Patents Examined by Andrew M Kobylarz
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Patent number: 11850466Abstract: According to one example, an exercise system includes a vertical housing, a first weighted touchpoint coupled to the vertical housing and configured to allow a user to exercise one or more muscles on a first side of the user, a first weight system coupled to the first weighted touchpoint, a second weighted touchpoint coupled to the vertical housing and configured to allow the user to exercise one or more muscles on a second side of the user, and a second weight system coupled to the second weighted touchpoint. The exercise system further includes a control system configured to cause the first weight system to automatically provide a first heavier weight to the first weighted touchpoint for a first exercise and further cause the second weight system to automatically provide a second lighter weight to the second weighted touchpoint for the first exercise.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Offset Ventures, LLCInventors: Salvatore LoDuca, Matthew Fisher
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Patent number: 11844978Abstract: An exercise machine for a total body workout includes a platform, a lower frame mounted over the platform, and an upper frame mounted to the lower frame. The platform includes recoiling shock absorbers such as springs. A lower drive assembly includes a pair of pedals mounted to the lower frame. An upper drive assembly includes a pair of handles mounted to the upper frame. A person for exercise can stand on the pair of peddles while grabbing the pair of handles. Thereafter, the person can rotate the pair of the peddles by legs and the pair handles by hands in the cycling motion.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Mark D. Hansen
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Patent number: 11819728Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a frame, a pair of opposed seat assemblies, each of which moves between a side and a joint of the base of the frame, a two-sided foot pad assembly that moves between joints of the base of the frame, and a two-sided handlebar assembly that moves along a curved raised section of the frame. A user sits on a seat, places his/her feet on a foot pad of the foot pad assembly, and grabs a facing handlebar. A user may resist or accept motion of the handlebar and foot pad assemblies cause by the other user. Users may take turns in causing such motion.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventor: Latchman Mangra
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Patent number: 11813495Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a platform including an exercise surface, a rack coupled to the platform and configured to support a barbell at a first end of the platform, and a bench assembly coupled to the platform and configured to pivot between a deployed orientation in which the bench assembly extends perpendicularly from the rack and is positioned over the exercise surface for use during performance of a first exercise and a stowed orientation perpendicular to the deployed orientation and in which the bench assembly is displaced from the exercise surface to enable performance of a second exercise without using the bench assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: OxeFit, Inc.Inventor: Tyson Cobb
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Patent number: 11806576Abstract: Disclosed is a fitness equipment provided with massage pedals, comprising a frame, two pedals, two rotating shafts, two flywheel swing arms, a flywheel, a damping wheel and a belt; the pedals are mounted on the frame and provided thereon with massage mechanisms; the pedals are connected to the rotating shafts; an inner end of the rotating shafts is rotatably connected to an outer end of the flywheel swing arm; a middle portion of the flywheel swing arm is sleeved on an outer end of a flywheel axle; the flywheel axle penetrates the flywheel, a middle portion of the flywheel axle and the damping wheel are rotatably mounted to the frame; and the belt is wound on the damping wheel and the flywheel.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Zhishou Chen
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Patent number: 11801412Abstract: An exercise device with controllable training modes includes a base, a first exercise mechanism, a second exercise mechanism, and an operating mechanism. The first exercise mechanism has a first gear member. The second exercise mechanism has a second gear member. The operating mechanism has a third gear member. When the third gear member is at a first position, the third gear member meshes with the first gear member and the second gear member to form a linked state, so that the first exercise mechanism and the second exercise mechanism are operatively linked and coupled and swing in opposite directions. When the third gear member is at a second position, the third gear member is disengaged from either the first gear member or the second gear member or both to form a free state, so that the first exercise mechanism and the second exercise mechanism individually swing.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: GEE HOO FITEC CORP.Inventor: Ching-Lu Hsu
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Patent number: 11801414Abstract: A moveable rack mount apparatus for use with an exercise rack constructed of at least one rack tube configured with at least one rack hole, comprising: a tube passage sized and shaped for slidable passage therethrough of the rack tube; a reversible locking mechanism configured to engage the at least one rack hole of the rack tube when the rack tube is in the tube passage; at least one attachment hole for securing at least one of a plurality of interchangeable exercise-related attachments to the moveable rack mount apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Inventors: Albert Sorin, Richard Sorin
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Patent number: 11794062Abstract: A training apparatus having a frame with a pivot bearing on which a seat surface and/or a backrest are pivotably arranged, wherein the training apparatus has at least one actuator and a control unit with which the seat surface and/or the backrest are adjustable, wherein the at least one actuator is operatively connected to the frame and to the seat surface and/or to the backrest is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Dave Baucamp
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Patent number: 11786778Abstract: A strength training machine includes a first bracket, a second bracket and a first connection assembly, in which a cavity of a first end of the first bracket and a cavity of a first end of the second bracket are provided with a counterweight mechanism, a bottom of the first end of the first bracket and a bottom of the first end of the second bracket are provided with a first sliding pad or wheels, and at least two foot pads, a side wall of the first end of the first bracket and a side wall of the first end of the second bracket are provided with a second sliding pad or wheels; the first connection assembly includes a connection handle, a second end of the first bracket and a second end of the second bracket are connected through the connection handle.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Guangzhou Yuandong Smart Sports Technology Co. Ltd.Inventor: Quansheng Ye
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Patent number: 11779792Abstract: A fitness rack is provided for performing exercising, training and weight lifting activities. The rack includes a base having a foldable cross-member with a handle. The rack also includes a first pair of uprights connected to the base. The handle is configured to be raised to horizontally collapse the pair of uprights such that the squat rack is transferred from an extended position to a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventor: Patryk Bielawski
