IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0945026
(2001-08-31)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Knobbe Martens Olson &
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
6 인용 특허 :
29 |
초록
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An exercise apparatus having a frame with a predetermined reference position, an engagement assembly for use by an operator during exercise, a system for resisting movement of the engagement assembly by the operator during exercise and a mechanism mounting the engagement assembly for selective movem
An exercise apparatus having a frame with a predetermined reference position, an engagement assembly for use by an operator during exercise, a system for resisting movement of the engagement assembly by the operator during exercise and a mechanism mounting the engagement assembly for selective movement along a path of travel relative to the reference position for purposes of controlling the exercise of the operator positioned relative to the reference position.
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1. An exercising apparatus operable to permit exercising by an operator selectively through a range of exercising movements during substantially continuous exercising, the apparatus comprising:a frame having a contact surface defining an operator's station adapted to receive an operator in a supine
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An exercising apparatus operable to permit exercising by an operator selectively through a range of exercising movements during substantially continuous exercising, the apparatus comprising:a frame having a contact surface defining an operator's station adapted to receive an operator in a supine attitude with the operator's upper body adjacent to a first end thereof and the operator's lower body adjacent to an opposite second end thereof;a track mounted on the frame adjacent to said first end thereof defining a first path of travel substantially aligned with and offset relative to the first end of the operator's station;a carriage supported by the track for movement along the first path of travel;a drive mechanism coupled to the carriage to move the carriage along the first path of travel;a pair of arms mounted on the carriage for individual substantially pivotal movement about a pivot axis that extends substantially normal to the first path of travel;a pneumatic system that is operably connected to said pair of arms so as to selectively resist said individual substantially pivotal movement of the arms about said pivot axis for purposes of exercising the upper body of the operator through a range of exercising movements; anda pair of control members mounted on at least one of said pair of arms, one of which is operable to operate the drive mechanism to move said carriage to a selected position along the first path of travel and the other of which is operable selectively to increase or alternatively to decrease the amount of resistance applied to resist said individual substantially pivotal movement of the arms whereby the operator can individually selectively control the amount of resistance to said exercising and said range of exercising movements.2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said track is arcuate and is mounted on the frame beneath said first end of the operator's station.3. The apparatus of claim 1, including a pair of leg members mounted on said frame adjacent to said second end for individual substantially pivotal movement about a pivot axis substantially normal to a longitudinal axis of the operator's station.4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said pneumatic system is individually operably connected to said pair of leg members to resist said individual substantially pivotal movement of the leg members about said pivot axis for purposes of exercising the lower body of the operator.5. The apparatus of claim 4, including a second pair of control members mounted on at least one of said pair of arms which are individually operable selectively to increase, or alternatively to decrease, the amount of resistance applied to resist said individual substantially pivotal movement of the leg members whereby the operator can individually selectively control the amount of resistance to said exercising applied to the leg members.6. The apparatus of claim 5, including at least one restraint borne by said frame for attachment to an operator received in said operator's station.7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the arms and the leg members are individually moveable relative to said frame from retracted positions substantially overlaying said operator's station to extended positions constituting the respective termini of individual paths of pivotal movement of the arms of about the pivot axis thereof and of individual paths of pivotal movement of the leg members about the pivot axis thereof whereby said arms can be disposed in their respective retracted positions and the leg members of disposed in their respective retracted positions so as to dispose said apparatus in a compact configuration suitable for storage.8. The apparatus of claim 7, including an electrical system connected in information receiving relation to said pneumatic system and an electrical display assembly deployed for observation and wherein said display assembly is operable to display indicia conveying said information received by the electrical system.9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said electrical display assembly is mounted on a support arm that is borne by said frame, and is adapted to be deployed in an operational position that is viewable from the operator's supine attitude.10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said support arm, on which the display assembly is mounted, is mounted on the frame for substantially pivotal movement