Exercise devices inventions 03/08

20080070752 - Fine motor control rehabilitation: An apparatus for rehabilitation, comprising, an elongate object adapted to be hand-held and manipulated using fingers and be used in a task; and a fine motion mechanism coupled to said object and adapted to apply force to said object, sufficient to at least move said object.... Agent: Prtsi

20080070753 - Portable pole-dancing assembly: A portable free-standing pole assembly having a vertical pole extending from the center of a platform. The platform is formed from a number of interconnected tubular rails that cooperate to provide a stable platform for the vertical pole and its use as a pole dancing implement.... Agent: Steve M Clemmons

20080070754 - Portable exercise device: A portable exercise device comprising a clamp, configured to removably coupled to an object, which includes: a spacing member; a first clamping member coupled to the spacing member and extending therefrom; a second clamping member spaced from the first clamping member, coupled to the spacing member, and extending from the... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20080070755 - Machines and methods for combined and isolated upper and lower body workouts: An elliptical exercise machine allowing a user to move between a first position (standing on a stationary platform and using the machine's exercise arms), a second position (using the machine's footskates and holding a stationary handlebar), and a third position (using the machine's footskates and exercise arms), or any variation... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20080070756 - Adjustable and foldable lightweight treadmill exercise apparatus: A treadmill frame rotationally supporting spaced apart rollers in turn rotatingly engaging a treadmill belt for revolving around the rollers and a motor frame pivotally engaged with the treadmill frame, the frame supporting a drive motor providing rotation of the treadmill belt. An upright frame in a simple rectangular shape... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20080070757 - Device for the reeducation of motory deficiencies, particularly deficiencies when walking, in patients: The invention relates to a device for the reeducation of motory deficiencies, comprising means for reeducation, characterized in that said device also comprises: means for maintaining the user; means for lightening the body weight of the user (27, 27′), exerting vertical traction, wherein the suspension point of said lightening means... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080070758 - Resistance system for an exercise device: A resistance system for an exercise device may include: a drive shaft configured to be operably connected to a movable part of an exercise device such that movement of the movable part causes the drive shaft to rotate; and a resistance source operably connected with the drive shaft and configured... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080070759 - Dumbbell supporting device: A dumbbell supporting device comprises a cradle for supporting a dumbbell therein and a frame adjustably supporting the cradle thereon at a selected one of various heights above the ground. A worm gear driven lift mechanism safely raises the dumbbells from ground level to the user's desired starting position for... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080070760 - Weighted sleeve: A weighted sleeve includes an inner portion to be disposed on a limb along a first direction and having first and second sides, an outer portion having first and second sides corresponding to the first and second sides of the inner portion, respectively, at least two pockets disposed on the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080070761 - Dumbbell: A dumbbell includes: a hollow grip bar having a connecting end; a weight adjusting mechanism including a screw rod extending into the grip bar and operable to rotate relative to the grip bar about a rotation axis, and a weight carrier extending into the grip bar and engaging threadedly the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080070762 - Hand-held wheeled exercise device: An exercise device that comprises an elongated handle and a pair of wheels at each end thereof is disclosed. The handle is adapted to be held by the hand of a person and the device rolled along a surface. The handle includes a wheel attachment means at both ends thereof,... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20080070764 - Push-up press: A push-up device has at least one tubular element, a spring means located inside the tubular element and providing a spring resistance, and a handle associated with the tubular element and a movable by a user against the spring resistance applied by the spring to provide exercising for a user.... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20080070763 - Exercise device: Exercise devices permitting a person or persons to exercise using one or more extendable bands. The exercise device may comprise a frame with a cavity and at least one extendable band which is at least temporarily attachable to the frame at one end and wherein a handle may be attached... Agent: Michael J. Bootcheck, LLC

20080070765 - Abdominal exercise machine: An exercise device designed to work the abdominal and oblique muscle groups. The abdominal exerciser comprises a carriage connected to a frame by a swing-arm that allows the carriage to swing along an arcuate path. In some embodiments, the carriage is connected to the frame by non-parallel first and second... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080070766 - Abdominal exercise machine: The abdominal exerciser of the present invention is an exercise device designed to work the abdominal and oblique muscle groups. The abdominal exerciser includes a carriage that can slide or roll along a track and an upper body support. The abdominal exerciser device is designed to simulate an abdominal exercise... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080064571 - Exercise machine: An exercise machine includes: a flywheel mounted rotatably to a support frame; a crank wheel mounted rotatably to the support frame; a transmission belt trained on the flywheel and the crank wheel; and a pressurizing wheel mechanism including a mounting seat mounted to the support frame, upper and lower pressure... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20080064572 - Exercising device with combined stepping and twisting functions: The present invention relates to an exercising device with combined stepping and twisting functions comprising a base member, a stepper mechanism mounted on the base member, a stepper assembly pivotably and rotatably secured with respect to the stepper mechanism and base member in a manner that the stepper assembly is... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080064574 - Universal adapter for exercising sticks: The present invention relates to a universal adapter for exercising sticks comprising a mounting means for stably and detachably securing at least an exercising stick in place, such that said adapter functions and forms as an extension of said stick when in use. The mounting means preferably comprises of an... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080064570 - Method and system for preventing pole vault fall injuries background of the invention: A method for preventing serious injuries to a person participating in a physical activity, such as pole-vaulting, which occurs at least partially over a hard surface. The method includes: detecting predetermined criteria indicative of a condition which requires deployment of the material into the deployed position; and moving a material... Agent: Thomas Spinelli

