Exercise devices inventions 07/09

20090192021 - Exercise machine capable of providing suitable training and control method thereof: An exercise machine and control method thereof, the control method comprising following steps: setting personal physical parameters, receiving a mode selection command, determining to enter either an automatic operating mode or a manual operating mode, entering the automatic operating mode, receiving a program selection command and reading a corresponding training... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090192022 - Exercise apparatus and methods: The present embodiments relate to an exercise device that can provide for a novel and versatile method of exercising. The exercise apparatus can be provided with a base, a connector, and a bar for spooling the connector on the bar. The exercise apparatus can be used for both stretching and... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090192023 - Elliptical cross trainer: An elliptical cross trainer having a double-recessed crank in match of a load-coupling mechanism installed at the external side of a crank support. In this way, the gap of two pedal planks arranged parallel to each other can be reduced, thereby achieving the natural opening space of both human feet.... Agent: Kuo-hsiung Chiu

20090192024 - Stepping exercise apparatus: A stepping exercise apparatus includes a body, a crank pedal mechanism and a foot support device. The crank pedal mechanism is mounted in the body and includes a crank shaft and two pedals mounted respectively on two ends of the crank shaft. The foot support device is connected to the... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090192025 - Exercise weight equipment and methods of use: This invention has to do with exercise weight equipment and is concerned with exercise weight equipment that may be fastened to a person's body during physical exercises. The exercise equipment comprises a preferably U-shaped bracket having opposing sides and a crossbar or rod that extends between and engages the opposing... Agent: Lawrence R. Burns, Esquire

20090192026 - Arm and shoulder lift apparatus: An exercise apparatus has a frame supporting a pivotable lower right arm and a lower left arm, and also a pivotable upper right arm and upper left arm. The upper right arm and the upper left arm are pivotably connected to the frame at points above the pivotable connections of... Agent: Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.c

20090192027 - Dumbbells with connections for a barbell: At least two dumbbells are releasably connected to the axial ends of a barbell. The dumbbells include a dumbbell connector portion positioned axially on a weight of the dumbbell, and the barbell includes a barbell connector portion on the axial ends of the barbell. The dumbbell connector portion engages the... Agent: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

20090192028 - Yoga comfort system wedge: A yoga comfort system wedge is provided constructed of medium density, high quality, closed cell foam materials and adhesives comprised of layers and septums which create a uniquely flexible prop. The construction forms a triangularly shaped yoga, fitness, or therapeutic device in the form of a flexible wedge which allows... Agent: John A. Shank

20090186745 - Solar structure: A solar structure having a support structure and at least one solar panel capable of being supported by the support structure in an orientation to receive sunlight for conversion to electrical power. The support structure includes a roof frame and a plurality of columns capable of supporting the roof frame... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090186746 - Wave motion exercise apparatus and method: An apparatus and method for performing an exercise features a platform configured to support a person performing the exercise and to move with a wave-like motion. The platform may be configured to move with two simultaneous wave-like motions in two degrees of freedom selected from pitch, roll and yaw to... Agent: John Pandolfo

20090186747 - Seat: Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090186748 - Adjustable dumbbell with an orientation feature: A selectable weight dumbbell system may include a base and a dumbbell. The base may include one or more weight receiving spaces defined by the base's walls and floor. The dumbbell may include a handle and one or more selectively removable weights. The weights may be removably positionable in the... Agent: Nautilus, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20090186749 - Multi-function sit-up apparatus: A multi-function sit-up apparatus includes a frame, a seat and a back pad. The seat and the back pad are disposed on the frame. The back of the back pad is provided with a pair of arm pull devices. By the arm pull devices, the user sits on the seat... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090186750 - Push-up exercise unit and device: A push-up exercise unit and device is described which may enable a user to move with his or her body's natural rotation to engage additional muscle groups with reduced stress on joints. The device includes a pair of rotatable devices, one for each hand. Each rotatable device includes a handle... Agent: Charter Ip, LLC

20090186751 - Push-up exercise unit and device: A push-up exercise unit and device is described which may enable a user to move with his or her body's natural rotation to engage additional muscle groups with reduced stress on joints. The device includes a single molded housing with a circular lower base and an integral downwardly extending facing... Agent: Charter Ip, LLC

