Patents Examined by Garrett K Atkinson
  • State estimation program, trained model, rehabilitation support system, learning apparatus, and state estimation method
    Patent number: 11712391
    Abstract: A state estimation program is for causing a computer to function to determine a state of training in a rehabilitation support system used by a trainee to perform training of a preset motion and includes a threshold setting step and a state estimation step. The threshold setting step is for acquiring a sensor output, the sensor output being an output of a sensor included in the rehabilitation support system in the training performed by the trainee and setting a threshold for determining one of a normal state and an abnormal state of the training based on the sensor output. The state estimation step is for estimating whether the training is performed in the normal state or the abnormal state based on the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Issei Nakashima, Manabu Yamamoto
  • Slide structure of exercise machine
    Patent number: 11712599
    Abstract: A slide structure of an exercise machine comprises a slide seat, configured to be movable along an axial direction relative to a slide rail; a roller, rotatably coupled to the slide seat; a dry-running limit slider, having a bushing seat and a dry-running bushing, the dry-running bushing embracing the slide rail on a vertical plane perpendicular to the axial direction. The slide seat moves on the slide rail along the axial direction through the roller to roll along the axial direction, the dry-running limit slider to slide along the axial direction, and the dry-running limit slider to limit the displacement of the slide seat on the vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Tsung-Chou Lin
  • Underwater striking bag device and method of using the same
    Patent number: 11707661
    Abstract: An underwater punching bag device having a bottom section, a mid section, an upper section, a porous support member extending between the upper and the mid section and connected to an internal side of the bag. A closed cell foam member is disposed above the porous support member and maintained in the upper section, a valve communicably disposed on the bag. A top opening extends from a top of the upper section through and communicates with the mid section and the bottom section to permit fluid to pass thereto and a reclosable member connects to the top about the top opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Magrino, Bernadette D'Souza
  • Glute press exercise machine
    Patent number: 11701545
    Abstract: A glute press exercise machine including: a four-bar linkage connected to a stationary frame; a rotatable back support connected to the four-bar linkage; a seat connected to the four-bar linkage; and a foot support connected to the stationary frame. A lower portion of the back support extends below the user's hips to support the users hips during a glute press exercise. This lower portion supports at least 10% of the user's weight. In operation, the seat rotates downwardly away from the user's hips during a glute press exercise and then rotates upwardly again to contact the user's bottom between every repetition of the glute press exercise. The four-bar linkage is pivotally connected to the stationary frame at a location near ground level. The foot support is positioned below 25 cm from the ground and extends forwardly beyond the front of the stationary frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
  • Walking training system and operation method
    Patent number: 11696866
    Abstract: A walking training system according to this embodiment includes a harness, at least three pulling units, and a control unit configured to control the at least three pulling units in such a way that a position of the harness in a horizontal plane becomes a target position. One of the at least three pulling units is a first pulling unit configured to apply a pulling force to the harness from front of the trainee, another one of the at least three pulling units is a second pulling unit configured to apply a pulling force to the harness from rear of the trainee, and another one of the at least three pulling units is a third pulling unit configured to apply a pulling force to the harness from a direction different from the first and second pulling units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiga Matsumoto, Issei Nakashima, Yo Sato, Masayuki Imaida
  • Baby roller burpee and soothing massaging device
    Patent number: 11654077
    Abstract: A massaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a fastener configured to removably attach to a human hand; a first base non-rotatably attached to the fastener; a second base rotatably attached to the first base, wherein the second base is configured to rotate about a first axis; an interface mechanism configured to permit adjustment of a rotational position of the first base with respect to the second base among two or more rotational positions; a cylinder coupled to the second base, wherein the cylinder is configured to rotate about a second axis, and wherein the first axis and the second axis are not parallel, and wherein the cylinder does not directly contact the first or second bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Samantha G. Hunter
  • Salmon ladder training device
    Patent number: 11648432
    Abstract: This disclosure addresses an exercise device adapted to enable the user to perform a salmon ladder exercise. The ladder includes a frame with at least one pair of support protrusions that receive an exercise bar. A bearing surface that receives the shaft of a catch array rotatably mounted in the frame. The device further includes a braking mechanism that applies a variable suppression force to the catch array shaft, the variable suppression adjusting the force required to rotate the catch array shaft in the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: James Anthony McCrea
  • Adjustable four-bar linkage assembly exercise station
    Patent number: 11642566
