustable in length which makes it possible to suspend the bar at the desired height and / or to modify this height according to the user. This is particularly advantageous if the apparatus according to the invention invention is used by a small person or a child because it is possible, when left the device mounted on the top of a door, to "down" the bar at the time of employment Then, leaving the appliance in place does not interfere with the passage even if the appliance is used by a small person. On the contrary, the flat bars with cylinders which - even though they are theoretically removable between two uses remain actually in the door frame due to the effort deployed to implement them and the damage that would be caused to the frame by 30 repeated poses and abductions, can not be placed at a convenient height for a small user without

  practically condemn the passage through the door concerned.

  To satisfy other functions, the bar is preferably telescopic and comprises, on the one hand, elastic means tending to expand it and, on the other hand,

  removable handles mounted at both ends of the bar.

  In this way, it is possible, after removal of the means for suspending it, to use the bar as a biceps weight training device by a work in compression. Advantageously, the apparatus also comprises at least one cable joining the handles between them on either side of the bar. It is thus possible to use the apparatus in extension (by pulling on the cables) to

  the muscles of the dorsal and pectoral muscles.

  The bar may furthermore have appropriate lights for the temporary placement of suspension accessories. Alternatively, the useful part of the suspension accessories may be integral with a tube, or portions of aligned tubes, or rings or hooks, adapted to be

slipped on the bar.

  These accessories supported by the bar can be used for a digital suspension which allows them to be used in combination with a purely cylindrical bar, such as the

are the apartment bars.

  The invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings showing various embodiments of the apparatus according to the invention and in which: Figure 1 shows, in perspective, a first embodiment of the bar according to the 2, 3 and 4 show in section three other embodiments of the bar according to the invention, FIG. 5 represents, in perspective, a fifth embodiment of the bar according to the invention, FIG. in section, a sixth embodiment of the bar according to the invention, Figure 7 is a detail view of the handle of the apparatus of Figure 6, Figure 8 is a detail view of another embodiment of the handle of the apparatus of FIG. 6, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the apparatus according to an embodiment approximating that of FIG. 2,

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  FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the apparatus provided with its immobilization means with stop and straps, FIG. 11 is a section taken along line XI-XI of FIG. 10, FIG. 12 is a section taken according to FIG. the line XI-XII of FIG. 10, FIGS. 13 and 14 are partial perspective views showing other possibilities of placing accessories, FIG. 15 is a partial perspective view of another In the embodiment of the invention, FIGS. 16 and 17 show details of parts appearing in the structure of FIG. 15, FIG. 18 shows a mounting method of access to the bar. of the device according to 11 invent-i on ,? FIG. 19 shows an alternative embodiment of the suspension accessory of FIG. 18; FIG. 20 represents another suspension accessory mounting diaphragm 20 of FIG. 18; FIG. 21 represents, in profile, a variation of execution of the suspension accessory of Fig. 20, Fig. 22 shows the device in place on the top of an open door, and Fig. 23 is a view similar to Fig. 22;

door being closed.

  Figure 1 shows a cylindrical bar 1 provided with a slider 2 The exposed face 3 of this slider is flat while its opposite face 3 e is of a curvature which marries that of the bar 1 o screws 4 iniobilize the

ruler 2 on the bar 1.

  We understand that the ruler 2 offers a flat surface 3

  adapted to a digital suspension.

  Instead of being attached by an attached ruler, the zone 35 of digital suspension can be provided by a flat S (FIG. 2) or a hollow deformation 6 (FIG. 3) of the bar 1 itself. Another possibiité consists in surround the bar 1 with a sheath 7 of rigid material -or semi-rigid having a flat or, as is the case in Figure 4, a recess 8. The digital suspension zone does not necessarily affect the center of the For example, there may be two symmetric zones or groups of symmetrical

in the middle of the bar.

  Thus, the bar of FIG. 5 comprises two groups of fingerprints 9 adapted to receive the end of the fingers of the user. FIG. 6 represents another version of the bar according to the invention. The bar 1 and the strip 2 are found again, but this time, sliding tubes 10 are engaged in the bar 1. More precisely, the end of the tubes 10 engaged in the 1 bar has a corolla 11 adapted to abut against a plug 12 through which the tubes 10 and closing the bar 1 A spring 13 tends to move the sliding tubes 10 which can not however dissociate from the bar 1, their corolla 11 coming up

against plugs i 2.

  At their end opposite to the bar 1, the tubes 10

  are closed by a plug 14 and are provided with a removable handle 15 This handle 15 has a blind hole 16 adapted to temporarily receive the end of the bar 1.

  As can be seen from FIG. 7, the handles 15 have a groove 17 and a bore 18. A cable 19, of which only the upper run has been shown in FIG. 6, goes from one handle to the other, from and other bar 1 to 30 this effect, the cable 19 forms a loop closed by a node

  who comes to lodge in piercing 18.

  Alternatively, it is possible to use a handle 15 'which has a blind hole 11' adapted to thread over the end of the bar 1 and a pair of slots 20 adapted to receive respectively an upper cable 19 'and a cable lower part (not shown), these slots 20 being equipped with

self-jamming means 21.

  Whatever the form of execution of the handles

  selected removable devices, the device of Figure 6 can also be used as a compressor (the user trying to bring the handles 15 or 15 'from each other) or as expander (the user trying to dismiss the strands of the cable 19 from each other).

  As shown in Figure 6, the sliding tubes

  may have elongated 22 and circular lights 23 adapted to the establishment of a suspension accessory 24.

  This accessory, which of course has its symmetrical not shown, can as well be used for hanging bungees or other items that a digital suspension, if the loops 25 of the accessory are large enough for

  1 allow the passage of the phalanges of the user.

  FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of the bar according to the invention provided with jacks whose bearing faces 27 are capable of abutting against the frame of a door. A lever 28 capable of penetrating a hole 29 allows to complete the expansion of the cylinders and to block the bearing faces 27 on the frame of the door. In the case of this embodiment, the digital suspension zone is constituted, on the one hand, by the loops 25 of the accessories 24 and, on the other hand, as in FIG. 2, by a flat part 5 provided on the bar 1 Instead of extending only in the central part, the flat 5 could extend along the bar 1 Alternatively, the flat could occupy two symmetrical ranges 30 relative to the middle of the bar 1, as fingerprints 9

of Figure 5.

  Figures 10, 11 and 12 show the apparatus according to

  the invention provided with means for trapping it above or below a door and use it, respectively as a suspension bar or as tripods.

  In Figures 10 and 11 there is the bar 1 and the strip 2 secured to said bar by a pair of screws 4 In this embodiment, the strip has an upper face 3 "curved The central area of the bar is partially surrounded by a open sleeve 31 of foam material whose thickness is slightly greater than that of the strip 2 A rectangular envelope 32 of a flexible material closes on itself by surrounding the sleeve 31 to do this, the opposite ends of the envelope 32 are provided with 10 complementary elements (loops 33 and hooks 34) of a self-gripping tape, of the type which is marketed under the trademark Velcro The assembly formed by the bar 1, the sleeve 31 and the envelope 32 thus constitutes a rigid core bar and flexible periphery The bar 1 is connected in parallel with a solid cylinder 35, forming a stop, by a pair of straps 36 As can be seen better in FIG. 11 at one of their ends, the straps 36 form a loop 37 closed permanently and whose diameter is such that the bar 1 can be slid without difficulty Each strap 36 then passes around a groove 38 provided in the cylinder 35 and is brought around the bar 1 The groove 38 opens on the surface of the cylinder 35 in a wider groove 39 A clamp 40 which fits into the groove 39 keeps the strap 36 in the groove 38 without 25 prevent the sliding of this strap around the cylinder The free end 41 of the strap 36 which surrounds the bar 1 is folded on the upper strand 42 of the strap and immobilized against this strand, on the one hand, by a self-adhesive ribbon gripper 43 and, secondly, by a passer 44 It is important that the upper and lower strands 42 and 42 'of the straps 36 are as close together as possible for the reasons that we will see later, this approximation being ensured a part by the passers-by 44 and other

  on the other hand, by the narrowness of the opening 45 of the clamp 40.

