Patents Examined by Catrina A Letterman
  • Patent number: 11565142
    Abstract: A weight plate includes a first section having an annular shape with a passage extending axially through the first section and configured to receive an elongated member therethrough, and a second section having an annular shape and positioned radially outward of the first section, where the second section includes first and second outer surfaces on opposite axial sides of the weight plate with an axial thickness defined between the first and second outer surfaces. The second section has a plurality of recesses each extending axially inward from the first and second outer surfaces at least partially through the axial thickness of the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Coulter Ventures, LLC.
    Inventors: William Henniger, Anahita Ameri, Dylan Jones
  • Patent number: 11565149
    Abstract: A stationary exercise device comprises pedals mounted via cranks to opposite sides of a drive wheel; a flywheel with a magnetic rim coupled to the drive wheel; a brake with a motor and one or more permanent magnets mounted for movement relative to the magnetic rim; a measuring unit for measuring at least one of the drive force applied via the drive wheel and the related torque; a measuring device for measuring cadence; and a command module. The command module uses measurements from the measuring unit and the measuring device to calculate a performance parameter and compares the performance parameter against a predetermined performance profile. The command module also can control the motor to move the permanent magnets relative to the magnetic rim to adjust the braking force applied and thereby adjust the performance parameter to conform with the performance profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Wattbike IP Limited
    Inventor: Milan Bacanovic
  • Patent number: 11541275
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provided is an exercise apparatus which can suppress positional displacement when a user is jiggling. [Solution] The exercise apparatus 1 includes: a main body part 5 which has a placement part (smooth surface 5a), on which both legs of a user are placed, and an arc part 5b (curved surface) and rotationally moves over a predetermined range by alternate movement of the legs of the user placed on the placement part; and restraining means which restrains movement of the main body part 5 within a horizontal plane. The restraining means has a groove part 5c which is formed by removing a portion of the arc part 5b of the main body part 5 and a columnar body 3 which is fitted into the groove part 5c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KENKO LIFE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Motomura
  • Patent number: 11529537
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus including an exercise bar assembly, a pulley assembly and an exercise band assembly. The exercise bar assembly includes an exercise bar that has attachment point rods secured along a height thereof. Exercise bands from the exercise band assembly are secured to the desired of the attachment point rods. Attached along the height of the exercise bar are also pads used to practice kicking and punching. The exercise bands include handle straps allowing the user to grasp the exercise bands to work out the desired muscle group. Additional exercise options are provided with the pulley wheels of the pulley assembly. The exercise bands and the pulley wheels interact with one another to provide additional exercise options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: John Bravo, Therese Cleary
  • Patent number: 11517786
    Abstract: An oral training appliance for training the tongue and lips of a person is disclosed. The appliance comprises a U shaped body comprising a front section and two arms, an inner wall and an outer wall. A tongue training member extends from the inner wall and is moveable in response to movement by the user's tongue from a rest configuration to a training configuration. The appliance also comprises a lip training member and is moveable in response to movement of a user's lower lip from a rest configuration to a training configuration and the lip training member is biased towards the rest configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher John Farrell
  • Patent number: 11511147
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of a workout station and methods of using the workout station are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Kathline Lilly
  • Patent number: 11504565
    Abstract: An exercise rod for supporting an exercise elastic rope includes a supporting member rotatably sleeved on the exercise rod. The periphery of the supporting member is provided with an annular positioning groove for cooperating with a hook. An end of the exercise rod is detachably provided with a blocking member configured to prevent the supporting member from separation, a retractable blocking button is arranged adjacent to the end of the exercise rod, and the supporting member is limited between the blocking button and the blocking member. The supporting member is rotatably sleeved on the exercise rod, and the supporting member is provided with a positioning groove matched with the hook. When the hook is subjected to force, the relative movement between the hook and the supporting member is transformed into the rotation of the supporting member, thereby eliminating the sound caused by friction and collision between parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Linlin Li
  • Patent number: 11491366
    Abstract: The present invention is an exercise device comprising a substantially spherical member having a substantially flat portion, wherein a cavity is accessible from the substantially flat portion through a recess, wherein a lip is formed between the recess and the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Maelis Mittig
  • Patent number: 11491362
    Abstract: A weight training apparatus, includes a central body comprising a width and a depth, wherein the width of the central body is greater than the depth. The weight training apparatus further includes a first handle comprising an opening coupled to the central body at a first position and a second position on a top surface of the central body, wherein the first handle is positioned laterally relative to the width of the central body, a second handle coupled to the central body at a third position on a first side surface of the central body, and a third handle coupled to the central body at a fourth position on a second side surface of the central body, wherein the second side surface is adjacent to the first side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Iron Warrior LLC
    Inventor: Kory Anderson
  • Patent number: 11484747
    Abstract: A portable door mounted exercise apparatus includes a removable strap mount assembly for attachment to a door, and a cable/pulley assembly that includes handles for pulling the cable to stretch a resistance band that is affixed to the strap mount assembly. The lower portion of the resistance band is secured to the bottom of the strap at an anchor point via a carabiner or clip, so that when a user pulls on the handles, either downwardly or outwardly, for instance, the resistance band is stretched, thereby providing resistance for purposes of exercise. When not in use, the portable door mounted exercise apparatus may be removed from the door, disassembled, and the straps can be folded or rolled up for purposes of storage and/or transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Marc Bartley
  • Patent number: 11478673
    Abstract: The present application provides a walking flat belt with a hanging exercise means. The present invention uses a buckle flat belt to form a plurality of installation positions. The buckle flat belt is installed on the flat belt body through a “” shaped buckle. The plurality installation positions of the buckles on the walking flat belt can be adjusted. The user can adjust the distance between two adjacent snaps flat belts according to his own needs, so that the user can freely choose the distance between the hanging objects to meet the needs of the user, to achieve the purpose of exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGSU HUARI WEBBING LEATHER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaogen Liu
  • Patent number: 11471722
    Abstract: The present application discloses a dumbbell. The dumbbell includes: a hand-hold assembly, having a first channel and two opposite ends; two weight adjusting assemblies, rotatably connected with two ends of the hand-hold assembly respectively and rotated relative to the hand-hold assembly about a rotation axis; a plurality of weights, supported by the weight adjusting assembly; wherein, each weight adjusting assembly comprises a first cover connected with the end of the hand-hold assembly, a supporting base fixed to the first cover and having an upper sub-base and a lower sub-base spaced apart from the upper sub-base for forming a receiving space, and an engaging tube extending from the first channel into the receiving space and moved toward or away from the hand-hold assembly so that the engaging tube locks the weights or unlocks the weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YONGKANG WEIDE INDUSTRY AND TRADE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huahua Lu
  • Patent number: 11471723
    Abstract: A power rack apparatus is provided for spotting weights. The power rack apparatus allows a user to lift weights to failure without the need of a human spotter. The power rack apparatus includes a power rack frame, a weight-catching system, and a controller. The power rack frame is a standard structural frame of a power rack that allows a user to rack weights after he or she has completed a weightlifting workout. The weight-catching system spots weights for the user using at least one chain drive mechanism, a first racking arm, and a second racking arm. Through the weight-catching system, the user is allowed to lift weights to failure and is spotted by weight-catching system when necessary. The controller manages and controls the weight-catching system in order for the weight-catching system to effectively spot weights for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Minghao Gao
  • Patent number: 11465015
    Abstract: An exercise accessory includes a load bearing shaft. It further includes a ring-shaped actuator oriented substantially concentrically to the shaft that is responsive to radial pressure from a user. The radial pressure from the user causes a control signal to be transmitted from the exercise accessory to an exercise machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11465009
    Abstract: A kettlebell having a planar body. The kettlebell has a curved handle with an arched central portion connected to the body for gripping. A first edge and opposing second edge of the body positioned between two outward curved edges are linear and substantially parallel to form the body of the kettlebell with two opposing straight sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Mark E. Larm, Annalisa Larm
  • Patent number: 11458347
    Abstract: An exercise device includes a rigid handle having a lower end and an upper end. The upper end is adapted for grasping by a person's hand, and the lower end is fixed with a shaft receiver. A bottom end of the shaft receiver is adapted for receiving a top end of a rigid shaft that is adapted to receive one or more weights. A weight stop projects away from a lower end of the rigid shaft to prevent the weights from sliding off of the rigid shaft. In use, with one or more of the weights fixed on the rigid shaft, and with the top end of the rigid shaft fixed with the shaft receiver, the person may grasp the handle to perform exercises. A latch of the shaft receiver selectively locks the rigid shaft with the shaft receiver. The shaft and shaft receiver may include cooperative screw threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MAPLE MOVEMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Sundblad, Shaun Kjellman
  • Patent number: 11458355
    Abstract: An exercise machine which includes a centralized spring box and multiple gripping surfaces with which an exerciser may perform a wide range of exercise moves. The exercise machine includes a movable carriage and platform on a track. Bias members may be connected between the carriage and various structural elements of the exercise machine so as to impart a resistance force against movement of the carriage. An outer handle may be positioned around a carriage platform so as to surround the carriage platform. Inner handles may be positioned between the carriage platform and the outer handle, with the inner handle(s) being connected not to the outer handle or the carriage platform, but to an underlying support assembly. A pair of end handles may extend outwardly from the ends of the exercise machine. A bias member retainer such as a spring box may be centrally-located along the length of the exercise machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, Todd G. Remund
  • Patent number: 11452898
    Abstract: A resistance-generating device includes a resilient body extending between opposed ends. The resilient body has a first portion extending between first and second mounting members of the device, and a second portion extending between the first and second mounting members. The first portion is spaced apart from the second portion, and the first and second mounting members are made of an inelastic material. At least one of the first and second mounting members is removably mountable to a corresponding one of the first and second mounting members of another resistance-generating device. The resilient body generates resistance upon the first and second portions being elastically deformed by displacement of the second mounting member mounted to a second structure relative to the first mounting member mounted to a first structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: 1195143 B.C. LTD.
    Inventors: Gregory Lloyd Corrigan, Benjamin Charles Zuckerman, Tima Fader, Yin Kwong William Tang
  • Patent number: 11433273
    Abstract: This invention includes: a base having a contact part that is in contact with a use surface; a movable part magnetically and detachably held above the base; a three-dimensionally movable support unit configured to support the movable part that is held by the base, in such a manner as to allow the movable part to move three-dimensionally and flexibly; and an attachment part via which the movable part is detachably attachable to a hand or a foot in a direct or indirect manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Toshiki Namiki
  • Patent number: 11433272
    Abstract: An exercise machine handle system for providing a gripping structure that substantially surrounds a stationary or movable exercise platform. The exercise machine handle system generally includes a stationary or movable exercise platform and a perimeter handle surrounding the exercise platform. A space is formed between an outer edge of the exercise platform and an inner edge of the perimeter handle that allows a plurality of fingers of an exerciser to extend through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, Todd G. Remund, Samuel D. Cox