Keyed handgrip assembly
View Patent ↗The handhold of an exercise handgrip turns freely while seated between the open ends of the upwardly extending prongs. It can be easily removed by moving the specially formed end part of the handhold into an access opening wide enough to slip the end part through. In positioning the handhold's end part for this removal, it must be forcibly snapped through a narrow opening. By reversing the procedure, the handhold can easily be returned to its place of rotation. The specially formed end part of the handhold must, therefore, have a narrow neck-like portion to fit through the narrow opening but the end part must also be enlarged to keep it in place for rotation. Preferably, there is also a stem and ball unit in one of the prongs which swings into place to trap exercise sheeting, cord or other media within an opening at the handgrip's bottom portion.
1. A keyed handgrip assembly comprising
a keyed handhold; and
a solid handgrip frame comprising opposing extended first and second prongs in turn comprising given resilient composition and configuration;
the keyed handhold comprising
a generally elongated handhold core in turn comprising oppositely disposed paired axial key stop pedestals;
each key stop comprising a pedestal in turn comprising
an intermediate shank disposed at its inner end in axial attachment to and extension from the end of the handhold core;
a flange transversely disposed upon the outer end of each intermediate pedestal shank and comprising an outwardly disposed face;
each extending prong comprising
a distal end and a proximal end;
an axial conduit;
a key access opening disposed therein in communicative conjunction with the axial conduit; and
one or more pedestal snap-through impediments;
the prongs' proximal ends directed in mutual closure in a fashion providing general handgrip construction;
each prong's axial conduit disposed proximate its distal end in axial alignment with that of the opposing prong and comprising cross-sectional dimension large enough to permit the shank to rotate freely therein;
each prong's pedestal snap-through impediment configured with protrusions disposed between the axial conduit and the key access opening to provide a passage constriction narrower than the key stop pedestal's shank but, nevertheless, large enough such that, by reason of the prong's resilient composition and configuration, the shank may be forcibly snapped therethrough; the flange configured such that its face's widest dimension is greater than the diameter of the axial conduit such that it cannot be pulled through;
the shank comprising length relative to the axial conduit such that upon installing the handhold core between the handgrip's prongs, each key stop pedestal is disposed to rotate freely with security.
2. The keyed handgrip assembly according to claim 1 wherein the fashion in which the prongs' proximal ends dispose an exercise cord tunnel at the juncture thereof; and a pivoted media impinger in either of the prongs;
the pivoted media impinger comprising:
a head;
a stem; and
an pivot-anchor disposed within the respective prong;
the stem disposed by attachment to the pivot-anchor and the head disposed by attachment to the stem; such that the stem is caused to pivot in an arc which disposes the head into the media tunnel to permit length adjusting impingement of exercise media extending therethrough.
3. The keyed handgrip assembly according to claim 2 wherein the prong's access opening is wider than the narrowest dimension of the face.
4. The keyed handgrip assembly according to claim 2 wherein the prong's access opening is wider than the widest dimension of the face.
5. The keyed handgrip assembly according to claim 2 wherein each extended prong additionally comprises a rotation well disposed outwardly from and in communicative conjunction with the respective prong's axial conduit and key access opening; the rotation well comprising a rotation shoulder therein disposing the rotation well of cross-sectional dimension greater than that of the axial conduit;
the axial key stop pedestal's flange configured such that its face's widest dimension is less than that of the rotation well;
wherein, upon installing the handhold core between the handgrip's prongs, each key stop's flange is free to rotate unobstructed within the respective rotation well.
6. The keyed handgrip assembly according to claim 2 wherein the axial key stop pedestal's flange additionally comprises given thickness; and the first prong's key access opening comprises width smaller than the narrowest dimension of the pedestal flange's face but wide enough to accommodate passage of the flange's given thickness angularly tipped for entry therein; wherein the handhold core may be expediently connected to the first prong before securely connecting it to the second prong.
7. The keyed handgrip assembly according to claim 2 wherein the intermediate shank comprises an axial cross-section of narrowed dimension and a transversely oriented widened dimension, thereby evincing rectangular cross-sectional configuration.
8. The keyed handgrip assembly according to claim 2 wherein each extending prong comprises an ensconcement roof disposed outwardly from the key stop pedestal in an overlying manner so as to protect the pedestal from damage and conceal it for streamlined effect.
9. The keyed handgrip assembly according to claim 2 wherein the keyed handhold additionally comprises a padded sheath.