from the operational position to a retracted position overlaying said operator's station in a compact configuration suitable for storage.11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said electrical display assembly includes a display screen visible to the operator in said operational position and including a screen operable graphically to display said indicia in substantially discrete display areas, a first of which is substantially centrally disposed on the display screen and a second of which is substantially peripherally disposed relative to the first display area.12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said first display area is adapted to display indicia revealing said operator's performance as determined by the pneumatic system and the electrical system, and wherein said second display area is adapted to display indicia providing instructions for operation of the apparatus.13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said second display area displays indicia providing instructions for the operation of said first and second pairs of control members.14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said first display area has at least two modes of operation, one of which displays indicia relating to the strength force applied in the operation of said arms and the other of which displays indicia relating to cardiovascular performance.15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said first display area has at least two modes of operation, one of which displays indicia relating to the strength applied in the operation of said leg members and the other of which displays indicia relating to cardiovascular performance.16. The apparatus of claim 14 or 15, wherein said second display area displays indicia instructing said operator on how to change the indicia displayed in the first display area between said first and second modes of operation.17. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the arms and the leg members at said respective termini of the individual paths of pivotal movement define a distance therebetween approximating the length of an average adult human body in the supine attitude.18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the length of said apparatus in the compact configuration is less than the length of said average adult human body in the supine attitude.19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the height of said apparatus in the compact configuration is less than four times the thickness of the operator's average adult human body in the supine attitude.20. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the resistance applied by the pneumatic system to said individual substantially pivotal movement of the arms and the leg members of said pair is within a range adapted substantially to duplicate corresponding pneumatic resistance applied in a magnitude of gravity equivalent to that on the surface of the planet Earth even though the apparatus is in an environment having a gravity different from that on the surface of the planet Earth.21. An exercise apparatus comprising:a stationary frame portion including an operator support having a first side configured to support at least a portion of a back of an operator and a generally opposite second side; andan operator input assembly, comprising:a moveable frame portion being moveable relative to the stationary frame portion between at least a first position and a second position along an arcuate track that lies principally to the second side of the operator support;a resistance assembly; andan operator engagement portion being configured to move relative to both the moveable frame portion and the operator support along at least one concentric exercise path and along at least one eccentric exercise path;wherein the resistance assembly is configured at least selectively to provide positive resistance to the movement of the engagement portion along the at least one concentric exercise path and the at least one eccentric exercise path.22. The exercise apparatus of claim 21, wherein the moveable frame portion is supported by an arcuate track assembly.23. The exercise apparatus of claim 22, wherein the arcuate track assembly comprises a first arcuate track member and a second arcuate track member, the first and second arcuate track members being positioned generally parallel to one another on opposite sides of the moveable frame portion.24. The exercise apparatus of claim 21, wherein the operator engagement portion is configured for pivotal movement relative to the moveable frame portion of the operator input assembly.25. The exercise apparatus of claim 21, wherein the resistance assembly is configured to provide resistance independent of gravitational forces.26. The exercise apparatus of claim 21, wherein the resistance assembly comprises a pneumatic cylinder assembly having a piston enclosed within a cylinder.27. The exercise apparatus of claim 21 additionally comprising an operator input assembly position system including a motor powering a drive mechanism, the drive mechanism operating between the stationary frame portion and the movable frame portion to move the movable frame portion along the arcuate path.28. The exercise apparatus of claim 21, wherein, in the first position of the moveable frame portion, the operator engagement portion is moveable along a first exercise path relative to the operator support and, in the second position of the moveable frame portion, the operator engagement portion is moveable along a second exercise path, the second exercise path not being aligned with the first exercise path.29. An exercise apparatus comprising:a stationary frame portion including an operator support;an operator input assembly, comprising:a moveable frame portion being moveable relative to the stationary frame portion between at least a first position and a second position along an arcuate path;a resistance assembly; andan operator engagement portion being configured to move relative to both the moveable frame portion and the operator support; andan operator input assembly positioning system comprising a threaded drive shaft secured to the stationary frame portion, a drive sleeve connected to the moveable frame portion and in driving engagement with the drive shaft, wherein rotation of the drive shaft moves the operator input assembly along the arcuate path;wherein the resistance assembly is configured to provide resistance to the movement of the engagement portion in at least one direction.30. The exercise apparatus of claim 29, additionally comprising a motor configured to drive the drive shaft and a control assembly for controlling the motor.31. An exercise apparatus, comprising:a frame assembly;a resistance assembly supported relative to the frame assembly and having an input connection point, the input connection point being moveable along a resistance path, the resistance assembly being configured to provide resistance to movement of the input connection point in at least one direction along the resistance path;an operator input arm being pivotally coupled to the input connection point and pivotally connected to the frame assembly at a first pivot axis spaced from the input connection point;a linkage assembly comprising a linkage member pivotally connected to the input connection point and having a second pivot axis spaced from the input connection point, the linkage member being moveable such that the second pivot axis is capable of moving from a first position substantially aligned with the first pivot axis to a second position spaced from the first pivot axis.32. The exercise apparatus of claim 31, additionally comprising a control assembly for moving the linkage member between the first position and the second position.33. The exercise apparatus of claim 32, wherein the control assembly comprises a pneumatic cylinder interconnected between the frame assembly and the linkage assembly.34. The exercise apparatus of claim 31, wherein the resistance assembly comprises a pneumatic device.35. The exercise apparatus of claim 31, wherein the linkage assembly comprises a second linkage member, a first end of the second linkage member being pivotally connected to the frame at a position spaced from the first pivot axis and a second end of the second linkage member being pivotally connected to the linkage member at the second pivot axis.36. The exercise apparatus of claim 31, additionally comprising a stationary frame, the frame assembly being supported for arcuate movement relative to the stationary frame.37. The exercise apparatus of claim 31, wherein the operator input arm is connected to the input connection point through the linkage member.38. An exercise apparatus, comprising:an operator support supported by a frame, said operator support configured to receive an operator in an operator's station having a first reference position;a track mounted to said frame next to said operator support, said track defining an arc substantially concentric to said first reference position; andan engagement assembly including an operator engagement portion, and at least one pneumatic resistance device that is configured to oppose movement of the operator engagement portion in diametrically opposite directions, at least a portion of said engagement assembly being selectively moveable along said track relative to said first reference position;wherein the first reference position is disposed to a first side of the operator support, and at least a portion of the track is disposed to a generally opposing second side of the operator support.39. The exercise apparatus of claim 38, wherein the track defines at least first and second locations for said at least a portion of said engagement assembly relative to the first reference position, whereby positioning said at least a portion of said engagement assembly at said first location allows substantially parallel movement of said operator engagement portion relative to said operator support, and positioning said at least a portion of said engagement assembly at said second location allows substantially transverse movement of said operator engagement portion relative to said operator support.40. An exercise apparatus, comprising:an operator support supported by a frame, said operator support having generally opposing first and second sides, the first side configured to support at least a portion of a torso of an operator in a substantially stationary orientation;a track mounted to said frame, the track being generally disposed to the second side of the operator support, and the track defining an arc substantially concentric to a first reference point disposed to the first side of the operator support; andan engagement assembly having an operator engagement portion, at least a portion of said engagement assembly being selectively moveable along said track relative to the first reference position,wherein for every position of engagement assembly along the track, the operator engagement portion is disposed-to the first side of the operator support.41. The exercise apparatus of claim 40, wherein the first side of the operator support is configured to support at least a portion of a back of the operator.42. The exercise apparatus of claim 40, wherein the exercise apparatus further includes a resistance assembly.43. The exercise apparatus of claim 42, wherein the resistance assembly is configured to provide resistance independent of gravitational forces.44. The exercise apparatus of claim 42, wherein the resistance assembly comprises a pneumatic device.45. The exercise apparatus of claim 40, wherein the first reference point is substantially coincident with shoulders of the operator.
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