Exercise devices inventions 04/08

20080096723 - Electrical gym chair: An electric gym chair has a support, a motor connecting to the support, an eccentric ring assembly pivotally provided on a top end of the support and driven by the motor, a seat mounted securely on the eccentric ring assembly and a cushion attached to the eccentric ring assembly. When... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080096724 - Ankle rehabilitation apparatus: An ankle rehabilitation apparatus is disclosed. The ankle rehabilitation apparatus comprises a base, a rotary plate, a rotary plate, an actuator, a control unit, and a torque detector. The rotary plate is pivotally connected to the base to hold a user's ankle. The actuator has a driving shaft to rotate... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080096725 - Performance monitoring & display system for exercise bike: An apparatus and method for determining the power of a user of an exercise cycle by measuring an RPM and resistance level achieved by the user in combination with a predetermined relationship. The RPM may be measured by sensing the rotation of, for example, a driving wheel or flywheel of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080096730 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise apparatus having a body including a top surface configured for being stood on by a user, a bottom surface configured for partially resting on a ground surface, a pair of oppositely located side surfaces, a front portion curving in a direction away from the ground, and a back... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080096729 - Lockable pressure adjustment seat of a fitness apparatus: A lockable pressure adjustment seat of a fitness apparatus includes a base, a seat back, and an adjustment unit. The base is disposed with a slide track and a locating hole. The seat back is pivotally connected to the base. The seat back includes an extension rod. One end of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080096731 - Leg stabilization device: A system for stabilizing a leg of a user includes a rail having a first end and a second end. The rail generally defines a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. The first end is capable of being connected to an anchor point while the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080096734 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise apparatus having a base, a frame mounted thereon the base, and a weight assembly. The frame has a first handle that extends upwardly and is spaced above the base. In one aspect, the weight assembly has at least one weight rack for the temporary mounting of exercise weights... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080096735 - Mechanism for adjustable arms and seat pad apparatus and method: An apparatus and a method for an exercise machine (1) having a support frame (100); a resisting structure (200) for providing a resistance; a seat (300) for accommodating an exerciser; a structure for adjusting the seat (400), the seat (300) being operatively coupled to the seat adjusting a (400) structure,... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080096726 - Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods: Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080096727 - Personal training device using gps data: A personal training device (10) adapted to assist a user in reaching performance goals, navigating, and accumulating performance statistics. In a preferred embodiment, the device broadly comprises a housing (10); an attachment mechanism (30); a GPS component (40); a user interface (50), including an input portion (52) and an output... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20080096728 - Respiratory muscle endurance training device and method for the use thereof: A respiratory muscle endurance training device (RMET) includes a chamber and a patient interface. In one implementation, one or both of a CO2 sensor or a temperature sensor can be coupled to the chamber or patient interface to provide the user or caregiver with indicia about the CO2 level in,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080096732 - Stilts: A nonflaccid brace for construction stilts is disclosed. In one embodiment, the brace is employed as a lower leg brace. In another embodiment, the brace is employed as an ankle brace. In another embodiment, the brace is employed with one or more nonflaccid closures. An ankle brace for construction stilts... Agent: John R. Casperson

20080096733 - Liquid-fillable heavy training bag: A liquid-fillable heavy training bag includes a cylindrical flexible outer shell having top and bottom walls to form a generally closed cylindrical inner surface. Suitable support is provided for suspending the cylindrical outer shell from an upper support member, such as a ceiling. A generally cylindrical liquid-impermeable flexible liner is... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20080096736 - Exercise device: An exercise device for strengthening the pelvic muscles of a patient including a hollow body member, a stud fastening the body member to an end cap to close the interior of the body member, and a plurality of weights removably mounted to the stud to permit the device to have... Agent: Michael J. Colitz, Jr.

20080096737 - Total body exercise device: An exercise device having a bar adapted for being grasped intermediate opposed ends thereof, where a portion intermediate the opposed ends defines a longitudinal axis. An elastic member attached to the opposed ends exerts a force thereto during an exercise use of the bar, which force causes the bar to... Agent: Lawrence Edelman, Esq

20080096738 - Impact absorption possible dumbbell and barbell disk: The present invention relates to an impact absorbing dumbbell and an impact absorbing barbell disk. The impact absorbing dumbbell includes an outer cover prepared by cutting a flexible member into a dumbbell and sewing the cut flexible member, thereby having a dumbbell shape, a cylindrical tubular body installed inside the... Agent: John W. Renner Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar

20080096740 - Balance and exercise dynamic suport block: A support block for supporting the weight of a user above a support surface during exercise includes a support body having a first side, a second side and a support edge. In one embodiment, the first side and/or the second side can be substantially planar and/or can have a substantially... Agent: James P. Broder Roeder & Broder LLP

20080096739 - Exercise apparatus: The apparatus includes a first end bar having first and second ends, the first bar having first and second spacers mounted on the first and second ends. A second end bar is included having first and second ends. At least one intermediate bar between is positioned between the first and... Agent: Louis L. Dachs

20080096741 - Ab spinner abdominal exerciser: An exercise device having a seat, a spine, a hoop, a connector, and preferably at least one flexible rod. The spine extends upward from the rear edge of the seat, and the hoop is connected to the spine by way of a connector at a circumferential portion of the hoop.... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080096742 - Abdominal exercise machine: An exercise machine, more specifically, an abdominal exercise machine. The abdominal exercise machine consists of a frame upon which the user sits, the frame having a support arm tilted backward from vertical with the lower lumbar region against a seat member. Pivotally attached to the frame is an upper seat... Agent: Daniel D. Chapman Jackson Walker, LLP

20080096743 - Abdominal muscle training apparatus: Exercise apparatus (10) for training a user's abdominal muscles comprises a lever frame (11) linked to a support frame (12) at a pivot (13). The lever frame (11) has first and second arms (14,15) joined at a junction (16) also forming a fulcrum for the lever frame (11). The support... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080096744 - Abductor contraction, variable leg/knee/thigh/trunk and spinal decompression exercice and rehabilitation apparatus and method: Exercise apparatus, comprises a first support means for the user's legs, a platform mounted on the support means to support a user's legs, there being a hinge connecting the platform to the support means and defining a generally horizontal hinge axis to allow pivoting of the user's trunk about a... Agent: William W. Haefliger

20080096745 - Combination office and exercise work station: A combination office and exercise work station provides the user with capabilities to simultaneously perform physical lower body exercise and manual office and computer work. The combination office and exercise work station includes a main frame that has at least a base, a first upright section and a second upright... Agent: Kenneth P. Glynn

20080090703 - Automated personal exercise regimen tracking apparatus: A computer implemented method and apparatus for automated personal rep-counting and exercise orchestration. A portable computing device is programmed to access a preplanned exercise regimen for a user, the regimen including a series of differing exercise activity sets, each exercise activity set including a prescribed exercise repetition count for a... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20080090704 - Foldable trampoline frame assembly: A foldable trampoline frame assembly comprises spaced apart frame segments, a travel limiting member and an engagement member. The spaced apart frame segments are pivotably attached to each other for enabling a first one of the frame segments to be pivoted with respect to a second one of the frame... Agent: David Odell Simmons

20080090705 - Multi-use powerful guiding band: A multi-use powerful guiding band includes a pad in a shape of long strip, on which is fixed with a first band and a second band. The pad is emplaced at an inner side of a wrist, a fixing part of the first band is reeved around an exterior side... Agent: Troxell Law Office Piic

20080090706 - Portable exercise machine: A portable exercise device having an elongated tube with a pair of bolsters or handles fixedly attached to each end thereof. A third pair of bolsters is positioned intermediate the ends of the elongated tube and is slidably mounted on the tube in a reciprocatory movement relative to the pairs... Agent: James G. O'boyle 711 Chevy Chase Building

20080090707 - Therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device: A therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device including a cylindrically shaped body having a plurality of shaped projections configured to enhance mobilization of soft tissue and optimize body core strength and balance training.... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska Intelectual Property Law Attorneys

20080090708 - Exercise device: An exercise device and corresponding methods involving a frame; a track being mechanically coupled to the frame; and a plurality of platforms for accommodating an exerciser's feet, each platform of the plurality of platforms including at least one moving member for facilitating both a divergent movement and a convergent movement,... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080090709 - Back and abdomen exercising apparatus: A back and abdomen exercising apparatus includes a base and a back rest, and the backrest is provided at the rear portion of the base. The backrest is mounted on the base with two resilient members. A user sits on the base with back abutting against the backrest and presses... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080090710 - Flip pad with leg developer exercise machine: An exercise machine has a base member with a front end and a rear end. A leg developer pivotally mounts to the base member at the front end. The flip pad pivotally mounts to the base member at the front end and the flip pad is set in one of... Agent: Impex, Inc. (attn: Richard Chung)

20080085816 - Fitness training hurdle: An exercise hurdle including a base extending substantially horizontally outwardly from adjacent a periphery of a bottom end of a substantially wedge-shaped upwardly extending tower that angles inwardly from its bottom end to define an elongate crest line. The tower is composed of a soft, resilient polymeric material to prevent... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.c.

20080085817 - Exercise device for use in swimming: An exercise device includes a belt unit that has an element that encircles a swimmer's hips near the pelvis. The belt unit includes restraining straps that are attached to the element encircling the swimmer's hips by means of hook-and-loop material so the straps can be located in the most effective... Agent: Pete Fine

20080085818 - Fan frame structure: The present invention relates to a fan frame structure, which is composed of a plastic seat and a metal circular casing. At least two opposing guard fences disposed in a radial manner and extended upwards from a top edge of said seat. A fitting rim for inserting the metal circular... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080085819 - Multi-degree-of-freedom (mdof) muscle training machine: A MDOF muscle training machine is provided in the present invention. The training machine has multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) being able to be set by users to make various cyclic motions with respect to various groups of muscle to be trained. The training machine comprises an adjustable frame and a cyclic motion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080085820 - Most muscular replicator/multiflexer: One embodiment of an exercise device for the chest wherein to a base two large rotating sheaves are placed in a horizontal plane, turned by poles in the vertical plane to which rotating handles are attached. A cord attached to a pulley wraps around each sheave as the poles are... Agent: Lawrence Majkrzak

20080085821 - Exercise machine having rotatable weight selection index: A weight exercise machine may include an exercise member, one or more weights, and one or more weight selectors. When using the machine to exercise, the user exerts an exercise force against the exercise member. A weight selector may be rotated, pivoted, or otherwise moved to operably couple the exercise... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080085822 - Dual axis abdominal exercise apparatus: An abdominal exercise apparatus is provided that includes at least a lower carriage, an upper carriage, and a frame supporting the lower and upper carriages. A linkage mechanism operably associates the upper and lower carriages together to allow coordinated movement relative to one another. The upper carriage includes an upper... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080081740 - Multiple-person walking simulator: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to walking simulators. In one embodiment of the present invention, the walking simulator includes a support frame, a handlebar, and a pair of swing arms. Each swing arm is pivotally-mounted to the support frame and includes a foot pedal proximal to the... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20080081741 - Multiple-person elliptical trainer: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a multiple-person elliptical trainer for improving cardiovascular fitness. In one embodiment of the present invention, the multiple-person elliptical trainer includes two training stations mounted to a support frame. Each training station includes a pair of roughly parallel tracks, each track pivotally... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20080081742 - Exercise device for aquatic use: An device and method of use for the same adapted for aquatic exercise comprising. The device comprising an inner member and an outer foam member, each having a length much greater than its respective average outside diameters and both the inner member and an outer foam member having approximately the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080081743 - Cushion adjusting assembly of an exercise machine: A cushion adjusting assembly of an exercise machine comprises a post; a top end of the post having a combining portion; an adjusting rod and an ejecting unit being pivotally installed in the combining portion; the adjusting rod having at least one inclined surface; and the ejecting unit having at... Agent: Chao-chuan Chen

20080081744 - Adjustable plate loaded kettlebell: An adjustable kettlebell has a series of plates in stacked relationship, a handle having a shaft passing through the weights and a retaining arrangement including a base plate engageable with the shaft for holding the plates together between the handle and the retaining arrangement. The invention is improved by a... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080081745 - Multiple-piece exercise apparatus: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a multiple-piece exercise apparatus for improving fitness. The multiple-piece exercise apparatus comprises a number of pieces of exercise equipment incorporated into a single apparatus. In one embodiment of the present invention, the multiple-piece exercise apparatus includes a support frame with a... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20080081739 - Underground trampoline ring design: An in-ground trampoline system configured to provide a ground level jumping surface which consists of a trampoline, a pit, and a segmented retaining wall configured to support the walls of the pit.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080081746 - Elastic exercise device: An exercise device includes an elastic member having a first hand portion and a band portion. The first hand portion includes a first finger sheath portion and a second finger sheath portion. The band portion extends from the first hand portion. The band portion has a generally rectangular flat sheet... Agent: Allen Woodruff

20080081747 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise apparatus that is lightweight, easily transported, inexpensive and easy to use in performing a wide variety of exercises, the exercise apparatus including a rigid shaft formed of interconnectable limbs having a pair of spaced sleeve-sliders thereon and opposing end caps that receive a long resilient band having side... Agent: Harry Mok

20080081748 - Exercise equipment adapted for use with a chair: An exercise device includes a support member, including an interior surface for receiving and providing a tension fit with a pole received within an interior of the support member. A first arm is slidably mounted on the support member A second arm is slidably mounted on the support member. The... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080081749 - Exercise device for at least parts of the back muscles of a human body: Exercise device for at least parts of the back musculature of the human body, including a seat area (12) on which a user (9) of the exercise device can sit during the exercise, a back-rest (13) against which the user (9) can rest at least part of his back during... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080081750 - Exercise apparatus and method: A technique for exercise and strength training is disclosed. The technique involves a device that can be affixed to a support point which can allow the user to exercise using body weight. In one embodiment, the stability of the device can be adjusted by varying the position of a stability... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP