Patents Assigned to Hoist Fitness Systems
  • Patent number: 6579213
    Abstract: An exercise arm assembly for mounting on an exercise machine frame has a main arm, a swing arm, and a handle. The main arm has a first end for pivoting on a frame of the machine to pivot about a first pivot axis. The swing arm has a first end pivoted to the second end of the main arm for pivoting about a second pivot axis. The handle is pivoted to the swing arm for pivoting about a third pivot axis, with each pivot axis being perpendicular to the other two pivot axes to form a perpendicular, tri-pivot arm system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink
  • Patent number: 6551226
    Abstract: An adjustment apparatus for adjusting the position of a member on an exercise machine has an inner tube with a series of spaced pinning holes and an outer tube telescopically engaged over the inner tube and having a locator hole for alignment with a selected pinning hole. A lever has a pinning section pivotally mounted on the outer tube to extend across the locator hole, and a hand engaging section extending at an angle to the pinning section. The pinning section is pivotable between an operative position in which a pinning button projects through the locator hole and an aligned pinning hole in the inner tube to secure the tubes together, and a retracted position in which the pinning button is spaced from the locator hole. A handle is mounted on the outer tube to extend in the same general direction as the hand-engaging section such that a user gripping the handle can engage the hand-engaging section and urge it towards the handle to pivot the pinning section into the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, Bruce Hockridge
  • Patent number: 6497639
    Abstract: A stackable weight plate for an exercise machine weight stack has a front edge, a rear edge, opposite side edges, an upper face, a lower face, and an aperture extending between the upper and lower face for receiving a weight stack selector stem. The front and rear edges having a matching arcuate curvature with one edge being convex and the other edge being concave, and the side edges are tapered at an angle from the front edge to the rear edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, Bruce Hockridge, Robson L. Splane, Ben Ton
  • Patent number: 6409637
    Abstract: A weight stack frame for supporting the weight stack of an exercise machine is designed for positioning alongside a seat and exercise device. The frame has spaced upper and lower struts, and front and rear upright struts extending between the front ends and the rear ends, respectively, of the upper and lower struts to form an enclosed frame. Each upright strut is inclined forwardly at a predetermined angle, and the frame can have a load transfer cam mounted either on the front or rear strut for transferring load to the exercise device alongside the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink
  • Patent number: 6347777
    Abstract: An adjustment apparatus for adjusting the position of a back pad or seat pad of a seat has an inner tube with a series of spaced openings for securing at one end to the back or seat pad, and an outer tube telescopically engaged over the inner tube and secured to a support frame of the seat. The outer tube has a pinning opening for alignment with a selected one of the openings in the inner tube. A lever is pivotally secured on a pivot bracket on the outer tube for rotation about a pivot axis with a first end portion of the lever projecting over the pinning hole, and a pinning button projecting from the first end portion towards the pinning hole. The lever is movable between an operative position in which the pinning button extends through the pinning hole and an aligned hole in the inner tube to secure the tubes together, and a retracted position in which the pinning button is spaced from the pinning hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink, Christopher E. Brennan
  • Patent number: 6193635
    Abstract: A stackable weight plate for an exercise machine weight stack has a front edge, a rear edge, opposite side edges, an upper face, a lower face, and an aperture extending between the upper and lower face for receiving a weight stack selector stem. The front and rear edges having a matching arcuate curvature with one edge being convex and the other edge being concave, and the side edges are tapered at an angle from the front edge to the rear edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, Bruce Hockridge, Robson L. Splane, Ben Ton
  • Patent number: D437370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink
  • Patent number: D437371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink
  • Patent number: D438267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink
  • Patent number: D439292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, Bruce Hockridge
  • Patent number: D439822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink, Christopher E. Brennan
  • Patent number: D439943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink
  • Patent number: D440610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink
  • Patent number: D446440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, Bruce Hockridge
  • Patent number: D446831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink
  • Patent number: D431615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems
    Inventors: Randall T. Webber, George M. Zink