Upper body exercise device

Abstract

An upper body exercise device includes a central tube supported at a first height by at least two legs. A pair of wings is hingedly connected to the central tube. Each wing includes a pair of parallel arcuate rails, each rail having an outer end opposite the central tube, and each rail having a nadir at a second height lower than the first height. A hand slider is slidably supported on top of the pair of parallel arcuate rails of each of the pair of wings. Each hand slider includes a grip and a friction mitigation unit connected to the grip. Each hand slider is slidable along the pair of parallel arcuate rails between the central tube and the outer ends of the pair of parallel arcuate rails. The wings can be rotated about the central tube between an exercise configuration and a storage configuration.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An upper body exercise device, comprising:
 a central tube supported at a first height by at least two legs;   a pair of wings hingedly connected to the central tube, each wing comprising:
 a pair of parallel arcuate rails, each rail having an outer end opposite the central tube, and each rail having a nadir at a second height lower than the first height; 
 a strut connecting the outer ends of the pair of parallel arcuate rails; and 
 two rail legs supporting the outer ends of the pair of parallel arcuate rails; and 
   a hand slider slidably supported on top of the pair of parallel arcuate rails of each of the pair of wings, each hand slider comprising a grip and a friction mitigation unit connected to the grip;   wherein each hand slider is slidable along the pair of parallel arcuate rails between the central tube and the outer ends of the pair of parallel arcuate rails; and   wherein the pair of wings are rotatable about the central tube between an active exercise configuration and a storage configuration.   
     
     
         2 . The upper body exercise device of  claim 1 , wherein the friction mitigation unit of each hand slider is a pair of wheels. 
     
     
         3 . The upper body exercise device of  claim 2 , wherein each hand slider further comprises a pair of end caps in which the pair of wheels is mounted. 
     
     
         4 . The upper body exercise device of  claim 3 , wherein the wheels are mounted in the end cap spaced below the grip and equidistant from each other. 
     
     
         5 . The upper body exercise device of  claim 1 , wherein the friction mitigation unit of each san slider is a low-friction pad. 
     
     
         6 . The upper body exercise device of  claim 1 , where the outer ends the pair of parallel arcuate rails are at the first height. 
     
     
         7 . The upper body exercise device of  claim 1 , wherein each hand slider further comprises a repetition counter. 
     
     
         8 . The upper body exercise device of  claim 2 , wherein the grip is rotatably connected to the pair of end caps.