20080064573 - Aquatic exercise device: An aquatic exercise device provides uniform resistance under water when moved in any direction while concurrently preventing erratic movements which can damage the wrist of the individual using it. The unique design featuring a plurality of orifices in spherical surface minimizes splashing and stirring the water around the user. The... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080064575 - Selectorized dumbbell having shock absorbing system, weight plates with an elastomer encasement, and a selector comprising a pin with flexible connecting prong (s): A selectorized dumbbell has a handle that can be inserted into a gap between stacks of nested left and right weight plates. A selector determines how many left weight plates are coupled to the left end of the handle and how many right weight plates are coupled to the right... Agent: James W. Miller, Attorney

20080064576 - Exercise equipment with system to position elastic bands to assist or oppose one another: An exercise machine includes a rocker pivotally attached to a base. Pins are attached to the bottom of the rocker. Pins are attached to the base. Tensioned elastic members each extend from a pin in the base to a pin attached to the bottom of the rocker. The elastic members... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20080064577 - Exercise device for exercising core muscles: An exercise device includes a base frame and a carriage. The base frame includes at least one curved track having a first end and a second end. The second end is elevated above the first end. The carriage is moveable between the first end and the second end of the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080064578 - Balance device having height adjustable function: A balance device includes an adjusting seat, and a balance board detachably mounted on the adjusting seat. The adjusting seat has an open upper portion formed with a mounting hole and a closed lower portion formed with a protruding rocking portion. The upper portion of the adjusting seat has a... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080064579 - Balancing device: A balancing device has a base and an inflatable flexible portion wherein the center of the inflatable portion is higher than the edges. The device is used by placing the base on the floor and standing and moving on the bladder.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080064580 - Exercise device and method of exercise using the same: An exercise device comprising an elongate shaft coupled to a base, which may provide support to maintain the elongate shaft in an upright, vertical position. The elongate shaft may include one or more gripping members, such as foam sleeves, for grasping the elongate shaft. A method of exercise using the... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080058165 - Portable abdominal and aerobic exercise mat: A portable combination exercise mat adjustable for varying degrees of difficulty is disclosed. The exercise mat combines abdominal, aerobic, weight lifting, and resistance exercises. The exercise mat is easy to produce, compact in size, inexpensive, and readily transportable.... Agent: Foothill Law Group

20080058166 - Wrist exerciser with sound generator: A wrist exercise includes a casing composed of upper and lower casing members mating each other to form a hollow sphere, a retention ring fixed between the upper and lower casing members, a rotor rotatably supported inside the casing by the retention ring. Cavities are formed in opposite sides of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080058168 - Miniaturized track exercising device: A miniaturized track exercising device includes a chassis on which a counterweight wheel set is provided. The counterweight wheel set is provided with a resistance adjusting unit. Two crank arms extend in opposite directions and are arranged on opposite sides of the counterweight wheel set. Each crank arm is pivotally... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080058169 - Treadmill desk: A treadmill system having a side work surface at a height convenient for a user access for working. The treadmill also has a safety rail that runs longitudinally. A safety belt that may be worn by a user is anchored to the side rail. In one embodiment, the side rail... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080058171 - Stilt system: An industrial stilt generally includes a floor-engaging member having a heel portion and a toe portion, a load-bearing riser pivotally coupled with the heel portion of the floor-engaging member, a biasing assembly pivotally coupled with and between the toe portion of the floor-engaging member and the load-bearing riser, a foot-engaging... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080058173 - Abdominal exercise device: An abdominal exercise device comprises a center bar, a handle assembly attached to a first end portion of the center bar and that is adapted to be grasped by a user, an abdominal press assembly mounted to the center bar between first and second end portions thereof and having an... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080058176 - Chest press exercise machine with self-aligning pivoting user support: A chest press exercise machine has a self-aligning pivoting user support on a main frame and an exercise arm which is linked to the pivoting user support to translate movement of the exercise arm into movement of the user support. A user support pivot pivotally connects the user support to... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080058177 - Leg exercise machine with self-aligning pivoting seat: An isolation exercise machine for exercising one muscle group has a user support which is pivotally mounted on a main frame by a pivotal mounting system. A user engaging exercise arm is pivotally connected to the user support, and a connecting link links movement of the user exercise arm to... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080058164 - Concentric and eccentric exercising and training apparatus and method: An exercising machine for exercising of a user's torso, arm, leg or other body part, including an exercising attachment for exercising of the user's torso, arm, leg or other body part, a computer-controlled resistance actuator operatively connected to the exercising attachment to impart a resistance for concentric exercising of the... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20080058167 - Body-stimulating apparatus with an oscillating footplate: An apparatus for the stimulation of the body has a footplate, which is connected to two oscillation devices and that are present on a supporting plate, which each have a driven shaft. Braces are fastened on the extremities of the shafts, which are eccentric with respect to the shafts. Plates... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20080058170 - Adjustable stationary bicycle: A stationary bicycle comprises a frame. A crankset is rotatably mounted to the frame to receive a pedaling actuation from a user of the stationary bicycle. A seat is mounted to the frame to support the user using the crankset in the pedaling actuation. A handlebar is mounted to the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080058174 - Carriage for a collapsible reformer exercise apparatus: A carriage for use in a reformer exercise apparatus is disclosed that has a pair of upwardly extending folding shoulder stops mounted thereto at one end and a headrest between the shoulder stops that extends outward from the carriage toward the head end of the frame. A pair of roller... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080058172 - Exercise machine with manually operated pivoting rocker and with counterbalance arm configurable to assist or oppose movement of rocker: An exercise machine includes a rocker and a weight bearing frame pivotally interconnected with the rocker. The rocker and weight bearing frame are each pivotally mounted on a support frame or base. The weight bearing frame opposes movement of the rocker when the rocker moves in one direction and assists... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20080058175 - Multi-axis resistance exercise device: A multi-axes exercise machine for strengthening muscles surrounding shoulder joint of a user allows the user a range of motions about lines of motion perpendicular to an arc of circumduction of the shoulder joints. A pair of handholds is suspended from an arcuate guide plate, which extends above a user... Agent: Steven R. Scott

20080058178 - Golf stretching apparatus and method: An exercise apparatus provides a golf stretching exercise which includes trunk rotation exercise, chest expansion exercise, lower body stretch exercise, golf swing simulation exercise, hamstring and calf muscle exercise and latisimus muscle exercise thereby reducing the risk of injury to the user as a result of the golf game. The... Agent: Bernard Malina, Esq. Malina & Associates, PLLC

20080058179 - Aquatic exercise device: An aquatic exercise device is disclosed. The aquatic exercise device is adapted to be submerged in water, and moved through the water and/or rotated in the water to provide omni-directional and omni-rotational drag resistance. In one implementation, an aquatic exercise device includes a bar adapted to be grasped by one... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080058180 - Exercise tube and handle: An exercise tube and handle attachment incorporates an elastic tube having a handle(s) fabricated from a strong material such as nylon strapping. The handle is configured, by stitching, to form a passageway and compartment for receiving an end of the exercise tube. A knot is made in the end of... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080058181 - Arm exercise machine with self-aligning pivoting user support: An arm exercise machine for performing isolation arm exercises has a self-aligning pivoting seat or user support on a main frame and an exercise arm for performing biceps curl and/or triceps extension exercises which is linked to the pivoting user support to translate movement of the exercise arm into movement... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080058182 - Shoulder stabilizing and strengthening apparatus: A shoulder exercising apparatus has a motion assembly defined by a stacked arrangement of first, second and third stages. The first stage is coupled to the second stage to permit relative one-dimensional straightline motion therebetween. The third stage is coupled to the second stage to permit relative in-plane rotational motion... Agent: Peter J. Van Bergen

20080058183 - Exercise apparatus: A variable resistance device and an abdominal exercise apparatus. The device includes at least first and second resilient stages to provide a combined resistance effect. The first resilient stage has a lower coefficient of elasticity than the second resilient stage. In this way, when a user lies on the base... Agent: Silber & Fridman

20080058184 - Foldable exercise machine: An exercise device includes a deflatable spherical exercise ball mounted on a frame for rotation above a support surface that supports the frame so that the ball rotates freely without interference from the support surface. The frame is foldable so that when the ball is deflated, the frame may be... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080058185 - Ace genotype which correlates with improved success in sodium excretion in hypertensives with exercise: A method of increasing sodium excretion levels in a hypertensive subject by identifying a subject having an II genotype for an angiotensin converting enzyme gene, and engaging the subject in limited exercise training for a period of time sufficient to increase the subject's sodium excretion levels.... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.