US1505473A - Exerciser - Google Patents

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Aug. 19 1924. 7 1,505,473

J. KLUBN ICK nxancxssn Filed May 10'. 1923 IN V EN TOR.

PatentedAug. 19, 1924.

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Application filed a 10, 1923.; senhmgsazeeq impossible to get out of repair, that willv cause exercise of a maximum number of body, leg, and arm muscles simultaneously,

that will be equally well adapted as an ex..

erciser for men and women either young'or old, and will be especially adapted for use by children as a plaything, and by athletes, boxers, and wrestlers as a mild and llght training device on account of the resemblance of its use to that of a skipping rope. With the above and other objects in view,

I have devised the novel exerciser which I,

, swing about the handle by centrifugal force. v

will now describe referring to the accompanying drawing forming part of this -specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Fig. 1 is an inverted plan View corresponding with Fig. 2, and i Fig. 2 is a side elevation of theexerciser'. complete, the handle and arm being partly broken away to illustrate details of construction. 10 denotes the handle, 11 the swinging arm, and 12 a link by which the arm is connected to the handle in such a manner as to permit the arm, while extending radially from the handle, to be swung bodily about the handle when the latter is itself moved in a curved, more or less elliptical, path.

The handle is preferably made in'twoor more parts which may be detachably con-,

nected together in any suitable manner so as to permit packing the device when not in use or for shipment in thesmallest space In the present instance, I have shown the handle as made in two parts possible.

which are connected together by a threaded joint, as at 13. The specific shape or configuration of the handle and arm are'both' immaterial so far as the present invention is concerned. wood or metal, or, wood and metal, as preferred.

The arm may be made in whole or in part The handle may bemade of a; sea rubber so-called, that is, near have ing approximately the hardness of a pencil eraser. In the outer end of the arm I' preferably provide a hole 14: in order to still further soften the end of the arm and consequently minimize the, blow shouldit accidentally strike the leg of the user.

The handle and arm are connected together in any suitable manner so as to permit the arm to be swung bodily about the handle as will be more fully explained. In

the present instance, I have shown the. handle and arm as connected'together by means of a metallic double link 12. The lower end of the handle is shown as providedwith a rounded head 16 above which is-a' neck 17 which is loosely enclosed by one eye of the double link. shown as provided at its inner end with an eye 18'which is loosely engaged by the other eye of the double link, that is, the eye not engagingthe handle.

The operation is to cause the arm to in substantially the horizontal plane, and

and strenuous. The higher the plane in which the arm is caused to swing and the greater the speed at which it is caused to swing, the more diflicultandstrenuous the exercise. The arm'ma'y be swung in either direction and hlgh and' fast, or low and slow depending upon the sklll and age of the user. The [user may skip over the arm with one leg as long as desirable or practicable'and then repeat the operationwith the other leg, or an athletic person, skilled in the use of the exerciser, may jumpover the arm while it is swung in either direction under both feet.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: I h I 1.'AI1 exerciser comprisingla handle, an arm: made of relatively soft rubber, and a link loosely connected to the arm and handle andadapted to'rotate about the axis of the handle.

2. An exerciser comprising a handle havinga head and above'the head a neck, an arm having at one end an eye, 'and'a double ,link, .one'eye of which engages the eye of the arm, the other eye of the linkloosely embracing the neck of the handle to allow The arm is the arm to swing in a circle about the handle in a plane substantially at right angles to the axis of the, handle. 1 y

3. An exerciser comprising a handle made in twoparts, detachably connected, and having a head and above the head a neck, an arm having atone end an eye, and alink having an eye engaging the eye of the arm and an eye loosely embracing the neck ot the handle to allow the arm to swing in a circle abo'utthe handle in a plane substantially at rightangles to the axis of the handle.

4. An exerciser comprising a handle, a rubber arm having at oneend a hole and at the other end an eye, and a link engaging the eye and adapted to turn freely .on the handle to allow the arm to swing in a circle about the handle in" a plane at substantially right angles to the axis of the handle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JOSEPH KLUBNICK.

Witnesses LEONARD DELIA,

JOSEPH G. KLUBNroK,

Jos. L. KooHIss.

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