Exercise devices inventions

20090270226 - Systems and methods for controlling the operation of one or more exercise devices and providing motivational programming: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for providing exercise devices with motivational programming. The programming includes motivational content and control signals, synchronized with the motivational content, for controlling operation of the exercise device. The motivational content includes audio and/or video designed to simulate a group exercise setting... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090270227 - Systems, methods, and devices for simulating real world terrain on an exercise device: An exercise system includes one or more exercise devices that communicate via a network with a communication system. The communication system stores and/or generates exercise programming for use on the exercise device. The exercise programming is able to control one or more operating parameters of the exercise device to simulate... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090270228 - Method for improving strength, flexibility, and coordination: A method of increasing strength, flexibility, and coordination that may establish a person's baseline strength, flexibility, and coordination, while identifying any deficiencies to establish an exercise regimen to address those deficiencies. The method may also include a systematic and consistent warm-up step that will ensure the proper building of strength,... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20090270229 - Treadmill: A treadmill includes a base, two axle units, two pedal units and a coordinating unit. The base includes a post formed thereon. Each of the axle units includes an axle extended downwards from the post. Each of the pedal units includes a pedal pivotally connected to the axle of a... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090270230 - Stair climbing exercise apparatus with improved bellows: An exercise apparatus includes a housing, a pair of pivoting foot treadles and a pair of reciprocating bellows that support the foot treadles. A sealed air system including a conduit interconnects the bellows and is operable for reciprocating transfer of air from bellow to bellow. Each of the foot treadles... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20090270231 - Foot exerciser and associated methods: A foot, toe, and ankle exercise device provides variable resistance to movements in multiple directions. The device comprises a flexible forefoot support to allow for full toe and foot range of motion. The forefoot support includes a raised surface under the toes used to help align anatomical landmarks to delineate... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20090270232 - Weightable hoop belt system: A weightable hoop system comprising: a single bodied molded hoop comprising: a first annular volume; a second annular volume located adjacent to the first annular volume; a third annular volume located adjacent to the first annular volume; a threaded input member in fluid communication with the first annular volume; and... Agent: Law Office Of Michael A. Blake, LLC

20090270233 - Dumbbell handle assembly and method of production: Dumbbell handle bar assembly and method of production is presented, wherein the traditional way of machining down the thickness (exterior diameter) of a handle bar from that of the collar is avoided, resulting in substantial saving of material, such as steel or any metal alloy, and saving of time needed... Agent: Law Offices Of J.f. Lee

20090270234 - Force modulating device for a gym machine: Described is a device for a gym machine comprising a frame (2), at least one resistant load (3) mounted on the frame having at least one coupling surface (4), at least one flexible cable (5) associated with the resistant load (3) for performing a physical exercise, the device being characterized... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090270235 - Collapsible exercise chair: An exercise chair of the type wherein a user can sit on a seating platform and extend and retract his legs while his feet are resting on a spring-resisted foot rod includes a structure which permits the chairs to be stacked in nested relationship or a structure using foldable support... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090270236 - Supporting device for a person's back and head area: The invention relates to a supporting device for the back and head of a human being. Said device comprises a partial area of a back supporting section at the level of the shoulder blade, a central supporting surface in the region of a vertebral column and open areas which are... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090264256 - Breathing exercise apparatus: A breathing exercise apparatus comprises a chamber having a vent open to the atmosphere, a mouthpiece having an opening, a first member having a plurality of apertures positioned in the chamber between the opening in the mouthpiece and the vent, a second member having a plurality of apertures positioned in... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

20090264255 - System and method for improving endurance of inspiratory muscles: Training the inspiratory muscles using a training device includes evaluating the endurance of the inspiratory muscles of the patient, including the time to the onset of exhaustion, setting parameters of the training device, directing an monitoring endurance training sessions using the training device, providing feedback to the patient during the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20090264257 - Stride adjustment mechanism: In an elliptical step exercise apparatus a dynamic link mechanism can be used to vary the stride length of the machine. A control system can also be used to vary stride length as a function of various exercise and operating parameters such as speed and direction as well as varying... Agent: Michael B. Mcmurry

20090264258 - Buffering apparatus: A treadmill includes an external frame, an internal frame connected to the external frame, a belt in the form of a loop supported on the internal frame and a buffering apparatus for buffering the internal frame. The buffering apparatus includes a crossbar and two buffer sets. The crossbar is rotationally... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090264260 - Exercise device with treadles: 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.

20090264259 - Integrated roller for a treadmill, method for making and a special-purpose extrusion tool: An integrated roller for a treadmill is comprised of rollers, the said rollers are of integrated structure with the outer end and the inner end integrated, the outer diameter surface of the said inner end and the inner hole surface of the said outer end form close fit or clearance... Agent: Collen Ip

20090264261 - Roller trainer assembly with safeguards: Bicycle rollers that include a frame and front and rear rollers mounted in the frame, each having two lateral ends. Also, a pair of bumper/rollers are mounted on the frame adjacent both sides of the front roller. They are mounted so as to be horizontally rotatable, thereby acting to constrain... Agent: Timothy E. Siegel

20090264262 - Portable training stand: A training device is provided comprising a collapsible stand having a central support and a plurality of legs. In a first position, the legs and central support fold into a compact package. In a second position, the legs and central support extend perpendicular to each other into a self-supporting stand... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20090264263 - Strike trainer: A strike trainer has an attachment assembly, a shock absorber, a target mount and a target. The attachment assembly has an attachment body, an outer stabilizer being mounted on the attachment body, a metal sleeve being mounted through the attachment body and the outer stabilizer and an inner stabilizer being... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20090264264 - Training or exercise apparatus: An Invention for martial arts and boxing training but it can be used for many other sports as well. It addresses the problem of how to train using a multiple of suspended targets (6), without these targets getting entangled with each other, and without cumbersome devices to keep the suspension... Agent: Louis Ventre, Jr

20090264265 - Exercise apparatus and methods of use: The present invention relates to an exercise apparatus and method of use adapted to exercise a user's gluteus muscles. The exercise apparatus and method of use allow the user to focus on and exercise gluteus muscles with specificity. Embodiments of the exercise apparatus comprise an upper body support, a foot... Agent: Leyendecker & Lemire, LLC

20090264266 - Stackable exercise chair: An exercise chair of the type wherein a user can sit on a seating platform and extend and retract his legs while his feet are resting on a spring-resisted foot rod includes a movable bar for pivotally supporting the foot rod and which is positionable in an operative position or... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090264267 - Exercise rod and exercise methods: An exercise rod device comprises an elongate, flexible body portion and a pair of grip sections positioned on opposite ends of the rod. At least one of the grip sections is configured to allow a user to grasp an end of the rod when performing exercises. At least one of... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090258758 - Mobile systems and methods for health, exercise and competition: An exercise system includes a local system having an exercise apparatus and an associated local computer, where the local computer controls and monitors the operation and use, respectively, of the exercise apparatus. The system further includes a remote system having a remote computer, and a transmission medium preferably including the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090258759 - Trampoline swing: A trampoline swing has a swing assembly, a trampoline assembly and a trampoline to swing connection member connecting the horizontally oriented trampoline frame to a trampoline connection end of the swing assembly. The trampoline swing has a top bar having a pair of apexes, namely a left apex and a... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20090258760 - Frameless trampoline: A floatable trampoline that includes a floatable support, an apron attached to the floatable support, a mat, a first connector attached to the mat, a second connector attached to the apron, and springs, wherein at least one spring is attached to at least one first connector and at least one... Agent: Allison Johnson, P.A.

20090258761 - Apparatus for exercising the chest and back: Apparatus for exercising muscles of the chest and back comprises a frame (10), parallel bars (21) and overhead bars (30) attached to the frame (10). A seat (11) supports a user during exercise and a resistance means in the form of a weight stack (52) can be adjusted to suit... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090258762 - Elliptical exercise methods and apparatus: Various exercise machines have foot supporting linkages that move a person's feet through respective left and right paths of motion in respective planes that are skewed relative one another.... Agent: Nick A Nichols, Jr.

20090258763 - Wheelchair accessible treadmill: A wheelchair-accessible treadmill with a safety system allowing wheelchair users to exercise without the risk off steering off-course, tipping over, or rolling backwards off the treadmill. The wheelchair is secured by straps or similar means to two or more linear bearings that move along the side of the treadmill on... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20090258764 - Apparatus for isolating lower back muscles: An exercise equipment apparatus for isolating lower back muscles. The apparatus or device comprises main tubular support posts, secondary tubular support posts, and support feet for providing the foundation of the device. Inner tubular extensions and setting pins are used to adjust the height and length of the device to... Agent: Knechtel, Demeur & Samlan

20090258765 - Adaptive handle for dual grip dumbbell: An adaptive handle for dual hand use and for foot use includes: a) a first adaptive handle member having a top frame component and a bottom frame component and having a central half pipe extending from the top frame component to the bottom frame component and having left half pipe... Agent: John A. Panicali

20090258766 - Weight-lifting apparatus and method of assembling same: A fixed weight/permanent weight-lifting apparatus including dumbbells and barbells is provided that have an elongated shaft with a centrally located handle and ends having a smaller diameter than the handle, a pre-coated head welded to each of these ends with a centrally located channel connecting its inner face and its... Agent: Philip Patti

20090258767 - Leg rehabilitation apparatus: A leg rehabilitation apparatus comprises a base including first and second base members, wherein the first base member is linearly adjustably connected to the second base member. The first base member including an adjustable thigh support member attached thereto; the second base member including a movable boom attached thereto via... Agent: Andre Foucault

20090258768 - Aerobic resistance exercise device: An exercise device comprises an elastic member with foot straps its ends for attachment to a user's feet, which is secured to a vest which encircles upper chest region, and passes through an inverted “U” enclosed pathway affixed to the vest. Additional elastic members are provided that attach to the... Agent: Gowan Intellectual Property

20090253554 - Personal workout management system: The invention relates to an interactive exercise management system. The system may be used for improving a workout environment for a specific user or group of users, tracking exercise information, and providing future workout information. The system, and method of using the system, allows for a specific user or group... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Wilmington Basil S. Krikelis

20090253555 - Inner circle mouse pad: An exercise ring with properties ideally suited for exercising by a user sitting at a desk or work station is disclosed. The exercise ring is nested within the outer rim of a computer mouse pad such that a user may easily remove the device and use it while seated at... Agent: Kenneth Bower

20090253556 - Exercise mat: This invention relates to an exercise mat that provides reference points and orientation for exercises. In one embodiment, the present invention provides an exercise mat for ensuring exercises are performed properly by providing a series of markings and/or notations. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method of performing an... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20090253557 - Gymnastic apparatus: The invention relates to a gymnastic apparatus having a rigid bar provided with at least two gripping areas for manual holding by a user and having at least two elastic ropes fitted to end regions of the bar. The gymnastic apparatus is characterized in that for the detachable fastening of... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090253558 - Bicycling exercise apparatus: A method for doing an upper body spinning exercise whereby the operator rotates hand pedals attached to crank arms resulting in the spinning of a wheel for the purpose of exercising the upper body. This may be done in a class or group setting under the direction of an instructor... Agent: Michael Shane Lofgren

20090253559 - Treadmill apparatus: A treadmill apparatus comprising a rigid member movably supported overhead of a user wherein the rigid member has guiding arrangement for guiding a handle of the rigid member through a path having a vertical component, and wherein said handle has a biasing arrangement for biasing the handle toward an upper... Agent: Nick A Nichols, Jr.

20090253560 - Weighted exercise device and securing system: A novel apparatus and method is disclosed for securing clothing or an object of weight against a body with one or more double locking securing wraps as well as overlapping double lock securing wraps. One lock is created between the edge of the object and the inside of the securing... Agent: Arnold J. Cook

20090253561 - Exercise apparatus and method: An exercise apparatus is disclosed, including a body portion, a first foot extension, connected to the body portion closer to a bottom of the body portion than to a top of the body portion, and a second foot extension connected to the body portion closer to the bottom of the... Agent: Mr. Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20090253562 - Power expander: A power expander being adapted of counting times of breast expanding, it comprises a first and a second handle, a slide seat, a plurality of elastic members and a counter, wherein the slide seat is connected to the first handle to be movable relatively within a limited range; one end... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC