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Exercise devices February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/09

20090054207 - Exerciser for generating electricity: An exerciser includes an exercising mechanism for being operated by a user who may spend and consume an energy to operate the exercising mechanism, an electric generating device coupled to the exercising mechanism for being actuated by the exercising mechanism to generate an electric energy, a converter coupled to the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090054208 - Safety device for motorized fitness equipment: A safety device for a motorized fitness equipment includes a socket provided with two first and two second slots; a conductive magnet on bottom of each first slot; and a metal clip in each second slot; a conductive device containing two separate conductive terminals each having a first and a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090054209 - Body motion detection device capable of properly managing information on number of steps in walking exercise: A Nordic walking pole has a transmission device attached thereto and a switch thereof is pushed to transmit a signal indicating the start or end of Nordic walking. A pedometer receives the signal from the transmission device to thereby detect that the start or end of Nordic walking is instructed... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090054210 - Station for gymnastics in water: The station comprises a tub suited to be filled with water and shaped to receive a user partially immersed therein, and a gymnastics device comprising a frame receivable within the tub and supporting a seat and a revolving pedal crank that is arranged in front of the seat. The pedal... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20090054211 - Trampoline having cushion mechanism: The trampoline contains a flexible jumping bed enclosed by a closed frame supported by a number of legs on the ground. A cushion element such as a spring, a rubber block, or a hydraulic or air buffering device is provided at each connection between the frame and the legs. The... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090054212 - Pace-adjusting mechanism of an elliptical cross trainer: A pace-adjusting mechanism of an elliptical cross trainer having an electric adjusting motor installed at the bottom of a flywheel transmission unit for driving a telescopic tube in displacement. Meanwhile, a w-shaped driven connecting rod and two L-shaped connecting elements are employed to adjust the vertical position of two treadle... Agent: Kuo-hsiung Chiu

20090054213 - Abdominal exercising device: An exercising device includes flexible main body comprising a leg engaging portion and a torso engaging portion. A flexible gas filled bladder is attached to the flexible main body wherein when an exerciser flexes the main body and compresses the gas within the bladder, the targeted muscles are exercised.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090054214 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise apparatus comprising a base that can be oriented at any angle and that defines a plurality of connection interfaces, each of which can be designed to support one end of a resilient member in a cantilevered disposition. The connection interfaces can be positioned at or adjusted to a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090054215 - Portable workout apparatus including a plie bar: A portable workout apparatus comprising a bar, a frame, and a padded structured secured to the frame. The bar is held at an adjustable bar height. The frame supports the bar at the adjustable bar height. The padded structure is secured to the frame, and has a first portion and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090054216 - Tilting inversion exerciser having infrared ray generating device: A tilting inversion exerciser includes a table pivotally supported on a lower supporting stand for supporting a user, a pad member readily attached to the table with one or more straps, and an infrared device having a pad member for attaching to the table or to the user with an... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090054217 - Tilting inversion exerciser having vibrating device: A tilting inversion exerciser includes a table pivotally supported on a lower supporting stand for supporting a user, a planar member readily attached to the table with one or more straps, and a vibration generating device for generating a vibration to vibrate the user, particularly the joints or the articular... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090054218 - Exerciser with two rotatable disks: An exerciser includes a hollow base having two openings. Each opening includes at least one first circular groove. Two bearing members are received in the two openinigs, and each has a frame with which a plurality of balls are rotatably engaged. Two disks are rotatably mounted on the two bearing... Agent: Kamrath & Associates, P.A.

20090048068 - Touch type panel switch for a swing arm of an exercise apparatus: The invention relates to a touch type panel switch for a swing arm of an exercise apparatus. At least one touch type panel switch for the touch of the human finger is disposed at a swing arm (or movable handrail) of an exercise apparatus. The touch type panel switch may... Agent: Kuo-hsiung Chiu

20090048069 - Boxing device and related methods: A boxing device may include a substrate, at least one impact sensor carried by the substrate for detecting impacts from the at least one user, a user input device for receiving personal characteristic data for the at least one user, and a controller coupled to the impact sensor and the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20090048070 - Sports electronic training system with electronic gaming features, and applications thereof: A sports electronic training system with electronic gaming features, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system comprises at least one monitor and a portable electronic processing device for receiving data from the at least one monitor and providing feedback to an individual based on the received data.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090048071 - Method of hand exercising and massaging: An exercise device includes a housing having at least a wall portion, at least two apertures extending through the wall portion and spaced from each other, and at least one elongate rod having a center section located between opposite ends. The center section is adapted for slidable movement through the... Agent: Silber & Fridman

20090048073 - Handlebar mechanism: An operator selectable mechanism for adjusting a moveable handle for use with an exercise apparatus is described. The handle can be selectively lowered or the upper portion of the handle can be moved laterally with respect to the apparatus in order to vary the motion of the upper portion of... Agent: Michael B. Mcmurry

20090048074 - Orthopedic therapy system and device and a method of use: Provided is a novel physical therapy system and device that can be manually operated by a post-operative patient without the need of professional on site assistance, wherein the degree of movement of the limb or joint of interest is measured and recorded so as to provide a record of the... Agent: Perry E. Van Over & Associates, PLLC

20090048072 - Stationary exerciser: A stationary exerciser includes two handles pivotally coupled to an upright support of a base and each having an upwardly extended hand grip and an outwardly extended arm, two foot supports each having a rear portion moveable in a reciprocating action relative to the base and a front portion coupled... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090048076 - Bicycling exercise apparatus: An apparatus permitting a user to perform a simulated bicycling exercise is provided. The design includes a frame and a first mounting point and a second mounting point configured to maintain the frame. A seat is connected to the frame and configured to support the user. A wheel is positioned... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20090048075 - Vibrational ergometer: Vibrational ergometer comprising a seat unit (20), a bottom bracket/crank unit (1) connected to a braking unit (4) as well as a vibrational unit, the latter consisting of a plate vibrator (2), a vibrational stand (18) and vibrational motors (3), wherein the plate vibrator (2) is connected to the bottom... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090048077 - Stationary exerciser: A stationary exerciser includes two handles pivotally coupled to an upright support of a base, two foot supports each having a front portion coupled to the handles and moveable in a reciprocating action relative to the base and a rear portion coupled to a post of the base with two... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090048078 - Exercising apparatus: An exercising apparatus designed to fit around a seat includes a frame that is adapted to be secured to a support. The frame is a U-shaped configuration with a lateral open area to receive the seat into the frame. One or more arms are coupled to the frame about one... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20090048079 - Dumbbell weight training device having detachable weight plates: Disclosed is a dumbbell of the type commonly found in a fitness center to be used as a weight training device during a weight training or exercise program. The dumbbell includes a gripping handle and a pair of collars fixedly connected to opposites ends of the handle. A series of... Agent: Morland C. Fischer

20090048080 - Magnetically adjustable dumbbells: A magnetically dumbbell device and method are disclosed. The dumbbell device has a central base unit with at least one magnetic piece at each end of the base unit and one or more weights attachable to the ends of the base unit by means of magnetic force.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090048081 - Orthopedic therapy system and device and a method of use: Provided is a novel physical therapy system and device that can be manually operated by a post-operative patient without the need of professional on site assistance, wherein the degree of movement of the limb or joint of interest is measured and recorded so as to provide a record of the... Agent: Perry E. Van Over & Associates, PLLC

20090048082 - Abdominal exercise device: The abdominal exercise device is designed for upright orientation with a user bending forwardly and downwardly. An upper pivotal section moves relative to an upright base and a bias force is provided by torsion type bars. The particular pivot location and handle arrangement reduces the possibility of misuse and targets... Agent: Michael Harrell Adams

20090042695 - Interactive rehabilitation method and system for movement of upper and lower extremities: An interactive rehabilitation method for movement of upper and lower extremities is disclosed. An identification label of an extracted image is detected to provide an operating position of an image of an extremity. A movement mode for a target image is determined according to the identification label and the target... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090042696 - Finger-touch type sensor for an exercise apparatus: A finger-touch sensor for an exercise apparatus, comprising at least a detection recess formed at a handrail (or a swing arm) of the exercise apparatus for insertion of a human finger. At least one block-out short-wave sensor having an emitter and a corresponding receiver is fitted to the detection recess.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090042697 - Therapeutic or exercise apparatus: An apparatus for use as an exercise or therapeutic apparatus, the apparatus comprising a first and at least one second slidable element, each of the slidable elements having at least one reduced friction sliding surface, wherein the reduced friction sliding surface of the first element slides over the reduced friction... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20090042698 - Folding mechanism for a treadmill: A folding mechanism for a treadmill including a handrail assembly pivotally attached by a coupling shaft to both sides of the front end of a base frame of a treadmill. Meanwhile, a positioning unit with an engaging element is provided such that the handrail assembly can be downwardly moved toward... Agent: Kuo-hsiung Chiu

20090042699 - Cross trainer exercise apparatus: Apparatus and method for simulating a back and forth leg or foot movement, the apparatus comprising: a pair of pivotable support mechanisms supported on a frame, a pair of foot pedals mounted on the support mechanisms for back and forth movement along an arcuate path of translation movement, the foot... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20090042700 - Adjustable dumbbell system: A handle has opposed ends and a central extent. A grip rotationally receives the central extent of the handle. An adjustment wheel is secured to each end of the handle. A side cover is fixedly secured to each end of the grip. A dowel disk is on the handle adjacent... Agent: Michael J. Colitz, Jr.

20090042701 - Portable exercise device: A portable exercise device includes a body has two shafts respectively longitudinally extending therefrom and co-axially aligning with each other. Two rotors and two torsion springs are respectively pivotally sleeved on the two shafts of the body to make the two rotors reciprocally rotate relative to the two shafts. A... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090042702 - Proprioception enhancement system: Disclosed is a band that improves proprioception. The band comprises a soft covering and a tension-creating device. The tension-creating device puts pressure on the skin and improves the awareness of the user of the position of their body. The band is placed over the muscle group that an improvement in... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090042703 - Stretching apparatus and associated method: An improved stretching apparatus includes a movable back rest and a movable foot manipulator which, when employed together, can provide therapeutic stretching to the leg muscles of a subject. For instance, the improved device can stretch the calves, hamstrings, and other leg muscles. An improved method of employing a stretching... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.