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Patent number: 11779791Abstract: In some examples, an exercise band comprising includes a main stretchable tubing defining a first lumen, a main safety cord disposed within the first lumen of the stretchable tubing, a Y-shaped cord coupled to the main safety cord at one end within the first lumen of the main stretchable tubing, at least one lasso tubing defining a second lumen, and at least one lasso safety cord disposed within the at least one lasso tubing, the at least one lasso safety cord being coupled to two ends of the Y-shaped cord within the second lumen.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventor: Andrew Hunter
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Patent number: 11779803Abstract: A fitness bike is provided which comprises a support skeleton which comprising a triangular frame which is formed by a connection rod as a transverse rod connecting a front support leg and a rear support leg, an oblique bar of the front support leg, an oblique rod comprising a support box and a connection block of a pedaling device, and a seat column as a vertical rod; a lower end of the oblique bar is fixed on a middle of a horizontal rod of the front support leg, a rear end of the connection rod is fixed at a front side of a middle of a V-shaped rod forming the rear support leg and having an opening facing backward, and a seat support device is mounted on the top of the seat column. The structure of the fitness bike provided is simple, compact, stable, and occupies less space.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: LOCTEK ERGONOMIC TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Lehong Xiang, Dajiang Zhao
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Patent number: 11779796Abstract: The present disclosure describes a portable exercise device that may be arranged in a number of different orientations and positions on the body of an individual. The portable exercise device includes a resistance assembly that enables a resistance of the portable exercise device to be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: 2-B-Fit LLCInventors: Alan Gene Larson, Michael Walker Larson, Trent Evan Garner
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Patent number: 11779793Abstract: Assisted unracking of digital resistance includes detecting a state of a cable. A motor is mechanically coupled to the cable to provide resistance during an exercise by tensioning the cable. It further includes determining a readiness of the user to accept resistance based at least in part on the detected state of the cable. It further includes selectively applying resistance by the motor to the cable according to the determined readiness of the user to accept the resistance.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Peal, Brandt Belson
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Patent number: 11779804Abstract: A pedaling exercise machine according to the present embodiment includes: a pair of right and left pedal portions on which feet of a user are placed; a rotation mechanism that rotates the pedal portions when the feet of the user step on the pedal portions; a seating portion that is disposed on a rear end side of the rotation mechanism separately from the rotation mechanism and on which the user is seated; a fixing member disposed on a front end side of the rotation mechanism; and a belt member that is detachably connected to the seating portion and provided to extend from the fixing member to the seating portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda
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Patent number: 11771945Abstract: An inclinable bench system for exercise that is attachable to a wall with a mounting bracket, is extendable outwardly from the wall when in use, and is retractable towards the wall when not in use. The inclinable bench generally includes a torso portion and a seat portion on a support segment, latches for selectively latching the bench to the support segment in a first position with the torso and seat portions parallel for extension and retraction, latches for latching the bench in a plurality of selected second positions with the torso and seat portions inclined, and latch operators for operating the latches for the bench to move between the first and second positions. The seat portion is movably supported on a two-level rail and as the bench is moved between the first and second positions the seat portion is automatically inclined.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: PRx Performance, LLCInventors: Brian B Brasch, Brandon V. Anderson, Kevin D. Barth, Alexander M. Johnson, Michael W. Nesemeier
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Patent number: 11771949Abstract: A realistic sloping simulation device for a fitness equipment is disclosed, generally including a fixed base, a host tube, a support frame, and a driving unit. The host tube has a first end coupled to the fixed base. The support frame has a lower end slidably coupled to the fixed base and an upper end pivoted to the host tube between the first end and the second end. The driving unit is disposed between the host tube and the support frame or between the host tube and the fixed base. The fixed base, the host tube, and the support frame jointly form a linkage mechanism. By means of the driving unit driving the lower end of the support frame to move relative to the fixed base or the host tube, the second end of the host tube is caused to swing or rotate so as to simulate different slopes.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Shui Jung Chen
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Patent number: 11766583Abstract: Deployable slackline systems are disclosed which can support a slackline at a desired height and nominal tension. The disclosed systems may maintain one or more slacklines and can adjust height and tension of individual slacklines while the slacklines are in use. The disclosed slackline systems are stowable; tensioning and termination assemblies of the slackline system can each fold into a compact housing having a height substantially less than a vertical range of motion of the slackline. The disclosed slackline systems can be implemented in aquatic or non-aquatic performance environments such as on cruise ships or other hospitality settings.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.Inventors: Nicholas Weir, Steven Michelman, Zachary Cook, Joseph William Champelli
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Patent number: 11752391Abstract: A pedal assembly for an exercise and rehabilitation device can include a disk having an axis of rotation. A central aperture can be formed in the disk along the axis. Spokes can extend radially from adjacent the central aperture toward a perimeter of the disk. The disk can be formed from a first material. In addition, a crank can be coupled to one of the spokes of the disk. The crank can have a hub concentric with the central aperture. Pedal apertures can extend along a radial length of the crank. The crank can be formed from a metallic material that differs from the first material. A pedal having a spindle can be interchangeably and releasably mounted to the pedal apertures in the crank.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Peter Arn, Nick Samiotes, Paul DiCesare, Danial Ferreira
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Patent number: 11745053Abstract: A weight arm assembly for use with a weight lifting rack is provided, the weight arm assembly including a mounting bracket configured to be attached to a vertical surface in a fixed position, an arm mount configured to be coupled to the mounting bracket so as to be pivotable about a first axis, a stop member coupled to the arm mount and configured to move between an engaged position to prevent pivoting of the arm mount through interaction with the mounting bracket, and a disengaged position to allow pivoting of the arm mount, and a weight arm configured to be coupled to the arm mount, proximate a first end of the weight arm, so as to be pivotable about a second axis substantially orthogonal to the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Component Fabricators, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Steenekamp, Wayne Chermely