Exercise devices inventions 04/07

20070093360 - Interactive computer simulation enhanced exercise machine: A computer simulation enhanced exercise device is provided which engages the user by directly relating the users exercise motion in real time to a visual simulation or interactive game. The exercise device may comprise any variety of machines including, stationary bikes, rowing machines, treadmills, stepper, elliptical gliders or under desk... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, LLP.

20070093361 - Swaying damping device for a handle bar of fitness equipment: The present invention combines the handle bar and swaying damping device by using a swaying structure for the handle bar of fitness equipment. The handle bar can sway independently, and the swaying modes can be properly adjusted to achieve dynamic balance for the users. The present invention offers a swaying... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070093362 - Portable and fully adjustable punching bag exercise system: A portable, fully adjustable punching bag exercise system is disclosed whereby a punching bag structure is releasably mounted to virtually any firm foundational structure and is fully adjustable to any height or distance in front of the user for use in physical training. The punching bag is suspended in any... Agent: F. Lindsey Scott Law Office Of F. Lindsey Scott

20070093363 - Golf swing simulator and exercise device: In an illustrative embodiment of the invention, an exercise device comprises a support structure comprising a support member and a support arm having an upper support arm portion and a lower support arm portion. The support arm is mounted to the support member by a pivot assembly comprising a longitudinal... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Riverfront Plaza, East Tower

20070093364 - Exercise machine with adjustable arms rotatable about three axes: An exercise machine comprises a frame, a resistance element to provide resistance for performing exercise, a pair of arm assemblies connected to said resistance element and pivotally mounted to the frame so as to be rotatable about respective first axes to perform exercise. The first axes of exercise are rotatable... Agent: Roger Batca

20070093365 - Path adjustable exercise arms: An exercise machine comprises a frame, a resistance element to provide resistance for performing exercise, a pair of arm assemblies connected to said resistance element and pivotally mounted to the frame so as to be rotatable about respective first axes to perform exercise and respective second axes to adjust the... Agent: Roger Batca

20070093366 - Universal variable resistance device: A universal variable resistance device is disclosed. The device includes a flexible, resilient rod having a base end for mounting to a stable or immovable object, and a distal end against which a force is exerted to flex the rod. One or more outer rods are coaxially mounted around the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070093367 - Back treatment with slant table and user adjustments: A slanting table is provided, with comfortable padding, on which the body reclines. The foot end has a padded clamp for the feet. At the foot end there is an elevatable element, or actuator, which raises and lowers the foot end, thus controlling the slope, and controls the stretch on... Agent: Charles A. Walton

20070093368 - Resistance device for abdominal exercise: An exercise method and device for providing resistance to a user in the performance of an abdominal crunch exercise while the user is lying supine. The method includes the placement of resistance in the path of the exercise movement with the upper arms and upper legs simultaneously pressing toward one... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070093369 - Resistance exercise method and system: A method for exercise by performing exercise sets in a sequence progressing from exertion of larger to smaller muscles, with the exercise movement performed using slow movements. Each exercise set is performed to a point of momentary failure. The slow movement is at a rate of less than about thirty... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070087899 - Pole vaulting device and method: A pole vaulting device and method. The device includes a mat having a top side and an underside, a plurality of support poles positioned about the mat, with the plurality of support poles having a first end having a curved portion oriented in the direction of the mat, and a... Agent: Perret Doise A Professional Law Corporation

20070087900 - Starting block: The present invention relates to a starting block (1) for athletic running. Said starting block comprises an elongated frame (2) having a longitudinal axis, which extends between a first end (3) and a second end (4) of the frame (2), said frame (2) being adapted to be attached to a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070087901 - Therapy system: A therapy system providing exercise, massage, and medication. The system includes a portable, wearable exercise device with provisions for resistance during range of motion exercises. The system also offers metrics, diagnostics, remote monitoring, massage therapy, and controlled delivery of medication. The therapy system automatically provides information that is useful for... Agent: Thomas Brassil

