Bed-Mountable Exercise Apparatus

Abstract

In at least one aspect, an exercise assembly includes a horizontal band configured to be fitted around four vertical sides of at least one of a bed mattress or a bed support frame having a resting surface and four vertical sides, and having a length at least equal to a circumference of the four vertical sides of the at least one of the bed mattress or the bed support frame. The exercise assembly also includes a plurality of features on the band spaced about the length of the horizontal band, each of the plurality of features on the band being configured to removably receive an exercise device and a plurality of separate elastic exercise devices, each of the plurality of separate elastic exercise devices having an attachment member configured to removably attach the elastic exercise device to one or more of the plurality of features on the band, at another end, a user interface member.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An exercise assembly comprising:
 a) a horizontal band configured to be fitted around four vertical sides of at least one of a bed mattress or a bed support frame having a resting surface and four vertical sides, and having a length at least equal to a circumference of the four vertical sides of the at least one of the bed mattress or the bed support frame;   b) a plurality of features on the band spaced about the length of the horizontal band, each of the plurality of features on the band being configured to removably receive an exercise device; and   c) a plurality of separate elastic exercise devices, each of the plurality of separate elastic exercise devices comprising, at a first end, an attachment member configured to removably attach the elastic exercise device to one or more of the plurality of features on the band, and comprising, at a second end, a user interface member.   
     
     
         2 . The exercise assembly of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of features on the horizontal band comprises at least one hole within the horizontal band sized to removably receive and retain an attachment member of the one or more elastic exercise devices. 
     
     
         3 . The exercise assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one hole comprises a grommet. 
     
     
         4 . The exercise assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the horizontal band has a length greater than the circumference of the lateral sides of the bed mattress or the bed support frame. 
     
     
         5 . The exercise assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface member comprises a handle, strap, loop, or cuff. 
     
     
         6 . The exercise assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment member of each of the plurality of elastic exercise devices is configured to be selectively and removably attached to any of the plurality of features on the band.