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Exercise devices March listing by industry category 03/10

20100075807 - Apparatus and method for correcting life patterns in real time: A method for correcting life patterns for providing feedback for an exercise program periodically or in real time is disclosed. The method of the present invention detects a starting point of a dynamic activity interval periodically or in real time by sensing movement of a user in daily life, and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100075806 - Biorhythm feedback system and method: A method and system for evaluating movement of a user and providing biofeedback including setting a reference point for movement by the user, whereby the reference point corresponds to a reference rhythm, providing the reference rhythm to the user to assist the user in maintaining the reference point, sensing the... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20100075808 - System and method of balance training: A system and method for use in moderating symptoms associated with vestibular disorders. The user stands atop a balance platform and balances or performs other exercises on the platform. The exercises require the user to work against the instability of the platform. Training difficulty may be increased or decreased by... Agent: Crockett & Crockett, P.C.

20100075809 - Portable hurdle: A portable hurdle for use primarily athletes has a base portion operably secured to a bow portion that holds the hurdle to a predefined height when the bow portion is placed in tension by a securing structure. The hurdle lays substantially flat when the bow portion is returned to its... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (nike, Inc.)

20100075810 - Coupler: Embodiments of hollow generally T-shaped couplers suitable for coupling respective ends of two tubular members to an upright member for a trampoline support are disclosed. Neither manufacture of the coupler nor the manner of its coupling between the tubular members and the upright member requires welds. The coupler has a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100075811 - Multi-dimensional arm and wrist training device capable of changing weight: A multi-dimensional training device for training arm and wrist and capable of changing weight includes a connection member, a first turning member connected to the connection member, a first handle pivoted on the first turning member, a second turning member pivoted on the connection member, and a second handle pivoted... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20100075812 - Dual deck exercise device: An exercise device employing side-by-side pivotally supported moving surfaces. In one particular example, an exercise device employs a first belt deployed about a front roller and a rear roller and an adjacent second belt deployed about a front roller and a rear roller. The rear of the belts in the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Nautilus, Inc.

20100075813 - Exercise assisting device: A housing 1 is provided with a left foot support 2a and the right foot support 2b each of which is provided for bearing the user's foot thereon. A drive unit 3 is configured to vary an upper surface angle of each of the left foot support 2a and the... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20100075814 - Modular heavy bag with spindle support: A heavy bag for boxing, martial arts, or other athletic practice, generally cylindrical in nature having a bottom, a cylindrical vertical side wall, and an open upper end subject with closure, there being positioned within the shell, a disk member adjacent the bottom of the heavy bag, the disk member... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20100075815 - Pike pole exercise apparatus: A pike pole exercise apparatus is provided for firemen to train and condition themselves for using a pike pole hook. A base has an elongated post attached thereto which extends generally vertically therefrom. An elongated hollow slide member is slidably mounted on the elongated post for sliding thereon and has... Agent: William M. Hobby, Iii

20100075816 - Method and apparatus for magnetically coupling incremental weights to exercise apparatus: A dumbbell comprises a bar that extends generally axially between opposing end regions, a weight plate mass mounted about the bar at each end region, means for retaining the mounted weight plate mass at the respective end regions to define a handle region axially inward of the end regions that... Agent: Seldon & Scillieri

20100075818 - Desk mounted exercise device: An exercise device attachable to a desk or table for use during, for example, office work. The exercise device includes a handle, an elastic cord, a cord clasp and a generally C-shaped support member which is mounted to the desk with a clamp. The length of the elastic cord is... Agent: The Law Office Of Ido Tuchman

20100075817 - Lift assist device and method: The invention relates to a device and method for assisting a subject to perform a motion such as a lift. The invention comprises a first anchor attachable to a first side of a joint of the subject's body, a second anchor attachable to a second side of the joint; and... Agent: Parteq Research & Development Innovations

20100075819 - Training tool: An integral loop of oblong rectangular frame in a plan view consisting of a pair of first grips 1a almost parallel and relative to each other, and a pair of second grips 1b almost parallel and relative to each other, connecting both ends of the first grips 1a, in a... Agent: Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20100069200 - Methods and systems for lingual movement to manipulate an object: An intra-oral system is disclosed for assisting an individual in developing intra-oral muscle control and strength. The system may also be used to enable an individual having limited use of the upper extremities to control an electrical apparatus such as a wheelchair, a bed or a light fixture. The intra-oral... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

20100069201 - Training arrangement: In the case of a training arrangement (1) with at least one first exercising apparatus (2) and one second exercising apparatus (3), wherein the first exercising apparatus (2) is connected to a first computer (4) for controlling and/or recording a training program, and wherein the second exercising apparatus (3) is... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20100069202 - A method, a computer program, and device for controlling a movable resistance element in a training device: A method for controlling a movable resistance element belonging to a training device. The resistance element is influenced by a user with a muscular force. A device is adapted to generate a reference signal for controlling a power conversion device coupled to and controlling a movable resistance element belonging to... Agent: Venable LLP

20100069203 - Body motion discriminating apparatus and activity monitor: There is provided a body motion discriminating apparatus including an acceleration sensor for detecting a body motion of a user, a storing unit for storing a threshold, a threshold changing unit for changing the threshold based on physical data expressing a physical feature of the user and registering the changed... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20100069204 - Edge fittings for soft-edged trampolines: A soft edged trampoline includes a flexible mat supported from a base frame by a plurality of resiliently flexible rods. Each rod has an enlarged upper end. A plurality of fittings coupled to the mat about the periphery of the mat each include a socket cavity which receives the enlarged... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20100069205 - Magnetic resistance device for exerciser: A magnetic resistance device for an exerciser includes a flywheel rotatably attached to a base with a spindle, a number of magnetic members attached to an outer peripheral rim of the flywheel, a carrier attached to the base, a magnetic attractive arm having one end attached to the carrier, and... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20100069206 - Exercise training tool & methods of use thereof: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a multi-purpose exercise training tool and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment, the multi-purpose exercise training tool includes a planar bottom face and a contoured top face and is approximately elliptical-shaped or circular-shaped. The multi-purpose exercise training tool may include one or... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20100069207 - Adjustable exercising tubing: An adjustable exercising tubing comprise comprises two grip members, each including a lateral coupling seat having a plurality of inserting holes disposed on a front end thereof and an engaging device mounted thereon; and a plurality of resilient straps, each having a connector fixed on each of two ends thereof,... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100062902 - Manual exercising and electricity generating machine: A manual exercising and electricity generating machine includes a base and an upper housing, the base and the upper housing engaging with each other, between the base and the upper housing being mounted a support plate on which two handles, a transmission mechanism, and an electricity generator are installed, the... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20100062903 - Power generation device for exercise equipment: The present invention provides a power generation device for exercise equipment including a fixing seat, a swinging seat and a power generating component. The joint and positioning end of the swinging seat has a hinge connection part to be connected with the fixing seat, and the power generating component is... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20100062904 - System and method for controlling an exercise apparatus: The various embodiments of the present invention generally provide a control system and a process for an exercise apparatus configurable into a combined treadmill and stepper mode. The apparatus may also be configured into stepper only and treadmill only modes. The apparatus generally includes a master control unit, a first... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Nautilus, Inc.

20100062905 - Method for quickstart workout generation and calibration: Systems and methods for generating a quick start workout template and calibrating an electronic device using the workout template are provided. The electronic device may create and store a workout template to be used in conjunction with a workout. The workout template may be selected in a quick start fashion... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20100062906 - Exercise device: An exercise device is provided, having a frame, an arm link pivotally coupled to the frame, a leg link pivotally coupled to the frame and a countermovement mechanism coupling the arm link and the leg link to enable substantially opposite direction of movement of the arm link relative to the... Agent: Don Walker

20100062907 - Stair climbing device: A stair climbing device, adapted for a wheel chair, including at least one climbing element which is adapted to be moved on a circular path so that it can get in contact with the next step of a stair and lift or lower the stair climbing device on the next... Agent: Houston Office Of Novak Druce And Quigg LLP

20100062909 - Bicycle trainer with variable magnetic resistance to pedaling: A bicycle trainer provides variable resistance to pedaling and allows for a rider to simulate a real-world bicycle course. The trainer engages both the front tire and the back tire of the bicycle and adjusts each according to the rider's preferences during a training session. The front tire lifts up... Agent: Summa, Additon & Ashe, P.A.

20100062908 - Bicycle trainer with variable resistance to pedaling: The invention is a bicycle trainer to which a standard bicycle temporarily attaches for exercise and simulated rides. A lifting mechanism raises and lowers the front tire, and in preferred embodiments, a frame engages the rear tire to hold the rear tire in an elevated position against a resistance cylinder.... Agent: Summa, Additon & Ashe, P.A.

20100062910 - Hand-held walking stilts: A hand-held walking stilt comprising a base that contacts a walking surface, where the base has a foot stand to support a user's foot a set distance above the walking surface, where the foot stand defines an opening for a pole. The base also has at least one base flange... Agent: Reising Ethington P.C.

20100062911 - Weightlifting belt with hook: A weightlifting belt with hook for a person exercising to be able to hang a weight from a belt around their waist. This invention enables the quick and easy removal (or addition) of the weight by the person exercising or by a third party (‘spotter’) while the person exercising remains... Agent: Kenneth Stone

20100062912 - Leg exerciser device: The present invention provides for a leg exerciser device offering a pair of footplates arranged for inward and outward reciprocal movement along a respective pair of rails and whereby each of the footplates is operatively connected by way of support arms to a variable number of weights so as to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100062913 - Abdominal exercise device: An exercise device for the mid to lower body muscles comprising an inclined base, a base frame to support the base a first support bar and a second support bar, the first and the second support bar each having a mounting end and a support end, wherein the first support... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100062914 - Abdominal exercise device: An exercise device is disclosed having at least a base, first and second knee supports which are bilaterally coupled to first and second pivots located off from the center of the base. Independently rotatable knee pads are coupled to the perimeter-side end of the first and second knee supports arranged... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100062915 - Health and fitness device: A health and fitness device is described, which may be operated hands-free without requiring the user to remain in a single position. The health and fitness device includes a casing with multiple openings, multiple cables where an end of a cable is configured to detachably couple with an end of... Agent: Kokka & Backus, PC

20100062916 - Adjustable user support platform for an inclinable exercise device and method of use: A method of using an adjustable user support platform with an inclinable exercise device includes providing an adjustable user support platform movably attached to an adjustable incline of the inclinable exercise device for movement of the adjustable user support platform along the adjustable incline, the adjustable user support platform including... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20100062917 - Child exercise seat: A child exercise device including a base assembly, a kick panel support assembly, a kick panel assembly, and a seat assembly. The base assembly includes a housing and a plurality of tracks oriented substantially parallel to each other. The kick panel support assembly is supported by the base and includes... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100062918 - Elliptical exercise and recreational appliance: A versatile foam appliance having an elliptical block shape in various sizes used for resistance training during yoga and other isotonic exercise routines both by support via resistant pressure between specific body parts of a user, and by placing between the user and any stable, flat surface.... Agent: Daniels Law Firm, P.C.

20100056339 - Exercise apparatus in interactive communication with medical service platform: An exercise apparatus in interactive communication with a medical service platform serves to convert movements of the exercise apparatus into accessible exercise data and transmit the exercise data and data about a medical-care-recipient's ID to the medical service platform.... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20100056340 - Position tracking and guidance methods: We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may communicate with a personal computer. General... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20100056341 - Workout definition and tracking methods: We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may communicate with a personal computer. General... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20100056342 - Face lift exercise device: A facial exercise device includes a handle, ring, tongue arm and flexible cheek arms. The device is inserted into a person's mouth and the person's cheeks are tightened against the resistance provided by the flexible cheek arms. An optional eyepiece includes connected flexible right and left eye portions and two... Agent: Daniel N. Beinart

20100056343 - Trampoline frame welding configuration: The present invention is in the field of sports equipment, more specifically, relating to a trampoline frame connection structure. The trampoline frame has a main pipe and a support pipe. The main pipe has a straight line weld seam. The support pipe supports the main pipe. The main pipe junction... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20100056344 - Positioning apparatus for foldable running machine: A positioning apparatus for a foldable running machine includes a base, a running platform, and a folding assembly. The running platform is pivotally connected to the base. The folding assembly is connected to the running platform and includes at least one slide guide rail, at least one cylinder, and at... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20100056345 - Body building system with shrouded weight stack: A plurality of similarly configured weight plates each with a planar face having a horizontal coupling aperture and a numerical value form a weight stack. A front cover, with a generally rectangular cutout in a central section exposing all of the numerical values and coupling apertures, and a rear cover... Agent: Michael J. Colitz, Jr.

20100056346 - Barbell holder: A weightlifting barbell holder assembly is especially useful for mounting a weightlifting barbell in a generally horizontal position on a horizontal metal beam, typically an I-beam or U-beam. Preferably, the barbell is at least partially within a horizontal channel defined by the beam when mounted thereon.... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20100056347 - Abdominal exercise apparatus: The present invention provides for abdominal exercise apparatus arranged generally to be arranged to worn over the user's shoulders and to be secured thereto in a comfortable manner by way of front support portions and back support portion which extend respectively downwardly from central region. Extending laterally and forwardly from... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100056348 - Portable mountable upper-body exercise device: An exercise apparatus includes a handle bar and a resistance assembly, coupled to the handle bar. The resistance assembly includes a housing having first and second opposed parts, and permitting movement of the handle bar about a rotational axis upon applying force to the handle bar. A resistance mechanism resists... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20100056349 - Exercise device: This invention relates to an exercise device (1) comprising a framework (3) having a base (5) and a plurality of up-rights (7a, 7b, 9a, 9b, 11a, 11b) protruding upwardly therefrom, the framework (3) further comprising a plurality of horizontal-in-use exercise bars (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, 17, 19a, 19b), each of... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20100056350 - Portable exercise device: A portable exerciser device for conducting two-person sit-ups is disclosed. The portable exerciser device has a hand-pulling assembly comprised of two hand holds joined by a connector. When combined into a kit, the additional elements may include a storage bag, shoe sole adhesive, shoe sole adhesive remover, one or more... Agent: Paul D. Bianco Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl