Patents Assigned to iFIT
  • Patent number: 11794070
    Abstract: An exercise system includes a housing, a drive motor, a drive member, a filter, and a fan. The housing defines an interior volume and has an intake and an outlet. The drive motor is positioned in the housing and is connected to the drive member. At least part of the drive member is positioned inside the housing and part of the drive member is outside the housing. The drive member is positioned through the outlet in the housing. The filter is in fluid communication with the intake, and the fan is in fluid communication with the intake and the filter. The fan provides a positive pressure in the interior volume of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: David Hays, Dale Alan Buchanan, Brian Kwant
  • Patent number: 11779812
    Abstract: Treadmill configured to automatically determine user exercise movement. In some embodiments, a treadmill may include a deck, a first pulley disposed in the deck, a second pulley disposed in the deck, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley, an electronic sensor incorporated into the treadmill and configured to automatically produce measurement data in response to exercise movement performed by a user over the deck, an electronic console including an electronic display, a processor, and a memory. The memory may include programmed instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to automatically analyze the measurement data produced by the electronic sensor to automatically determine a characteristic of the exercise movement performed by the user over the deck, and automatically present, on the electronic display, an indication of the characteristic of the exercise movement performed by the user over the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventor: Scott R. Watterson
  • Patent number: 11766343
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting an expandable prosthetic device includes: an elongated main support having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, and being adapted to connect to an outer or inner side of an adjustable socket having a distal end; an adjustable cup adapted to connect to the distal end of the elongated main support and having an expandable base and at least one side adapted to move laterally toward or laterally away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated main support; and at least a portion of a suspension system disposed in the adjustable cup and having a top adapted to connect to the distal end of the adjustable socket and a bottom adapted to slidably connect to the expandable base of the adjustable cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Prosthetics, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy R. Dillingham
  • Patent number: 11708874
    Abstract: A pedaled drivetrain includes a drive mechanism, a wheel, a freewheel hub, and a locking mechanism. The wheel has a rotational axis. The freewheel hub connects the drive mechanism to the wheel, and the freewheel hub transmits torque from the drive mechanism to the wheel in a first rotational direction around the rotational axis. The locking mechanism has a locked state and an unlocked state. The locked state rotationally fixes a component of the drive mechanism to the wheel relative to the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Wrobel
  • Patent number: 11700905
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a shoe and a sole integrated into the shoe. The monitoring system also includes a connection mechanism attached to an underside of the sole and is shaped to connect the sole to a pedal. A pressure sensor is incorporated into the shoe that senses a force exerted on the pedal when the shoe is connected to the pedal through the connection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: Darren C. Ashby, Scott R. Watterson
  • Patent number: 11680611
    Abstract: A pedaled drivetrain includes a drive mechanism, a wheel, a freewheel hub, and a locking mechanism. The wheel has a rotational axis. The freewheel hub connects the drive mechanism to the wheel, and the freewheel hub transmits torque from the drive mechanism to the wheel in a first rotational direction around the rotational axis. The locking mechanism has a locked state and an unlocked state. The locked state rotationally fixes a component of the drive mechanism to the wheel relative to the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Wrobel
  • Patent number: 11673036
    Abstract: An exercise storage system includes a storage compartment including at least one storage element. Exercise equipment is stored on the storage elements. A door is connected to the storage compartment with a hinge such that the viewing angle of the door is adjustable. A display on the door includes a backlit display and a mirrored display. A user may select exercise equipment from the storage compartment and perform an exercise activity while viewing the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Dalebout, Michael L. Olson
  • Patent number: 11642564
    Abstract: An exercise machine may include a frame, a resistance mechanism supported by the frame, first and second pull cables supported by the frame and linked to the resistance mechanism, a power rack attached to the frame, first and second handles selectively attachable to the first and second pull cable, and first and second pulleys. The power rack includes upright posts configured to have barbell holders adjustably attached thereto such that the barbell holders are configured to be adjusted in various positions between highest positions and lowest positions on the upright posts. The pulleys are configured to selectively receive the pull cables to enable the pull cables to be selectively attached to a barbell to assist or hinder a user in lifting the barbell in a combined cable and free weight workout, the pull cables decoupled from the pulleys for cable workouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventor: Scott R. Watterson
  • Publication number: 20230128721
    Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a method to generate a custom video workout program for a user may include dividing each of multiple video workout programs into multiple segments, selecting a subset of the segments for inclusion in a custom video workout program for a user based on one or more user criteria specific to the user, the subset including at least a first segment from a first video workout program and a second segment from a second video workout program, and splicing the subset of segments together to generate the custom video workout program for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: iFIT Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Plummer
  • Patent number: 11596830
    Abstract: An elliptical exercise machine may include a base, one or more upright stanchions coupled to the base and extending upward from the base and supporting first and second cranks. The first crank may support a first crank arm. The first crank arm may support a first pedal leg hanging downward from the first crank arm. The first pedal leg may support a right pedal. The right pedal may be configured to swing forward and rearward and to raise upward and lower downward. The second crank may support a second crank arm. The second crank arm may support a second pedal leg hanging downward from the second crank arm. The second pedal leg may support a left pedal. The left pedal may be configured to swing forward and rearward and to raise upward and lower downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Dalebout, Gaylen Ercanbrack
  • Publication number: 20230039903
    Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a method that involves keeping state of a video workout program may include communicatively coupling a server in a cloud network to an exercise machine through a first network connection, communicatively coupling the server to a network device through a second network connection, the server providing a video workout program to the exercise machine for execution at the exercise machine to enable a user to perform at least a portion of a workout of the video workout program on the exercise machine, the server keeping state of the video workout program during execution of the video workout program based on inputs from the exercise machine and the network device, and taking an action based on the state. The action may include synchronizing multiple displays, adaptively scaling the video workout program, and/or generating and providing an exercise machine control command to the exercise machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: Chase Brammer, Thomas H. Williams, Dawson Toth
  • Patent number: 11565148
    Abstract: A treadmill includes a platform where the platform includes a first side panel and a second side panel spaced apart at a distance from the first side panel, and a gap defined between the first side panel and the second side panel. The treadmill also includes a running deck contained within the platform and exposed within the gap, a first pulley connected to the running deck, a second pulley connected to the running deck opposite the first pulley, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley. A motor is in mechanical communication with at least one of the first pulley or the second pulley. A cover is located over the motor. A scale mechanism is incorporated into the cover over the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Dalebout, Gordon Cutler
  • Patent number: 11534655
    Abstract: A treadmill includes a frame, an exercise deck attached to the frame, and a first handle movably attached to the frame. The first handle has a first orientation where the first handle is positioned within a region above the exercise deck and stabilized to support a user's weight during a body weight exercise, and a second orientation where the first handle is positioned away from the region above the exercise deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Dalebout, Gordon Cutler
  • Patent number: 11534651
    Abstract: An adjustable dumbbell includes weight plates that are selectively connectable to a handle. Unselected weight plates are secured to a cradle. To secure the unselected weight plates to the cradle, a latch in the cradle is inserted into an engagement surface notch in the weight plate. The unselected weight plates are individually actuated based on which weight plates are selected and connected to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: Gaylen Ercanbrack, Michael Olson
  • Patent number: 11534654
    Abstract: An exercise device includes a frame, handlebars supported by the frame, and a computing device. The handlebars include a yoke that is movable relative to the frame, a biasing element positioned between the yoke and the frame, and a sensor configured to measure a movement of the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Silcock, Darren C. Ashby, Spencer Jackson, Blaine Dye
  • Patent number: 11511152
    Abstract: A treadmill may include a deck, a first pulley incorporated into the deck, a second pulley incorporated into the deck, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley, a motor in mechanical communication with at least one of the first pulley and the second pulley to move the tread belt in a first direction, and a runaway mitigation mechanism in at least indirect mechanical communication with the motor. The runaway mitigation mechanism at least mitigates a motor runaway condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: Wade A. Powell, Dale Alan Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20220362613
    Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a motorized Pilates reformer system may include a frame, a carriage configured to slide along the frame, springs attached to the carriage, attachment mechanisms attached to the frame, spring motors attached to the frame, a footbar rotatably attached to the frame, and a footbar motor attached to the frame. The spring motors may be configured to cause the attachment mechanisms to each alternate between attaching one of the springs to the frame and detaching the spring from the frame. The footbar motor may be configured to rotate the footbar with respect to the frame between multiple footbar positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: Scott R. Watterson, Kent M. Smith, Jared Weston, David Hays
  • Publication number: 20220342969
    Abstract: Controlling access to a stationary exercise machine. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method may include establishing one or more authorized users of a stationary exercise machine having one or more moveable members, automatically locking the one or more moveable members of the stationary exercise machine, and receiving a request to perform a workout on the stationary exercise machine. In response to the receiving of the request to perform the workout on the stationary exercise machine, the method may include automatically determining whether any of the one or more authorized users is proximate to the stationary exercise machine. In response to automatically determining that one of the one or more authorized users is proximate to the stationary exercise machine, the method may include automatically unlocking the one or more moveable members of the stationary exercise machine to enable the workout to be performed on the stationary exercise machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Watterson, Mark D. Watterson
  • Publication number: 20220323827
    Abstract: A method for controlling an exercise machine using a video workout program including encoding, remotely from the exercise machine, exercise machine control commands into a subtitle stream of a video to create the video workout program, wherein the exercise machine control commands are encoded at least once per second, decoding, locally to the exercise machine, the subtitle stream of the video to access the exercise machine control commands, displaying, locally to the exercise machine, the video, and controlling, locally to the exercise machine, one or more moveable members of the exercise machine using the exercise machine control commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: iFIT Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Watterson, Chase Brammer, Christian Hathaway, Rebecca Capell
  • Patent number: 11452903
    Abstract: An exercise machine may include a frame, a resistance mechanism supported by the frame, and a console configured to control the resistance mechanism and guide a user through a workout using the exercise machine using a projected visual indicator to assist a user in performing the workout properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventor: Scott R. Watterson