20070087905 - 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 due to the... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20070087902 - Device to carry out physical exercise: A device to carry out physical exercise that comprises a double-sided support (1), with one upper and one lower side. one of which is considerably rigid and the other includes an inflatable flexible element (3). The device comprises resting means for the support that allow users to carry out aerobic... Agent: Wolf Block Schorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070087903 - Elliptical exercising apparatus: An elliptical exercising apparatus includes two longitudinal slide bars each having front and rear ends connected movably and respectively to an upstanding support and a flywheel, two pedal seats mounted slidably and respectively on the slide bars, two handles connected pivotally to the upstanding support, two slide guides each attached... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070087904 - Oval track stepper: The present invention is an oval track stepper, which has resolved the disadvantage of a typical oval track stepper by having rear ends of left and right stepping rods linked to left and right sides of a freewheel set and the enclosure, leading to excessive spacing against stepping comfort. The... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070087906 - Variable stride exercise apparatus: A variable stride exercise apparatus is described. A variable stride exercise apparatus may include a frame. A crank system may be coupled to the frame. A foot member may be coupled to the crank system. The foot member may include a footpad. A variable stride system may be coupled to... Agent: Dallas Office Of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070087907 - Variable stride exercise device using spring damper assembly: A variable stride exercise apparatus is described. A variable stride exercise apparatus may include a frame. A crank system may be coupled to the frame. A foot member may be coupled to the crank system. The foot member may include a footpad. A variable stride system may be coupled to... Agent: Dallas Office Of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070087908 - Treadbase lifting mechanism of a treadmill: A treadbase lifting mechanism is disclosed to include a framework with a treadbase above on it, a plank balanced on a fulcrum at the framework having one end pivoted to the an end of the treadbase, a driving mechanism, a sprocket pivotally mounted in the framework, and a chain meshed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070087910 - Pedal device for cycling apparatus: A pedal device includes a barrel for attaching to a cycling apparatus and having a fixed seat, a movable seat slidably attached onto the barrel and having a number of recesses facing toward corresponding recesses of the fixed seat, a spring biasing device for biasing the movable seat to move... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070087909 - Training bench for cyclists: A training bench for cyclists, comprising a framework (1) bearing rollers (2) on which the wheels of the bicycle will rest, and a central support constituted of a platform (4) which is assembled on the framework through transverse bars (3), on which it can move. The platform (4) has an... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070087911 - Interactive training device: An apparatus is provided for an inflatable sound generating interactive training device for a trainee in martial arts. The apparatus includes an inflatable body, wherein an impact sensor switch is configured to generate audible sound via a speaker in response to a predetermined level of impacts to the body. A... Agent: Attention Of Phouphanomketh Ditthavong Ditthavong & Mori P.C.

20070087912 - Boxing frame and systems thereof: A system for sports training having a frame disposed about a heavy bag. The frame can be suspended about the bag with various obstructions or frame members limiting open access to the bag. The frame has certain degrees of freedom and moves about the bag such that contact with the... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20070087913 - Systems and methods for administering an exercise program: Systems and methods for facilitating an isometric contraction exercise regimen for many subjects across a network are provided. One or more exercise constraints are developed for a subject as a function of the medical health information of the subject. The subject performs a plurality of isometric contraction exercises using exercise... Agent: Jones Day

20070087914 - Exercise bell device and methods of use thereof: The present invention provides exercise devices containing a body and a gripping means that maintain a constant mathematical ratio with respect to each other and in compliance with the golden Phi ratio. The body comprises a flat plate containing a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end comprises... Agent: Law Offices Of Khalilian Sira, LLC

20070087915 - Exercise machine: Exercise machine with a first mechanism that can interact with the person doing the exercise, the first mechanism being suitable to be pushed or pulled by the person doing the exercise, and these actions being balanced by resistance. A second mechanism using the weight of the person doing the exercise... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070087916 - Methods and apparatus for back exercise: Methods and apparatus for back exercise are provided. An exercise bench apparatus includes a beam positioned at an incline with respect to the horizontal, a seat member coupled to the beam wherein the seat member is configured to be positioned at a selectable position along the beam, a knee brace... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070087917 - Hand weight with contoured opposing weight protrusions: A hand weight with a central grip area and contoured opposing weight portions at the ends so as to convey a “Z”-shaped profile. The asymmetry of the hand weight results in a shape that is more open to accommodate a larger range of hand sizes and to more comfortably fit... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20070087918 - Selectorized dumbbell weight with weight plates formed by a pair of welded weight subplates and method of manufacture thereof: This invention relates to a selectorized dumbbell having a handle that can be dropped down between nested left and right stacks of weight plates. The weight plates can comprise individual weights or a pair of weight plates, one from each stack, can be connected together to form a single weight.... Agent: James W. Miller Suite1960