20090181826 - Electric bicycle with personal digital assistant: A control system for controlling an electric bicycle is provided, which includes an electric bicycle, an information processing unit, a monitoring device, an input device, and a display. The electric bicycle and the information processing unit exchange information with each other, and the information includes operation data on the electric... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090181827 - Trampoline with inflated base: The trampoline with inflated base includes a generally toroidal shaped inflatable tube having an open center area. A mesh rebound member extends over the open center area and is secured around its entire periphery to the tube on the upper surface of the tube member. The tube includes a singular... Agent: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20090181828 - Pendulum striding exercise devices: An exercise apparatus may include a frame. A crank system may be coupled to the frame. A brake/inertia device may be coupled to the crank system. A pivotal linkage pendulum system may be coupled to the crank system. The pivotal linkage pendulum system may include one or more link members.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20090181829 - Cushioning device for treadmill: The present invention is related to a cushioning device for treadmill, wherein the treadmill has a base with a side frame on each of its both sides, a deck disposed on the base to allow for the motions of running or walking by users, and a track surrounding and disposed... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090181830 - Fitness treadmill: A fitness treadmill consists mainly of a base, two sliding rail sets and two stepping boards; each of the rail set is formed by two rails in symmetrical shape; each rail has an upper rail strip assembled on the lower rail strip and the upper and lower rail strips are... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090181831 - Safety device for folding treadmill: A folding treadmill includes a frame pivotally coupled to a seat, a tread base having a motorized endless treadmill belt and having a front portion pivotally coupled to the frame for allowing the front portion of the tread base to be moved up and down relative to the seat by... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090181832 - Rowing trainer: A rowing trainer includes a frame, and a seat affixed to the frame. A sliding rigger, which supports an oar assembly, is movable back and forth along the frame. The oars are indirectly connected to a cord which passes around at least one pulley, and which turns a flywheel. Neither... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20090181833 - Freestanding exercise apparatus: A freestanding exercise apparatus comprises a frame, a right door, a left door, and an exercise resistance source. The frame defines a sagittal plane dividing the frame into a left half and a right half with anterior and posterior ends. The right door is pivotally attached to the right half... Agent: Sherrill Law Offices

20090181834 - Exercise device and method of using same: An exercise device includes a vertical support member; an adjustable incline having a first end and a second end, the first end of the adjustable incline adjustably supported by, and vertically movable with respect to, the vertical support member for adjusting the incline of the adjustable incline; a user support... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090181835 - Exercise machine: An exercise machine in one embodiment includes a frame, a pivot arm, an adapter mounted on the pivot arm to adjust between various adapter positions, and an operator engagement device mounted on the adapter to adjust between various engagement device positions. The adapter is typically telescopically mounted on the pivot... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090181836 - Exercise mat: An exercise mat may provide markings indicating where a person places their hands in relation to their feet to obtain the alignment necessary to exercise selected muscles of the chest by performing one or more pushups. Other markings on the mat may facilitate the desired positioning of the body for... Agent: Matthew E. Burr

20090176620 - Systems for determining the position of a punching bag: A punching bag system is provided for determining the position of a punching bag. A punching bag is suspended by a coupling from a stand which permits the punching bag to travel between an up position where it is in contact with a contact area on the stand, and a... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090176621 - Tumbler apparatus: In one embodiment, a tumbler apparatus comprises a metal roller padded with foam, a frame to give support and height to the roller and elastic bands connected at opposite ends of the roller to connect the roller to the frame. The elastic bands connect to support hooks on the frame... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090176622 - Framework system: A load bearing framework system (11) for use as ready to assemble playground equipment constructed of a plurality of connector rods (31, 32) having fixed lengths and one or more adjustable length rods (33) and a plurality of connectors (21, 22, 23, 24) with angular spaced radially extending fingers and... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090176623 - Adductor exerciser: An adductor exerciser has a stanchion, a stand, a crossbar and two legs. The stanchion has an upper end and a lower end. The stand is attached to the lower end. The crossbar is attached to the upper end of the stanchion. Each leg is pivotally connected to the crossbar... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20090176624 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise machine comprises a frame, left and right swing mechanisms, left and right driving members, left and right actuating mechanisms, and a handle assembly. The left and right swing mechanisms are pivotally connected to the frame in outward skew modes. The left and right driving levers are respectively jointed... Agent: Joe Chen / Johnson Health Tech

20090176625 - Exercise apparatus:

20090176626 - Upper body exercise and flywheel enhanced dual deck treadmills: An exercise device includes a first treadle assembly supporting a first moving surface and a second treadle assembly supporting a second moving surface. The exercise device further includes an upper body exercise assembly operably associated with the exercise device. The first treadle assembly is pivotally coupled with the frame structure,... Agent: Nautilus, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20090176629 - Automatic velocity control treadmill using pressure sensor array and fuzzy-logic: The present invention relates to an automatic speed-controlled treadmill using a pressure sensor array and a method of operating the same. The automatic speed-controlled treadmill includes a walking belt, a pressure sensor array including pressure sensors for detecting loads of the exerciser's feet and outputting the detected loads of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090176627 - Integrated folding mechanism of a treadmill: An integrated folding mechanism of a treadmill having a slide pusher supported by a pneumatic cylinder at the bottom of a platform frame thereof. In this way, the rear support may be pushed upward to bring the platform frame in a vertical stable folding position or in a flat ground-touching... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090176628 - Treadmill belt with foamed cushion layer and method of making: The present invention is directed to a treadmill belt with foamed cushion layer and method of making same. In one embodiment, the treadmill belt includes a fabric base layer and a foamed cushion layer foamed on and integral with the fabric base layer. The foamed cushion layer includes a thermoplastic... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090176630 - Exercise apparatus having a surface for sliding: An exercise apparatus including: a pair of platforms, each of the pair of platforms having: a base including a lower surface and a pair of opposed flanges extending upwardly from the lower surface; roller units received side-by-side in the base and being independently rotatable, each of the roller units extending... Agent: Miller Nash LLP

20090176631 - Simulated ski motion machine: Ski simulation device has at least two arching rails parallel each other on a sloped plane elevated at an angle of a variable degree, joined to frame structure which includes handgrip and cross rail, arching rails providing track; a carriage rides in side-to-side movement on track; whereas carriage on which... Agent: Daniel Joseph Blessing

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20090176633 - Gluteus training device: This invention relates to gymnastic apparatuses and devices for gymnastic exercises, more specifically, to devices for the training of specific muscles, and can be used for musculature development and strengthening by means of exercises based on the overcoming of a counteracting force, for example, for gluteus training.... Agent: Aleksandr Smushkovic

20090176634 - Elastic cord unit for pull exerciser: An elastic cord unit includes a hollow outer elastic cord having a first longitudinal hole and two ends. Two first stops are respectively and securely received in the ends of the outer elastic cord. A hollow inner elastic cord is received in the outer elastic cord and includes a second... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090176635 - Exercise device: An exercise device including vibrating element may be used for various forms of exercise such as strength training, physical therapy, balance training, massage, stretching, yoga, pilates and other exercise. The device includes at least one vibrating motor or other vibration means and a user may control the vibration direction, amplitude... Agent: Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP

20090170660 - Bicycle electronic apparatus: A bicycle electronic apparatus has a port, in particular a USB port, usable for connecting a removable mass storage device, a computer or other devices. In particular a fast and secure transfer of journey data, apparatus status data, diagnostics data, configuration data etc. stored in the bicycle electronic apparatus is... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090170661 - Power supply arrangement for body fitness machine: A power supply arrangement for body fitness machine is disclosed to include permanent magnets mounted on the flywheel of the body fitness machine, a rack mounted on the base frame of the body fitness machine to hold a stack of silicon steel plates, and windings mounted on the rack to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090170662 - Control device and control program of walking assisting device: A control device and a control program of a walking assisting device, wherein a desired assist ratio, which is a desired value of the ratio of a force to be supplied by a walking assisting device in a total tread force of a user relative to the total tread forces... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090170663 - Electrical signal analysis to assess the physical condition of a human or animal: The invention is a human and animal performance data acquisition, analysis, and diagnostic system for fitness and therapy devices having an interface box removably disposed on incoming power wiring to a fitness and therapy device, at least one current transducer removably disposed on said interface box for sensing current signals... Agent: Ornl-utb-luedeka, Neely & Graham

20090170664 - Respiration training machine enabling grasp of result: A breathing exerciser includes: a guide unit for guiding an exercise pattern of breathing to a user; a breathing sensor for detecting breathing of the user; a breathing index calculating unit for calculating, based on a signal from the breathing sensor, a breathing index at least one of before and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090170665 - Elliptical walking exercise machine: An elliptical walking exercise machine is an apparatus comprising: a base assembly standing on a floor and having a base frame which supports a base upper pivot and a base crank pivot. An embodiment further comprises a right crank arm, a left crank arm, and a main pulley pivotally engaged... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20090170666 - Support deck for treadmill: A support deck for a treadmill is disposed under an upper stretch of an endless tread belt to support the tread belt and a user thereon. The support deck includes a plurality of indentations on a top surface thereof. Lubricant or lubricating oil is received in the indentations for lubrication... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090170667 - Bicycling exercise apparatus with multiple element load dispersion: An apparatus permitting a user to perform a simulated bicycling exercise is provided. The design includes a frame and a first (lower front) mounting point including a multiple element distributed load arrangement and a second (upper rear) mounting point configured to maintain the frame a first lower front mounting point... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20090170668 - Exercise apparatus: Exercise apparatus and method with selectively variable stabilization enabling a user to progressively increase his/her core body muscular strength. In various embodiments, the exercise apparatus includes a resistance cabling system providing a user defined line of motion, and a partial stabilizer pad being adjustably positionable offset from the line of... Agent: Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20090170669 - Adjustable assembly for exercise apparatus: Exercise apparatus and method with selectively variable stabilization enabling a user to progressively increase his/her core body muscular strength. In various embodiments, the exercise apparatus includes a resistance cabling system providing a user defined line of motion, and a partial stabilizer pad being adjustably positionable offset from the line of... Agent: Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20090170670 - Load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weightlifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squa: A load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weight-lifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise. The padding includes a tube and a ring.... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090170671 - Exercise equipment: This invention concerns exercise equipment, intended for training upper body mussels by imitating the movement that is conducted in conjunction with paddling. The exercise equipment is equipped with a moveable handle that is connected to at least one energy-accumulating unit. The energy-accumulating unit is preferably comprised of an elongated elastic... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20090170672 - Rehabilitation leg press apparatus and method: An apparatus for rehabilitation of a patient sitting in a wheelchair, the apparatus having a passive support, an active support, a vertical motion restricting device, a wheelchair securing device, a horizontal motion device with respect to the passive support, and a horizontal motion device with respect to the vertical motion... Agent: Michael Ries

20090170673 - Methods and devices for exercising: An exercise chair comprises a base and a seat. The seat has a back leg and a front leg. The back leg is pivotally attached to the base and pivots between a first position in which the back leg is at an acute angle between the back leg and the... Agent: Rudoler & Derosa LLC Attn: Docket Clerk

20090170674 - Integrated leg press for gym: The present invention is a lower body workout apparatus that is a part of a gym and supports leg press exercise feature and may be combined with a leg extension/curl feature. The seat on the apparatus or the feature station may be used with upper body exercises. The apparatus comprises... Agent: Impex, Inc Attn: Yong Chu

20090170675 - Exercise apparatus and method with selectively variable stabilization: Exercise apparatus and method with selectively variable stabilization enabling a user to progressively increase his/her core body muscular strength. In various embodiments, the exercise apparatus includes a resistance cabling system providing a user defined line of motion, and a partial stabilizer pad being adjustably positionable offset from the line of... Agent: Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20090170676 - Pushup apparatus: A pushup apparatus having a centered T-Tube, right and left Slide Tube, a medial and lateral Stop Ring located on each Slide Tube. The T-Tube will contain a hole/knotch on both the right and left side that will receive the Locking Pin Assembly from the corresponding right and left Slide... Agent: Thomas Varga