Multiplanar exercise device

Abstract

A bilaterally gripped multiplanar exercise device that is ergonomically designed to avoid harmful stresses on the user's body throughout a selected range of exercise motion is disclosed. The invention enables the user to perform multiplanar exercise that cannot be achieved with existing devices or perhaps too difficult to do so. These objects are attained by dispersing an attached tension vector (i.e., resistance) to act at a selected ratio at each middle finger grip center so that the user's gripping hands, wrists, and forearms can become an ergonomic multiplanar interface of resistance application to the human body.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bilaterally gripped exercise device comprising:
 (a) a pair of handles;   (b) a grip point line;   (c) a central plane;   (d) a handle joining assembly; and   (e) a tension vector receiving assembly;   wherein each handle comprises of a longitudinal centerline and a grip point positioned along the longitudinal centerline;   wherein the grip point line extends between the grip points;   wherein the grip point line comprises a pivot point that bisects the grip point line;   wherein the central plane is a perpendicular bisector of the space and the grip point line that extends between the grip points;   wherein the handle joining assembly spans between and supports the handles;   wherein the handle joining assembly supports the tension vector receiving assembly; and   wherein the tension vector receiving assembly is adapted to be attached to a tension vector and when opposed by a bilateral gripping user the tension vector receiving assembly actively manages and directs the attached tension vector from either largely hemispherical or spherical source points surrounding the pivot point and to the pivot point.