Patents Assigned to Verimark (Proprietary) Limited
  • Exercising apparatus
    Patent number: 5029850
    Abstract: Elastic bands extend between anchor points on a bottom bar and pulleys on a top bar. Their free ends are engaged individually or jointly by handles. A brace extends between stretchers spacing the bars apart. By standing on the bottom bar while the apparatus leans against a wall a large number of exercises can be performed by manipulating the handles. The device can be inverted for further exercises or laid flat for further exercises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Verimark (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Willem J. van Straaten
  • Exercising machine
    Patent number: 4911438
    Abstract: An exercising machine having a board slidable on a beam has a rope and pulley system by means of which an exerciser sitting on the board pulls himself up an incline. To increase the resistance rubber bands are looped between axles and on the board and the beam respectively. In other embodiments other pulley systems are used and a plurality of bands may be used on each side of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Verimark (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Willem J. Van Straaten