20070087919 - Fitness apparatus for abdomen and waist: The present invention relates to an improved fitness apparatus for abdomen and waist that includes a base rod bent forward and having a handle on both sides of the base rod, a main rod disposed perpendicularly upward at the middle section of the base rod, a headrest rod having a... Agent: Chou May Rong

20070087920 - Portable exercise device: A portable exercise device, a method of making the device, and a method of exercising using the device are disclosed. The device has a generally rectangular, box-like main body in two portions, hinged together for opening and closing and having a storage area within. Recessed areas operable for attaching suitably... Agent: George R. Reardon

20070087921 - Treatment table and exercise device method and apparatus: In general, the disclosure recites an apparatus having a kick plate that is adapted to be stored in an operable position where it is in a substantially vertically orientated manner where the kick plate is in a more vertically orientated or positioned orientation with respect to a frame and a... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20070087922 - Exercise device: The present invention involves a method of securing an exercise device having an elongated base member with a linear track on a topside of the elongated base member to conventional exercise machine in order to exercise multiple muscle groups at once. A slidable body moves within the one or more... Agent: Lafkas Patent LLC

20070087923 - Exercise device and method: A method and device for use in resistance training is provided. A first version includes a saddle that supports the lower back while an exercise subject extends and then hyper-extends the subject's vertebral column. A second version includes a foot bar against which the subject applies force from the foot... Agent: Patrick Reilly

20070082789 - Method, performance monitor and computer program for determining performance: The invention relates to a method, a user-specific performance monitor and a computer program for determining the user's performance. In the method, the performance power of a physical exercise is determined by means of user movement data registered by the user-specific performance monitor. Further, the exertion level corresponding to the... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070082788 - System and methodology for customized and optimized exercise routines: An integrated system including an electronic device and at least one physically separable piece of exercise equipment, wherein the electronic device includes means for receiving physiological sensor data from a physiological sensor; means for storing said physiological sensor data as stored information; and means for transmitting the stored information to... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance LLP

20070082790 - Playground equipment with protective coating: Playground equipment including one or more structures wherein at least one of the structures includes a protective coating. The coating may be a polyurea and is applied to an exposed surface of the playground equipment structure at a first thickness, and may be applied to an unexposed surface of the... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070082791 - Playground climbing structures: A climbing wall assembly or climbing structure made in accordance with the present invention comprises at least two adjacent climbing panels and at least three support posts. The climbing panels are mounted between the support posts and adjacent climbing panels share a common support post. The panels include hinge elements... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070082792 - Method and apparatus for passively exercising abdominal muscles: The invention includes for passively exercising a person's abdomen to strengthen the person's abdominal muscles and improve the person's posture. The apparatus includes an adjustable pole to be positioned in or near a doorway. An obstruction extends from the pole in front a portion of the doorway. The distance of... Agent: Law Office Of Brett N. Dorny

20070082793 - Exercise rowboat with a fan: An exercise rowboat with a fan comprised of a supporting skeleton having thereon a slidable seat and two foot pedals respectively for seating and placing of feet of a user, the supporting skeleton is provided on its front end with a fan rotatable in one way, a stretching device able... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070082794 - Training apparatus and system: A first horizontal member having a proximate end and a distal end, the distal end is adapted to be attached to a second substantially rigid member. An object assembly including an object located below the proximate end of the first horizontal member. A first line having a first segment extending... Agent: James Sams Iii

20070082795 - Free weight support device: A free weight support device for use with an exercise bench that is pivotally positionable between a first and second position, and having a base, first and second vertical members pivotally coupled to the base and positioned on opposite sides of the bench, and a foot member coupled to the... Agent: George A. Rolston