Exercise devices inventions 01/07

20070021270 - Athletic velocity training device: An exercise apparatus having a frame with an adjustable weight bearing ratchet and pulley system with laser timer and display is disclosed. A force controlled laser timing device mounted to the frame which measures via time movement within a given space. An OLYMPIC barbell is located within the center of... Agent: Theodore J. Bielen Jr.

20070021269 - Interfaces and systems for displaying athletic performance information on electronic devices: Athletic performance monitoring systems include components for sensing performance data and/or displaying desired information to users. Electronic interface systems facilitate transfer of the data from the performance sensing system to a display device, e.g., to enable the display of athletic performance data on an electronic display device, including conventional electronic... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070021271 - Portable runners starting block: A lightweight runners starting block assembly with adjustable positions for the foot blocks and adjustable angles for the foot plates is disclosed. The position of the foot blocks can be adjusted by selecting from a series of holes in the central tie bar. The tilt angles of the foot plates... Agent: Franklin W. Held

20070021272 - Method and system for adjusting the height of a trampoline: A height adjustment device configured to adjust the height of a jumping mat of a trampoline with respect to a support surface, as well as a method for the same. The height adjustment device may comprise a first support configured to interface and join with a portion of a frame... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070021273 - Sports and exercise wheel: disclosed here is an apparatus/device used for sports, recreation and exercising which rolls, moves, is circular with various diameters and circumferences from small, medium to large 27″ to 108″ which can be smaller or larger depending on height or age of person operating. Apparatus/device is made of various metals, plastics,... Agent: Edwin Howson Apt 2m

20070021274 - Compact elliptical exercise machine with adjustable stride length: An elliptical exercise machine and methods for using the machine where the horizontal length of the stride of the ellipse can be adjusted by the user without the user having to alter the vertical dimension of the ellipse by an equivalent amount. The machine provides for alteration from a rocker... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20070021275 - Training device for swimmers: A training device for use in a pool having a lane guide. The training device comprises a base member shaped to cooperate with at least a portion of the lane guide, an elongated member adapted to pivot relative to the base member, and a resilient member coupling the elongated member... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070021276 - Upper and lower body exerciser: An exerciser includes an idle wheel rotatably supported on a base, two handles rotatably attached to a shaft of the base, two sector gears secured to the handles, and two rotatable gear-and-pinions engaged with the sector gears. A pivot pin is rotatably supported on the base and coupled to the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070021277 - Upper and lower body exerciser: An exerciser includes two idle wheels rotatably supported on a base, two handles rotatably attached to a shaft of the base and coupled to one of the idle wheels with a coupling device, and two foot pedals rotatably attached to the base with a spindle and coupled to the other... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070021278 - Load controller of magnetic brake for exercise machine: A load controller, which is mounted on a flywheel of an exercise machine, includes a base mounted on the flywheel. A rotator is pivoted on the base for rotation, on which connecting portions are provided. Three arms have ends pivoted on the base around the rotator, on which at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070021279 - Exercise apparatus: This invention relates to exercise apparatus for exercising different parts of the body in such a way that a user does not exceed their physical capability. The apparatus, when assembled, allows a user to apply a force against a part of the apparatus that remains static in use, and comprises... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070021280 - Workout equipment: Exercise machines for the leg muscles using separate machines for the biceps femoris and quadriceps and with the biceps femoris machines configured so that the muscle attachment below the knee is the “origin” and the muscle attachment on the upper leg and hip bone is the “insertion”.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070021281 - Gym apparatus: A Gym apparatus for exercising different muscle groups. Operating the apparatus according to the invention, the user is positioned on a support-table which is made to rotate at the pivoted point of the said table. This involves beneficial effects for the blood circulation.... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070021282 - Abdominal exercising and strength testing systems: A postural awareness apparatus includes a pad, a signal generating element and an element for detecting a weight applied to the pad and activating the signal generating element when the weight so detected exceeds a predetermined weight.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070015631 - New trampoline: A new trampoline, belonging to the field of manufacture technique for trampolines, has an advantage design. An outside frame has short pole 3 fixed under its lower part. A bounce surface 9 connecting with spring components 8 is located in the outside frame. Foot support 5 connects with connection pole... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20070015632 - Elliptical exercise apparatus with articulating track: The present invention relates to a standup exercise apparatus that simulates walking, jogging and climbing with arm exercise. More particularly, the present invention relates to an exercise machine having separately supported pedals for the feet and arm exercise coordinated with the motion of the feet. Elliptical cross trainers guide the... Agent: Paul W. Eschenbach

20070015633 - Elliptical exerciser: An elliptical exerciser comprising a frame, a crank assembly providing a crank axis fixed with respect to frame above the horizontal surface, crank assembly including oppositely extending left and right cranks providing parallel rotational axis spaced equidistantly from crank axis, left and right pedal members having rear portions connected with... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070015634 - Amphibious foldable treadmill: An amphibious foldable treadmill includes: a main frame having at least a wheel rotatably mounted on a base of the main frame to be rolled on a ground floor or on a pool bottom, a tread belt device pivotally secured to the main frame and unfolded from the main frame... Agent: Helen Ho

20070015635 - Treadmill deck mechanism: To provide variable resilient support for the deck of an exercise treadmill one or more resilient members are secured to the deck and a moveable support member is used to selectively engage the resilient members to provide support for the deck. A user operated adjustment mechanism can be used to... Agent: Michael B. Mcmurry

20070015636 - Treadmill deck support: To support a deck of an exercise treadmill one or more arcuate leaf springs are used in a deck support structure. The leaf springs can be made of a single member of elastomeric material. An adjustment mechanism can be used to changed the radius of the leaf springs in order... Agent: Michael B. Mcmurry

20070015637 - Device for measuring the striking force and reaction time of martial artists: A training device for measuring the impact of an athlete on the training device is provided. The training device comprises a striker module, a display module and a communication system. The striker module comprises a front, a back, and a detector. The front comprises a flexible material, and is connected... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070015638 - Muscle exercising device: A muscle exercising device includes a body with two pivotable members pivotably connected to two sides of the body and each pivotable member has an arm connected thereto. Each of the two pivotable members has a first pressing portions and a second pressing portion, both of the two pressing portions... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070015639 - Securement of elastic tubing: A securement for an elastic tube having a free end with an open mouth, includes a plug of larger diameter than the inside diameter of the tube, spaced inward from the mouth of the tube far enough to leave a tail of unplugged tube, and a sleeve of elastic material,... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070015640 - Body vest gym: An exercise system comprising an adjustable vest/harness worn by a user comprising a plurality of straps which encompass the user's torso, shoulders and legs. The straps further comprise adjustable clip snaps which allow the user to easily put on and take off the harness, as well as adjust the size... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070015641 - Body vest gym: An exercise system comprising an adjustable vest/harness comprising a plurality of straps which encompass a user's torso, shoulders and legs. The straps further comprise adjustable clip snaps which allow the user to easily put on and take off the harness, as well as adjust the size of the harness to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070015642 - Body vest gym: An exercise system comprising an adjustable vest/harness comprising a plurality of straps which encompass a user's torso, shoulders, arms, neck, and legs. The straps further comprise adjustable clip snaps which allow the user to easily put on and take off the harness, as well as adjust the size of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070015643 - Exercising elastic pull cord: An exercising elastic pull cord includes an elastic pull cord body having an elastic inner tube, and a fabric outer layer coated around an outer periphery of the elastic inner tube. The elastic pull cord body has two distal ends each provided with a handgrip, an urging body, and a... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070015644 - Mobile exercise equipment: An exercise device includes a pair of formed handles including openings through which ends of a rope or cord are passed. The rope to one handle is knotted and the rope to the other handle is adjustable but becomes fixed when the rope and the handle are firmly grasped. The... Agent: Bradley D. Goldizen

20070015645 - Exercise ball mounted for rotation: An exercise apparatus for developing strength and flexibility of the arms, legs, back and abdominals of the user. The exercise apparatus is an adaptation of the exercise ball or Swiss ball. The exercise apparatus includes a large, spherically-shaped, resilient ball, a frame and a pair of connectors, the connectors rotatably... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070010374 - Trampoline boarding apparatus and assemblage: Apparatus, ancillary structures and equipment are disclosed particularly adapted to the sport of trampoline boarding (trampboarding). The trampboarding apparatus includes a frame adapted to define plural planar fields intersecting at obtuse angles, a flexible material mounted therein and supported and located thereat to retain definition of the obtuse angles as... Agent: The Law Firm Of Harris & Burdick Harold Burdick And Robert Harris

20070010375 - Strength assistant device and methods: The present invention is a device and methods for assisting a person in body strengthening, stretching, or exercising. The present invention comprises one or more base units of particular ratio of dimensions, each having a horizontal bar for use in performing strength and exercise assistance to the user. Owing to... Agent: Charles Saron Knobloch

20070010376 - Medical therapeutic treadmill capable of automatically adjusting its rail height: A medical therapeutic treadmill capable of automatically adjusting its rail height includes, a base having a treadmill platform disposed on the base, a control panel disposed at the front of the base; and a rail set having a rail separately disposed on both sides of the base, characterized in that... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070010377 - Virtual reality bicycle-training simulation platform: A virtual reality bicycle-training simulation platform is disclosed to include a rotary steering unit and rear wheel rack that support the front and rear wheels of a bicycle and are linked to a multimedia system for outputting a signal to the multimedia system indicative of the biasing of the front... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070010378 - Walking aid device: In order to provide a walking assistance device that can improve the force transmission efficiency from the assisting force generator disposed at a position corresponding to a hip joint to the leg while reducing the load upon the user's body, there is provided a walking assistance device comprising an assisting... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070010379 - Adjustable linear friction device: An adjustable linear friction device for exercising the forearm, wrist and hand, comprising: a disc rotatably mounted on a housing, with a circumferential edge and opposed faces; a friction band extending between an anchor and biasing means, the friction band disposed against the circumferential edge of the disc; a shaft... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070010380 - Resistance exercise garment: A resistance exercise garment includes a pair of resilient resistance members. One of the members is attached to the hand/wrist area of the right hand and to the ankle/foot area of the left leg. The other resilient resistance member is attached to the hand/wrist area of the left arm and... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070010382 - Multi-purpose exercise methods and apparatus: An exercise apparatus includes a floor engaging base, a vertical stanchion, and at least one body support. Cables are interconnected between respective handles and respective pivot arms. At least one resistance device is interconnected between the pivot arms and the frame. The cables are routed about pulleys on the frame... Agent: Mark A. Krull

20070010381 - Total body conditioning system: A total body conditioning system has been developed for conditioning the muscles of a user's body and improving balance. The system includes a bench, a skid-resistant mat, a physio ball, a weight rack assembly supporting muscle conditioning equipment such as hand-held weights, medicine balls, ankle bungees, and bungee rods, and... Agent: Ruden, Mcclosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A.

20070010383 - Exercise equipment with multi-positioning handles: A handle for an exercise device, the handle attached to an actuating arm of the exercise device and including a connection structure that allows the handle to rotate with respect to the arm, as well as pivot in at least two directions orthogonal to the rotation axis.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070010384 - Wheel exercise apparatus and method: A wheel exercise apparatus comprises a single wheel, preferably air-inflated, that has an axle passing through it. Foot rests for receiving the feet of a user are connected to the opposing ends of the axle. Each foot rest has a toe cup. The foot rests have cable attachment points for... Agent: John A. Thomas

20070004558 - Vibration unit: The invention relates to a vibration unit with a grip or a contact surface, to be mounted detachably on exercise machines or on a body part. The vibration unit comprises a vibration generating element (1, 2) and a mounting device (4). According to some embodiments of the invention, the mounting... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070004559 - Trampoline and enclosure system: A trampoline has an enclosure system including a barrier of a flexible material (14) such as a net material surrounding the trampoline mat above the mat and having a lower peripheral part coupled directly or indirectly to the mat, and a plurality of resiliently flexible generally upright enclosure support members... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070004560 - Trampoline enclosure attachment to trampoline mat: A way to attach a trampoline enclosure to a trampoline frame is described. This process involving constructing the enclosure with a buttonhole at or near its bottom edge. This buttonhole is designed to receive a spring attachment feature located on the rebounding mat of the trampoline structure. Generally, this spring... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070004563 - Exercise machine including weight measurement system: An exercise machine including a weight measurement system which provides a signal representative of a user's weight. An embodiment of the weight measurement system includes at least one load cell outputting a signal used by a microprocessor to determine an accurate value of the users weight. An embodiment of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070004561 - Inclination controlling device of treadmill and foldable treadmill using same: The present invention provides a inclination controlling device of treadmill comprising a belt support frame 110, a first link member 120 pivotally connected to the belt support frame 110, a second link member 130 pivotally connected to the belt support frame 110, and a base frame 140 pivotally connected to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070004562 - Remote control of treadmill: A remote control for a treadmill includes a housing, in which a battery chamber and a circuit board are provided. The housing has a speed controller, a slope controller, a pulse sensor and an emergency stop button, which are electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board emits signals... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070004564 - Free wheel clutch mechanism for bicycle drive train: An exercise bicycle including a frame having a seat and handlebars, a high-inertia flywheel having a hub at a center of rotation, the flywheel being rotatably supported on the frame at the hub, and a drive train including a drive sprocket, a crank arm attached to and extending from the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070004565 - Bicycle training apparatus: A bicycle training apparatus having an elevator assembly, a wheel support assembly operatively coupled to the elevator assembly, and a resistance interface assembly operationally coupled to the elevator assembly. The elevator assembly operates to raise and lower the wheel support assembly, and the resistance interface assembly provides an output signal... Agent: Sonnabendlaw

20070004566 - Infant walker: An infant walker that provides a safe and confined mechanism in which a child may effectively development the requisite stability and/or balance for proper walking skills and associated motor coordination, and wherein the infant walker is aesthetically pleasing to promote eager utilization of the walker by a child.... Agent: Myers & Kaplan, Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20070004567 - Ambulatory suspension and rehabilitation apparatus: An ambulatory suspension system for gait rehabilitation has a parallel pair of rails bordering the sides of a training area and a bridge extending between and movable along the rails. A trolley is movable along the bridge and includes a motor driven hoist with a cable extending thereabout and depending... Agent: Pepe & Hazard, LLP

20070004568 - Ranger: low-friction exercise glider with defined glide hardware and attachments: This invention relates to a portable and effective device for exercising extremities of individuals who have suffered from debility. The device is comprised of a rectangular base with a similar rectangular extremity support surface attached to said base. The support surface is attached to said base by mechanical glide hardware.... Agent: Mr.stephen Colin Young

20070004569 - Weight plates stacking system for fitness training equipment: Weight stack selection system for fitness equipment. Central stem having offset lateral movement is eliminated by present invention. The select pin is easier for insertion to the selected desired weight due to the lack of accumulated thickness the plagued the industry. And an intuitive Auto-Off selection box is also added... Agent: Law Offices Of J.f. Lee

20070004570 - Device for treatment of patients with disturbed posture and motor activity: A device for treatment of patients with disturbed posture and motor activity comprises shoulder, pelvic, knee, pedal, elbow, hand, and finger supports (1), all of them being interconnected by fixing elements, which are shaped as elastic tie-members (2) and placed on the surface of the patient's body in antagonistic pairs... Agent: Patent, Copyright & Trademark Law Group, LLC Suite 202

20070004571 - Joint alignment and compression assembly and method for performing a rehabilitative treatment regimen: A joint alignment and compression assembly including a plurality of alignment members structured to be removably secured to a patient in an operative configuration, the plurality of alignment members being interconnected via a plurality of adjustable uniform compression members. At least one of the alignment members comprises a pelvic alignment... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.A. Historic Coral Way