Exercise devices inventions

20080108481 - Method, system, measurement device and receiving device for providing feedback: A method, system, measurement device and receiving device for providing feedback relating to an activity to at least one individual. In the method, activity information relating to an activity is measured with a measurement device. Activity information is transmitted to a receiving device via a communication link. The receiving device... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080108482 - Exercise kit: An exercise kit including an exercise mat, an exercise belt and a carrying bag—with hand grips and a foot pouch on the mat to allow a user's swinging of a leg forward and backward while lying on either the left side or right side while holding onto the hand grips... Agent: Charles I. Brodsky, Esq.

20080108483 - Multi-grip dumbbell: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a multi-grip dumbbell. In one embodiment of the present invention, a multi-grip dumbbell includes a central handle, a first weighted head interconnected to the central handle in proximity to a first end of the central handle, and a second weighted head... Agent: Olympic Patent Works Pllc

20080108484 - Multi-functionsl massage body-building device: A massage body-building device comprises a rod body; the rod body integrally formed with at least one massage body; the massage body having a plurality of noses; two ends of the rod body being formed with respective stops; each of two surfaces near two ends of the rod body being... Agent: Chun-hsien Wu

20080108486 - Exercise apparatus and method of using same: A lightweight, portable exercise device that includes a body-encircling strap that can be adjustably fitted about various portions of the user's body. Connected to the central portion of the body-encircling strap are two adjacently positioned elastomeric cords that can be extended by the user in a manner to enable the... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20080108485 - Tethered iso-kicker: An isokinetic device for exercising the leg of a kicker, the device comprising a static member and an elastic member removably attached to the kicker's leg. The static member provides a reactive force in opposition to leg motion of the kicker, the elastic member transmitting the reactive force to the... Agent: David E. Orr

20080108487 - Exercise devices: An exercise device comprises a frame, including a pair of arcuate rails having a central curved portion, a first end, and a second end. The pair of rails are disposed in fixed parallel relation with one another with a first end member interconnecting the first ends of the rails and... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080103021 - Guiding structure of a treadmill for guiding electrostatic charges of a human body: A guiding structure of a treadmill for guiding electrostatic charges of a human body is disposed between a treadmill base and the human body to connect the human body to the treadmill base continuously. Thus, potentials between the human body and the treadmill base may be kept in a substantially... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080103022 - Method and system for dynamic music tempo tracking based on exercise equipment pace: A method (10) and system (50 or 200) for music selection based on pace can include tracking (12) a pace as used on an exercise equipment device (61), receiving (14) a pace value representative of the pace via a short range wireless transmission at an audio output device (51), searching... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080103023 - Method of developing and creating a personalized exercise regime in a digital medium: The present invention is a method for selecting and modifying particular exercise videos from a stored database into a customized digital-format exercise regime viewable by an individual.... Agent: Lafkas Patent LLC

20080103024 - Exercise apparatus with spoken messages: An exercise machine has audio programs that provide explanation, coaching and encouragement to the user. The user is given a spoken description of the workout program or work mode, along with training and encouragement. The user may also be advised of any change in speed, resistance, incline, pedal position, etc.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080103026 - Hand gripper: A hand gripper having a pair of arms which are rotatably connected to one another around a rotating axis at upper ends thereof and are configured to approach one another and to be separated from one another by rotation around the rotating axis and a compression spring which is interposed... Agent: Iphorgan, Ltd.

20080103027 - Parent infant exercise equipment: The Parent Infant Exercise Equipment is a stationary exercise bicycle with a removable infant carrier attached near the bicycle's handle bars in such a way that the infant faces the parent or other caretaker. The infant carrier is connected to the pedaling mechanism of the bicycle through a drive belt... Agent: Heinz Nagel

20080103028 - Slider for a linear slide system: A slider for a linear slide system has a body, a cycling frame, multiple rolling elements and two end plates. The body has a base and two leg portions. The leg portions are formed longitudinally near two sides of the base so that the body has a substantially U-shaped cross... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080103029 - Apparatus for in-water exercises: APPARATUS FOR IN-WATER EXERCISES, comprising; —a structure to be submerged in a body of water; an actuator mechanisms movable through the user's effort; a pump comprising a housing fixed to the structure and journalling a shaft on to which at least one first rotor is mounted coupled to the shaft,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080103025 - Trampoline having substantially similar mat deflection under varying loads: A novel trampoline at least includes: a trampoline frame; a trampoline mat operatively surrounded by the trampoline frame; and a plurality of trampoline spring members operatively coupled between the trampoline frame and the trampoline mat. Each trampoline spring member at least includes: a first spring coupler located at a first... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20080103030 - Power sensing eddy current resistance unit for an exercise device: An exercise system includes a user input arrangement; a rotatable member that rotates in response to an input force applied by a user on the user input arrangement; a power sensing arrangement that senses power applied to the rotatable member due to the input force applied by the user; and... Agent: Andrew S. Mcconnell Boyle Fredrickson, S.c.

20080103031 - Circular fitness apparatus: A circular fitness apparatus. The circular fitness apparatus includes plural flexible exercise attachments attached to a vertical pole that is attached to a central base that can be selected and used for simultaneous group or individual fitness exercises by plural exercise participants. The circular fitness apparatus is useable for group... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080103032 - Compressive device and carrying compartment for use during exercise: A compressive device and carrying compartment for focusing a compressive force at the general lateral areas of a human waist, and securing at least one object in a generally fixed position relative to the waist, includes a longitudinally elastic belt having lateral area engaging pads, and further including a bag... Agent: Jacob & Associates, LLC

20080103033 - Automobile exercises and method and apparatus for performing the same: A method of engaging in a physical exercise, while driving a motor vehicle, includes providing instructions for exercising in a vehicle, the instructions including an exercise routine, sitting down in the vehicle driver seat, and following the instructions to engage in the exercise routine. The exercise routine can also be... Agent: Dinesh Agarwal, P.C.

20080103034 - Balance fitness machine: This balance fitness machine has a platform 1 capable of carrying a user H mounting thereof in a standing posture, a rocking mechanism 2 for rocking this platform 1 in front-rear, left-right, and up-down directions, and a drive motor 20 for driving this rocking mechanism 2. The platform 1 has... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096723 - Electrical gym chair: An electric gym chair has a support, a motor connecting to the support, an eccentric ring assembly pivotally provided on a top end of the support and driven by the motor, a seat mounted securely on the eccentric ring assembly and a cushion attached to the eccentric ring assembly. When... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080096724 - Ankle rehabilitation apparatus: An ankle rehabilitation apparatus is disclosed. The ankle rehabilitation apparatus comprises a base, a rotary plate, a rotary plate, an actuator, a control unit, and a torque detector. The rotary plate is pivotally connected to the base to hold a user's ankle. The actuator has a driving shaft to rotate... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080096725 - Performance monitoring & display system for exercise bike: An apparatus and method for determining the power of a user of an exercise cycle by measuring an RPM and resistance level achieved by the user in combination with a predetermined relationship. The RPM may be measured by sensing the rotation of, for example, a driving wheel or flywheel of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080096730 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise apparatus having a body including a top surface configured for being stood on by a user, a bottom surface configured for partially resting on a ground surface, a pair of oppositely located side surfaces, a front portion curving in a direction away from the ground, and a back... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080096729 - Lockable pressure adjustment seat of a fitness apparatus: A lockable pressure adjustment seat of a fitness apparatus includes a base, a seat back, and an adjustment unit. The base is disposed with a slide track and a locating hole. The seat back is pivotally connected to the base. The seat back includes an extension rod. One end of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080096731 - Leg stabilization device: A system for stabilizing a leg of a user includes a rail having a first end and a second end. The rail generally defines a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. The first end is capable of being connected to an anchor point while the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080096734 - Exercise apparatus: An exercise apparatus having a base, a frame mounted thereon the base, and a weight assembly. The frame has a first handle that extends upwardly and is spaced above the base. In one aspect, the weight assembly has at least one weight rack for the temporary mounting of exercise weights... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080096735 - Mechanism for adjustable arms and seat pad apparatus and method: An apparatus and a method for an exercise machine (1) having a support frame (100); a resisting structure (200) for providing a resistance; a seat (300) for accommodating an exerciser; a structure for adjusting the seat (400), the seat (300) being operatively coupled to the seat adjusting a (400) structure,... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080096726 - Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods: Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080096727 - Personal training device using gps data: A personal training device (10) adapted to assist a user in reaching performance goals, navigating, and accumulating performance statistics. In a preferred embodiment, the device broadly comprises a housing (10); an attachment mechanism (30); a GPS component (40); a user interface (50), including an input portion (52) and an output... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20080096728 - Respiratory muscle endurance training device and method for the use thereof: A respiratory muscle endurance training device (RMET) includes a chamber and a patient interface. In one implementation, one or both of a CO2 sensor or a temperature sensor can be coupled to the chamber or patient interface to provide the user or caregiver with indicia about the CO2 level in,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080096732 - Stilts: A nonflaccid brace for construction stilts is disclosed. In one embodiment, the brace is employed as a lower leg brace. In another embodiment, the brace is employed as an ankle brace. In another embodiment, the brace is employed with one or more nonflaccid closures. An ankle brace for construction stilts... Agent: John R. Casperson

20080096733 - Liquid-fillable heavy training bag: A liquid-fillable heavy training bag includes a cylindrical flexible outer shell having top and bottom walls to form a generally closed cylindrical inner surface. Suitable support is provided for suspending the cylindrical outer shell from an upper support member, such as a ceiling. A generally cylindrical liquid-impermeable flexible liner is... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20080096736 - Exercise device: An exercise device for strengthening the pelvic muscles of a patient including a hollow body member, a stud fastening the body member to an end cap to close the interior of the body member, and a plurality of weights removably mounted to the stud to permit the device to have... Agent: Michael J. Colitz, Jr.

20080096737 - Total body exercise device: An exercise device having a bar adapted for being grasped intermediate opposed ends thereof, where a portion intermediate the opposed ends defines a longitudinal axis. An elastic member attached to the opposed ends exerts a force thereto during an exercise use of the bar, which force causes the bar to... Agent: Lawrence Edelman, Esq

20080096738 - Impact absorption possible dumbbell and barbell disk: The present invention relates to an impact absorbing dumbbell and an impact absorbing barbell disk. The impact absorbing dumbbell includes an outer cover prepared by cutting a flexible member into a dumbbell and sewing the cut flexible member, thereby having a dumbbell shape, a cylindrical tubular body installed inside the... Agent: John W. Renner Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar

20080096740 - Balance and exercise dynamic suport block: A support block for supporting the weight of a user above a support surface during exercise includes a support body having a first side, a second side and a support edge. In one embodiment, the first side and/or the second side can be substantially planar and/or can have a substantially... Agent: James P. Broder Roeder & Broder LLP

20080096739 - Exercise apparatus: The apparatus includes a first end bar having first and second ends, the first bar having first and second spacers mounted on the first and second ends. A second end bar is included having first and second ends. At least one intermediate bar between is positioned between the first and... Agent: Louis L. Dachs

20080096741 - Ab spinner abdominal exerciser: An exercise device having a seat, a spine, a hoop, a connector, and preferably at least one flexible rod. The spine extends upward from the rear edge of the seat, and the hoop is connected to the spine by way of a connector at a circumferential portion of the hoop.... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080096742 - Abdominal exercise machine: An exercise machine, more specifically, an abdominal exercise machine. The abdominal exercise machine consists of a frame upon which the user sits, the frame having a support arm tilted backward from vertical with the lower lumbar region against a seat member. Pivotally attached to the frame is an upper seat... Agent: Daniel D. Chapman Jackson Walker, LLP

20080096743 - Abdominal muscle training apparatus: Exercise apparatus (10) for training a user's abdominal muscles comprises a lever frame (11) linked to a support frame (12) at a pivot (13). The lever frame (11) has first and second arms (14,15) joined at a junction (16) also forming a fulcrum for the lever frame (11). The support... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080096744 - Abductor contraction, variable leg/knee/thigh/trunk and spinal decompression exercice and rehabilitation apparatus and method: Exercise apparatus, comprises a first support means for the user's legs, a platform mounted on the support means to support a user's legs, there being a hinge connecting the platform to the support means and defining a generally horizontal hinge axis to allow pivoting of the user's trunk about a... Agent: William W. Haefliger

20080096745 - Combination office and exercise work station: A combination office and exercise work station provides the user with capabilities to simultaneously perform physical lower body exercise and manual office and computer work. The combination office and exercise work station includes a main frame that has at least a base, a first upright section and a second upright... Agent: Kenneth P. Glynn

20080090703 - Automated personal exercise regimen tracking apparatus: A computer implemented method and apparatus for automated personal rep-counting and exercise orchestration. A portable computing device is programmed to access a preplanned exercise regimen for a user, the regimen including a series of differing exercise activity sets, each exercise activity set including a prescribed exercise repetition count for a... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20080090704 - Foldable trampoline frame assembly: A foldable trampoline frame assembly comprises spaced apart frame segments, a travel limiting member and an engagement member. The spaced apart frame segments are pivotably attached to each other for enabling a first one of the frame segments to be pivoted with respect to a second one of the frame... Agent: David Odell Simmons

20080090705 - Multi-use powerful guiding band: A multi-use powerful guiding band includes a pad in a shape of long strip, on which is fixed with a first band and a second band. The pad is emplaced at an inner side of a wrist, a fixing part of the first band is reeved around an exterior side... Agent: Troxell Law Office Piic

20080090706 - Portable exercise machine: A portable exercise device having an elongated tube with a pair of bolsters or handles fixedly attached to each end thereof. A third pair of bolsters is positioned intermediate the ends of the elongated tube and is slidably mounted on the tube in a reciprocatory movement relative to the pairs... Agent: James G. O'boyle 711 Chevy Chase Building

20080090707 - Therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device: A therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device including a cylindrically shaped body having a plurality of shaped projections configured to enhance mobilization of soft tissue and optimize body core strength and balance training.... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska Intelectual Property Law Attorneys

20080090708 - Exercise device: An exercise device and corresponding methods involving a frame; a track being mechanically coupled to the frame; and a plurality of platforms for accommodating an exerciser's feet, each platform of the plurality of platforms including at least one moving member for facilitating both a divergent movement and a convergent movement,... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080090709 - Back and abdomen exercising apparatus: A back and abdomen exercising apparatus includes a base and a back rest, and the backrest is provided at the rear portion of the base. The backrest is mounted on the base with two resilient members. A user sits on the base with back abutting against the backrest and presses... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080090710 - Flip pad with leg developer exercise machine: An exercise machine has a base member with a front end and a rear end. A leg developer pivotally mounts to the base member at the front end. The flip pad pivotally mounts to the base member at the front end and the flip pad is set in one of... Agent: Impex, Inc. (attn: Richard Chung)