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(12) United States Patent (io) Patent No.: US 7,381,168 B2
Bowser (45) Date of Patent: Jun. 3, 2008

(54) EXERCISE SYSTEM USING EXERCISE 4,921,247 A 5/1990 Sterling
RESISTANCE CABLES 5,044,633 A 9/1991 Rice
5,080,353 A 1/1992 Tench
(76) Inventor: John Bowser, 1275 Pacific Ave., 5,112,287 A * 5/1992 Brewer 482/130
Laguna Beach, CA (US) 92651 5,387,171 A 2/1995 Casey
5,417,643 A 5/1995 Taylor
5,470,298 A 11/1995 Curtis
(*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 5,779,601 A * 7/1998 Ish, III 482/100
patent is extended or adjusted under 35 5,899,836 A * 5/1999 Chen 482/92
U.S.C. 154(b) by 145 days. 6,500,104 Bl* 12/2002 Rich 482/123
6,508,749 Bl 1/2003 Broadwater
(21) Appl. No.: 10/783,532 6,544,152 B2* 4/2003 Rosati 482/126
6,908,417 B2* 6/2005 Jackson 482/52
(22) Filed: Feb. 21, 2004 2002/0077228 Al 6/2002 McBride
2002/0173412 Al 11/2002 Stearns
(65) Prior Publication Data
* cited by examiner
US 2005/0187080 Al Aug. 25, 2005
Primary Examiner•Jerome Donnelly
(51) Int. CI. (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm•Lawrence N. Ginsberg
A63B 21/00 (2006.01)
(52) U.S. CI 482/121; 482/130; 482/142 (57) ABSTRACT
(58) Field of Classification Search 482/121 130,
482/148, 142, 100, 52, 140; 24/114.5, 129, An exercise resistance cable apparatus for engagement with
24/128 an activity bay of a support structure. The exercise resistance
See application file for complete search history. cable apparatus includes a plurality of serially connected
cable/anchor modules. A first of the cable/anchor modules
(56) References Cited
includes a first elastic exercise resistance cable; and, a first
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS cable expansion anchor securely connected to a first end of
the elastic exercise resistance cable. Subsequent cable/an-
704,840 A 7/1902 Korth chor modules include associated exercise resistance cables
1,279,120 A 9/1918 Kellogg
3,606,321 A 9/1971 Macoulis and cable expansion anchors. A hand grip is connected to a
3,677,543 A 7/1972 Richardson second end of the first elastic exercise resistance cable. The
3,738,649 A 6/1973 Miller exercise resistance cable apparatus is particularly adapted to
3,843,119 A 10/1974 Davis be used with an exercise chair having a frame with a
4,019,734 A 4/1977 Lee plurality of activity bays positioned at desired locations
4,251,071 A 2/1981 Norton thereon. The activity bays have slots formed therein that are
4,720,099 A 1/1988 Carlson disposed at the desired orientations for engagement with a
4,733,862 A 3/1988 Miller cable expansion anchor of an exercise resistance cable
4,788,754 A * 12/1988 Fukumoto 24/114.5 apparatus.
4,838,547 A 6/1989 Sterling
4,852,874 A 8/1989 Sleichter, III
4,913,423 A 4/1990 Farran 8 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets