Door mounted chin-up assembly
View Patent ↗The equipment is considered in paired aspect, one construction for each of the exerciser's hands. In one arrangement, a strapping loop for each is respectively run through both of two tunneled components—a handhold and tethering anchor. To use it, the anchor is positioned on the opposing side at the top of a closed door so as to become trapped in place against the door and its frame. The exerciser grabs the handhold and performs chin-ups or other body suspension exercises by pulling upward along the door's face. A hand bracing assembly is optionally included to cushion the hands from excessive pressure against the door. If desired, the operator may also temporarily adapt the assembly to pull-type exercises.
1. A door mounted chin-up assembly comprising in pairs, one for each of an operator's left and right hands, a handhold and tethering assembly, each handhold and tethering assembly comprising:
a tunneled handhold;
a tunneled tethering anchor;
a strapping loop;
and a hand bracing pad assembly;
wherein a first sector of the strapping loop is disposed by extension through the tethering anchor and a second sector of the strapping loop is disposed by extension through the handhold;
and the hand bracing pad assembly comprises a hand bracing pad comprising a hand affronting face, door affronting face and pad edges, wherein laterally opposing portions of the pad comprise pad connective means for connection to the strapping loop, each of the pad connective means disposed intermediate the tethering anchor and the handhold so as to dispose the hand affronting face of the hand bracing pad proximate the handhold and the door affronting face of the hand bracing pad for abutment against the door, with the hand bracing pad extending between opposing sides of the strapping loop from the pad connective means to a location beyond the handhold;
whereby the operator, by disposing the tethering anchor by door blocker obstruction against the opposing side of a closed door may perform chin-ups and other body suspension exercises upon the door with the operator's hands cushioned from direct contact with the door.
2. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 1 wherein the tunneled handhold is cylindrically configured and further comprises a compressible sheath.
3. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 1 wherein strapping ends are mutually attached at a sewn sector to provide the looped configuration to the strapping.
4. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a length adjusting buckle wherein the strapping loop may be lengthened or shortened.
5. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 1 wherein the tunneled tethering anchor and handhold are configured as duplicates of one another;
whereby the distinctive parts for assembly during manufacture are reduced in number and interchangeable.
6. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a pulling media subassembly wherein exercise media is reeved through one of a tunneled handhold, both tunneled handholds of a pair thereof, a cylindrical tunneled anchor, or both tunneled anchors set in place as a pair;
wherein an operator may undertake reciprocal distal pulling exercises.
7. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 1 wherein the hand bracing pad is configured to further comprise a cushioning core and to dispose a door affronting pad cover upon the door affronting face thereof and a hand affronting pad cover upon its face.
8. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 3 wherein the hand bracing pad's connective means to the strapping loop comprises eyeletted pad straps and the strapping loop extends loosely through respective opposing eyelets thereof while, nevertheless, comprising the connection one of rigid emplacement.
9. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 3 wherein the hand bracing pad's connective means to the strapping loop comprises stitched attachment at a sewn sector.
10. The door mounted chin-up assembly according to claim 3 wherein the hand bracing pad's connective means to the strapping loop comprises riveting.