  The use of the device of FIGS. 10 to 12 will be clearer if one refers to FIGS. 22 and 23 In FIG. 22, the apparatus is stripped of its envelope 32 and of its sleeve 31. As can be seen, the straps 36 are straddling the top of a door P The thickness of the straps 36 is such that they do not interfere with the closing of the door Fig Ure 23 also shows the door in the closed state provided with Apparatus according to the invention In this Figure 23, the barrel 1 to I is coated with its sleeve 31 and its envelope 32 li is; it is clear that once the door P has been closed if the bar 1 is pulled, the cylinder 35 abuts against the door frame and immobilizes this bar 1 at a height which is determined by the length

  It is therefore possible to suspend after the bar 1 or in digital suspension (FIG. 22) in normal suspension (FIG. 23). In this case, the face F of the door provides a vertical support for the back of the door. The user sufficiently isolates the outermost regions of the bar 1 from the face F so that the user can move his hands between this face and these extremities, and practice weight training exercises without pinch your fingers between the appliance and the door.

  Instead of being used as a suspension bar, the device could be used as a footrest. Instead of being straddling the top of the door P, the device could be slipped under the door. Once the door is closed, the bar I is immobilized by the stop formed by the cylinder 35 at a distance from the door which is terminated by the length of the straps 36. In the case of use as footrests, the Of course, the bar I must be coated with the sleeve 31 and the envelope 32 so that the contact between the user's kick and the appliance is painless. A footrest of similar design is described in the patent application 83. 06599 above. Hooks 46 integral with the door P may allow the appliance to remain permanently in position on the top of the door without the risk of the appliance falling

said door is opened.

  FIGS. 13 to 21 show various accessories capable of equipping the apparatus according to the invention. Thus, in FIG. 13, a suspension block formed of a cylinder 47 and a plate having bores 48 is threaded on the end of the bar 1 The diameter of the holes is chosen so that it allows the user to enter the fingers and hang from it Naturally, it is also possible to use the holes 48 to fix the Apparatus according to the invention various accessories such as bungees, etc. The accessory shown in Figure 14 differs essentially from the previous in that the cylinder 47 is in two parts 47 a, 47 b apart from each other this makes it possible to mount it on either side of the strap 36. This provision has the advantage of preventing that, during

  use of the device, the accessory does slip unexpectedly towards the extreme edge of the bar 1.

  FIG. 15 shows an embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention in which the cylinder 35 and the bar 20 1 are not joined by an adjustable strap but by a strap of fixed length 36 'and a bungee cord 49. 36 'and the bungee cord 49 are connected by means of a ring 50. To this end, the end 51 of the bungee cord surrounds the ring 50 and is closed in a loop by a suitable link. 51 'of the bungee surrounds the bar 1 and forms a loop closed by a link A tubular roller 52 (shown in isolation in Figure 16) is interposed between the bar 1 and the loop formed by the end 51' of the bungee cord to facilitate sliding of this loop on the bar 1 and therefore the establishment or removal of

  the cylinder assembly 35 / strap 36 '/ bungee cord 49.

  On the end of the bar 1 is slid a suspension accessory 53 shown in isolation in FIG. 17 Again this accessory 53 can be used for a digital suspension or for hooking up another accessory.

  FIGS. 18 to 21 show other types of accessories that can be used with the bar according to the invention.

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  In FIG. 18, the bar has a series of annular slots 23 and elongated slots 22 for mounting suspension accessories 24 terminating in tabs 52 adapted to penetrate and be temporarily retained in a pair of lights. 22, 23.

  The distribution of the circular lights 23 and elongate lights 22 on the bar 1 allows mounting the suspension accessories 24 at the ends of the bar as in the central area of the latter The tabs 52 of the suspension accessories 24 do not project

  necessarily outward They may be reentrant as the tabs 52 'of Figure 19.

  Instead of being joined to the bar 1 by light penetrating tabs, the accessories 24 'can be provided at their opposite ends with open rings 54 in which the ends of the bar 1 can be slid. Finally, as can be seen from FIG. 21, the suspension accessory may consist, not of a simple row of loops as shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, but of a double row of loops 55 joined together. between them by a semicircular bridge 56 which can be put on the

ends of the bar 1.

  It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments described and shown, nor to the applications given by way of example. In particular, in its "footrest" position, the apparatus according to the invention could also be provided with accessories such as those mentioned above, to fix, for example, bungees 30 for performing other weight training exercises

arms or legs.

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Claims (13)

  1 apparatus for a weight training exercise, more specifically intended for mountaineers, comprising a cylindrical bar 5 and means for immobilizing said bar at a given height above the ground, characterized in that the bar presents, along the one of its generators, at least one flat or curved digital suspension zone (3, 5, 6, 8, 9), or supports one or more accessories (24, 24 ', 47-48, 53) having such a zone (25, 48).   Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that   that the suspension zone is constituted by the surface (3, 3 ") of a strip (2) fixed on the periphery of the bar (1).   3 Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the suspension zone is constituted by the surface (5,   6, 9) suitably deformed of the bar (1) itself.   Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the suspension zone (8) is formed in a sheath   rigid or semi-rigid (7) surrounding the bar (1).   Apparatus according to any one of claims 1   at 4, characterized in that it comprises a suspension zone central digital (3).   Apparatus according to any one of claims 1   at 4, characterized in that it comprises two zones (9) or groups of zones, of symmetrical digital suspension by ratio to the middle of the bar (1).   7 Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises a removable envelope   (32) capable of surrounding the bar (1), with the interposition of a removable sleeve (31) of foam material, to form a cylindrical bar rigid core and flexible periphery.   3 t 5 8 Apparatus according to any of claims 1   7, characterized in that it further comprises an elongated element forming an abutment (35) capable of being assembled in parallel 2548912 '   to the bar (1) by a pair of straps (36, 36 ').   9 Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the elongate abutment member (35) comprises a pair of deep grooves (38) adapted to receive the straps (36) and opening each at the surface of the element ( 35), in a shallower groove '39) of lesser depth but with a greater suitable width accommodated by a semicircular clamp (40) having a width substantially equal to that of the uperficielle groove (39) and fitting into said latter, i O Apparatus according to claim 8 or 9, characterized   in that the straps (36) are adjustable in length.   Apparatus according to one of the claims   1 to 10, characterized in that the bar (1-10) is telescopic and in that it comprises 2 - on the one hand, lastqyues means (13) tending to expand it and on the other hand removable handles (15). , 15 ') mounted at both ends of the bar (1), 12 Apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises at least one cable (19) compensating the handles (15, 15') between them from other of the bar (1).   Apparatus according to any one of the claims   1 to 12, characterized in that the bar (1) has lights (22, 23) suitable for the temporary placement of suspension accessories (24, 247),   Apparatus according to any of the claims   I to 13, characterized in that it comprises suspension accessories whose useful part is integral with at least one tube or ring (47, 47 a, 47 b) adapted to be threaded on the bar (1).   Accessory for bodybuilding exercises, characterized in that it comprises, on the one hand, means (47, 47a, 47b, 52, 52 ', 54, 56) enabling it to be secured to a bar horizontally immobilizable and, secondly, at moires a digital suspension zone (25, 48).