Exercise devices inventions 01/09

20090029829 - Nose to back neck and eye muscles exercise: A nose to back neck and eye muscles exercise for improved facial enhancement, resulting in a more youthful appearance because of reduced or eliminated wrinkling of the face, is one representation of this invention. This exercise affects all of the facial muscle area beginning at the nose and going upward,... Agent: Michael Ries

20090029830 - Grip strengthener with therapy ball: A grip strengthener with therapy ball includes a resilient pad and ball. The pad is flat and has at least one side surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, a ball mount and a finger slit. The ball mount is defined through the pad and has an inner edge. The... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.l.p.

20090029831 - Device and method for limiting travel in an exercise device, and an exercise device including such a limiting device: A method and/or a device may limit a distance traveled by a treadle assembly in an exercise device. For example, the distance traveled by the treadle assembly may be limited by limiting a distance that a resistance element operably coupled to the treadle assembly may travel. An exercise apparatus may... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090029832 - Balanced magnetic brake assembly for exercise cycling apparatus: A brake assembly for exercise cycling apparatus comprises rotor means (2) with at least one pair of magnetic elements (4, 4′) adapted to be rotated about a longitudinal axis (X) by a user who applies a driving torque thereon, stator means (3) adapted to cooperate with the at least one... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20090029833 - Exercising ball: An exercising ball includes an inflatable ball body made of an elastic material and defining a chamber, and a moving element disposed movably in the chamber. The inflatable ball body has a passage hole that permits the moving element to enter the chamber, and an inflation valve fitted sealingly and... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090029834 - Squat machine for exercising: The squat machine of the present invention includes a base having opposite sides, a stationary foot plate fixed on the base, a pair of frames each pivotally mounted to respective sides of the base, and a back rest pivotally mounted to the frames so that the frames and back rests... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090029835 - Moment arm weight resistance mechanism and weight training machines utilizing the same: A weight training machine having a moment arm weight resistance means for creating a weight resistance or weight load.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090023553 - Exercise systems in local or global network: An exercise system includes at least two exercise modules and is arranged to allow multiple users performing exercises on, with or against the modules in different locations while performing at least one preset task defined in a context of a story, a scenery or a video (or computer) game each... Agent: Youngtack Shim

20090023554 - Exercise systems in virtual environment: An exercise system includes at least two exercise modules and is arranged to allow multiple users performing exercises on, with or against the modules in different locations while performing at least one preset task defined in a context of a story, a scenery or a video (or computer) game each... Agent: Youngtack Shim

20090023555 - Method and system for developing or tracking a program for medical treatment: This invention relates generally to a method and system for developing or tracking a program for medical treatment. More particularly, the present invention facilitates the development of a treatment program, the retrieval of the program by the patient, the entry of feedback about the program by the patient, and the... Agent: Gregory J. Gonsalves Jenner & Block LLP

20090023556 - Sensing applications for exercise machines: Sensing applications for exercise machines are described. An example sensing application for profiling a workout session of an exercise machine comprises selecting at least one workout parameter or inputting at least one physical characteristic of a user and operating the exercise machine in compliance with the at least one workout... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20090023557 - Portable jump training apparatus: A portable jump training apparatus designed for portability that permits an athlete to safely measure their vertical leap in any number of venues where a jump training apparatus might be utilized is provided. The portable jump training apparatus may include a jump measurement device, a height adjustment post, and an... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20090023558 - Concentric-arrangement frame structure for recreational structure: A coupling device for a recreational structure comprises a first arm member and a second arm member. The first arm member comprises first and second ends that are arranged substantially in a plane. The first end comprises an external surface that is capable of receiving an internal surface of a... Agent: Joseph P. Curtin

20090023559 - Apparatus for positioning a component of an exercise device: An exercise device including at least one positionable component configured to be positioned by a user. The exercise device includes a frame to which a collar is mounted. The positionable component includes a member that is slidably received within the collar and may be positioned by sliding the member to... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20090023560 - Training and fitness apparatus: The present invention provides for exercise apparatus which can comprise general fitness or self-defence training apparatus (10) having a base member (12); means arranged to define a first elongate member (18) and a second elongate member (20) extending upwardly therefrom; the first elongate member (18) and the second elongate member... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090023561 - Resistance system for fitness equipment: A resistance system for fitness equipment includes a frame, a resistance source such as an elastic cord, coil or any other type of spring, weight, pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders. The resistance source is mounted to a resistance block with a load support. A support disk is provided that is movably... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090023562 - Plyometric training device and method: A method and device for use in plyometric muscular training is provided. In a first version, a rigid frame is provided having a trainee's position, a pair of cables and a weighted bar. The cables are positioned between the trainee's position and the bar. Each cable is attached at an... Agent: Mona Geidl Gonzales

20090023563 - Body tone exercise bricks: A body tone exercise brick includes a brick body having a receiving chamber opened upward, a bar detachably mounted in the receiving chamber of the brick body, and a pair of weight members alternatively placed in the receiving chamber of the brick body or detachably coupled to two ends of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090023564 - Exercise/stretching apparatus: Physical interaction apparatus which includes a wall and a floor presenting a surface of a hook or loop component of a hook and loop fastening system. Also provided is at least one interface that may include a glove, footwear and sports implements which includes an outer surface presenting the other... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20090023566 - Exercise system and related methods: A system and methods for facilitating exercise. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a system, certain embodiments of which include easy to transport and to assemble components and, when assembled, provide a portable apparatus on which a human can engage in a wide variety of exercises. The system... Agent: Valauskas & Pine Llc

20090023565 - Vibra back wave: A back stretching device includes a curved cushion having an elongated slot through top and bottom sides thereof, a housing mounted on the bottom side of the curved cushion, a motor mounted in the housing, and a rotating member accommodated in the housing and eccentrically connected with an output shaft... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090017990 - Exercise assisting apparatus: An exercise assisting apparatus (1) comprises: a seat (13) on which buttocks of a user (2) is sit; a stationary support base (12) for supporting the seat (13); a burden regulator (14) provided between the support base (12) and the seat (13), and for regulating a ratio of self weight... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090017991 - Fitness equipment meter display storage: A fitness equipment meter display storage apparatus includes a fitness equipment body and a meter installed on a frame at the front of the fitness equipment body and having a button/signal input unit on a surface of the meter for transmitting a signal to an internal microprocessor. The meter includes... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090017992 - Jaw relaxation exercise appliance: A jaw relaxation exercise appliance and method of use to relieve the symptoms of the temporal mandibular joint (TMJ), such as limited opening and jaw pain, that is inexpensive and easy to use. The appliance may be form fit to each user and is designed to be a partial coverage... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20090017993 - Variable resistance exercise and rehabilitation hand device: An exercising and rehabilitation hand device is disclosed. The hand device according to the invention is portable and controllable by smart fluid-based brakes/dampers to provide a compact, lightweight mechanism whose resistance to motion can be changed on-the-fly, through computerize control, to vary the exercises that can be performed and tune... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090017994 - Universal exercise machine: The present invention is an exercise device of the rowing machine type, which may impose both flexion and extension forces against motion of a user with respect to the seat and/or arms of the exercise device. Rotation of the seat about a pitch axis may be provided to allow a... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090017995 - Knee manipulating device: A device for exercising and manipulating a knee after reconstructive knee surgery has a seating portion and an angled bar pivotally coupled to the seating portion. A leg pad is provided at one end of the angled bar and a handle is provided at the other end. Manipulation of the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090017996 - Stretch and press portable gym: An exercise device is provided having a handle assembly movably jointed to a hook assembly having a pivoted foot. In use, two of the devices are caused to engage a door frame by way of said hook assembly in horizontally separated juxtaposition. The exercising person grips both handle assemblies and... Agent: Norman B. Rainer

20090017997 - Compact gym: Disclosed in this specification is a compact gym that comprises both a recumbent exercycle and a weight system. The recumbent exercycle may be rotated by 180° to offer users a greater variety of workouts. The compact gym's various components may be folded into a cupboard for storage.... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20090017998 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise apparatus comprising a housing which includes first and second gear members rotatably mounted within the housing. Wherein the first and second gear members each include a handle portion. The first and second gear members are connected to one another by a link member. The exercise apparatus also includes... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090017999 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise apparatus for use with a chair, the chair having a base, a pedestal, and a seat, the exercise apparatus includes a support assembly adapted to removably attach to the pedestal, an elongate resilient member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion with the proximal end... Agent: Jackson Esquire Roger A. Jackson

20090018000 - Abdominal exercise machine: A machine, apparatus, and method for targeting the abdominal and oblique muscle groups. The abdominal exercise system includes a frame, carriage, and an upper body support. In one embodiment, the user places at least a portion of their lower body on the carriage. The user leans their forearms and elbows... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20090011903 - Cantilever springboard exercise station: An exercise station is provided and includes a horizontally disposed base architecture and a pair of springboards mounted in parallel at one end of each of the springboards to a mounting location on the architecture. The ends of the springboards opposite the mounted ends are free ends that may be... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20090011904 - Elliptical exercise device: An exercise device includes two cranks rotatably coupled to an upright support of a base, two handles pivotally coupled to the upright support, and two foot supports each having a front portion pivotally coupled to the pivot rod or an extended arm of the cranks with a link and each... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090011906 - Rebounding exerciser: The present invention is an exercise device, primarily for aerobic exercise. The invention is a hybrid between a toy called a pogo stick, a stair stepper, a trampoline and a ski simulator. The present invention combines the exercise a user receives from an exercise machine with the enjoyment a user... Agent: Richard Gearhart, Esq.

20090011905 - Rotatable handgrip for a cardiovascular exercise machine: A rotatable handgrip for a cardiovascular exercise machine allowing a user to rotate the handgrip relative exercise aims of the machine about an axis which intersects the handle and is generally in line with their forearm.... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20090011907 - Stationary exercise equipment: A control system and method for exercise equipment and the like provides a way to simulate a physical activity in a manner that takes into account the physics of the physical activity being simulated to provide an accurate simulation. According to one aspect of the present invention, the control system... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090011908 - Inertial exerciser and entertainment device: The inertial exerciser and entertainment device includes a central axle on which is mounted pair of pendulums. Each pendulum includes an elongated pendulum rod, a spherical weight provided on one end of the pendulum rod, and an eyelet provided on the other end. The pendulum rods and the spherical weights... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090011909 - Power-core training system: A rotational sports training and conditioning system has a hip harness, a torso harness, a pair of adjustable connectors that connect diagonally from the torso harness to the hip harness, an elongated cord and a club band. The hip and torso harnesses each have selectively positioned cord loops for attachment... Agent: Ancel W. Lewis, Jr.

20090011910 - Auxiliary structure for fitness equipment efficacy: An auxiliary structure to improve efficacy of a fitness equipment includes a pair of swing bars pivoted to a pair of traction bars wherein in turn pivoted to a crank; the crank drives a sprocket and a resistance control wheel for both swing bars to drive both traction bars to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090011911 - Exercise soft pad with ventilation: An exercise soft pad with ventilation includes a pad body made of a foam material. The pad has a pad surface for its user to exercise thereon. The pad surface has several vent holes going through the pad body. Therefore, the hot air produced by the user exercising thereon can... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090005220 - Mobile communication terminal having exercise quantity measurement function and method of measuring exercise quantity using the same: Disclosed is a method of measuring the amount of exercise using a mobile communication terminal equipped with an acceleration sensor capable of measuring movement of a user. The method includes the steps of: a) measuring acceleration according to a change in the location of the mobile communication terminal by the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090005221 - trampoline: The invention comprises a trampoline including a flexible mat, a plurality of resiliently flexible rods each having a lower end retained in a frame of the trampoline and an enlarged upper end, and a plurality of fittings coupled to the mat about a periphery of the mat and including on... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

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20090005222 - Stationary exercise apparatus: A stationary exercise device with adjustable members for varying the stride path and the exercise intensity of a user. The stationary device having a stationary frame and a movable frame that moves relative to the stationary frame to vary the exercise intensity of a user.... Agent: Smith Law Office

20090005224 - Foldable treadmill: A foldable treadmill comprising a base bracket, a deck coupled to the base bracket for moving between a use position and a stored position, a support post extending upwardly and movably coupled to the deck, and a handle pivotally connected to the support post. A handle linkage can be coupled... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP