GB1317822A - Finger and hand muscle exercise device - Google Patents

Abstract

1317822 Hand exercising device S E KREWER 27 May 1970 [28 May 1969] 25484/70 Heading A6M A hand exercising device comprises a hand support whose edge can be gripped by the fingers, the portion on which the fingers grip being subdivided by rigid guide divisions into sections for the 2nd-5th fingers said divisions forming channels or spaces for the fingers so they can perform isometric exercises within the spaces, by extension or flexion or by pressing laterally against the guides. In Fig. 2 the channels are wider at one end than at the other to permit adjustment to different finger sizes by movement of the hand support 13 along the channels by means of rod 14 and holes 15a-c. A guide 21 may be used to keep the index finger straight or separated from the middle finger. Rods or studs 4 may be inserted for use in exercising operations or rubber bracelets may be attached thereto for further exercises in which the fingers are extended against the elastic pressure. In Fig. 9 the device is in the form of a plate, to which may be attached an elastic band in which a finger can be engaged to perform exercises or projections 35 against which the thumb, for example, may be pressed. A strap (not shown) may be disposed to stretch over the back of the hand so as to apply the device to the palmar surface surface of the hand.