    Abstract: A four-bar linkage assembly exercise station that can be adjusted to various configurations to create various exercise motions having at least one adjustable operational pivot that is movable prior to operation of the machine and stationary during operation of the machine and at least one stationary adjustment pivot operatively connected to the at least one adjustable operational pivot. The stationary adjustment pivot is also operatively connected to an adjusting and latching component or assembly that can be engaged by a user prior to operation of the machine to adjust the four-bar linkage assembly exercise station to a desired configuration to create a unique exercise motion and secure the desired configuration of the adjustable four-bar linkage assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph K. Ellis
  • Instructional surface with haptic and optical elements
    Patent number: 11638864
    Abstract: An exercise system may include an exercise mat; sensors integrated into the exercise mat, each of the sensors configured to sense when a force is applied to a respective portion of the exercise mat; and displays coupled to the exercise mat and configured to display indications corresponding to desired locations for body parts of a user in accordance with an exercise routine. On one or more of the displays, indications corresponding to desired locations of a user's body part may be displayed in accordance with a form of one of stored exercise routines; and one or more of the sensors may sense an application of force to the exercise mat. One or more of the displays may display at least one marker identifying a direction from a location of the sensed application of force to a display location of the at least one of the indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Merkel, Jason Poulos
  • Exercising assisting and support assembly
    Patent number: 11638846
    Abstract: An exercising assisting and support assembly includes a body having a bottom surface, a top surface, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first end and a second end. The body is elongated from the first end to the second end and a cross-section of the body has a trapezoidal shape. The body has a length from the first end to the second end is between 24.0 inches and 48.0 inches and a height from the bottom surface to the top surface being at least 12.0 inches and less than 16.0 inches. The bottom surface has a width from the first lateral side to the second lateral side between 16.0 inches and 20.0 inches and the top surface has a width from the first lateral side to the second lateral side at least equal to 4.0 inches and no greater than 10.0 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: Gregory Scott Olson
  • Exercise machine adjustable resistance system and method
    Patent number: 11638857
    Abstract: An exercise machine adjustable resistance system and method for efficiently varying the workout resistance for an exercise machine. The exercise machine generally includes a carriage movably positioned with respect to the at least one rail, a plurality of springs selectively connectable to the carriage to provide a resistance level to the carriage, a plurality of electrically actuated mechanical devices adapted to latch a corresponding one of the plurality of springs to the carriage when in the latch state and unlatch a corresponding one of the plurality of springs to the carriage when in the unlatch state and a control unit in communication with the plurality of electrically actuated mechanical devices to selectively control the state of each of the plurality of electrically actuated mechanical devices to be within the latch state or the unlatch state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, Samuel D. Cox, Todd G. Remund
  • Systems, apparatus and methods for pelvic floor muscle development
    Patent number: 11633074
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems, methods and apparatus for pelvic floor exercise. The invention includes an anchor adapted for insertion into a user's body; a cord coupled to the anchor and adapted to extend external to the user's body when the anchor is inserted internal to the user's body; and a weight system adapted to be removably coupled to the cord. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Squee LLC
    Inventor: Stephanie Grace Schull
  • Dynamic neck muscle exerciser
    Patent number: 11633644
    Abstract: The present invention may be embodied as a system or method for dynamically exercising a user's neck muscles. The system includes a headset, an arm attached thereto, a weight, and at least one motor to move the weight, for example, about the arm. The weight may be mounted eccentrically on a radial track that is rotatable by one motor and moved linearly by another motor. The direction of the arm, the distance between an apex of the headset and the weight, the eccentricity of the weight on the axis, and the speed of rotation of the motor are all parameters that can be adjusted by the caregiver or user, either manually or via controlling software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yaron River, Itzhak Pomerantz, Erez Bachar
  • Exercise machine emergency motor stop
    Patent number: 11628348
    Abstract: A safety signal is sent to a relay coupled to a plurality of power leads of a motor wherein a default state of the relay is to short the plurality of power leads together and wherein the safety signal maintains the relay in an open state. The safety signal to the relay is deasserted in response to a determination that an unsafe condition has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Aly E. Orady, Thomas Kroman Watt
  • Suspension system for assisting a user to navigate a staircase
    Patent number: 11622907
    Abstract: A suspension system (2) for assisting a user (4) to navigate a staircase (6), the suspension system comprising: a beam (8) positioned above the staircase (6); a carriage (18) displaceable along said beam (8) between a first position at the bottom of the staircase (6) and a second position at the top of the staircase (6); a harness (14) securable to the user (4), said harness (14) being operably connectable to said carriage (18) such that said carriage (18) follows the user (4) as the user (4) navigates the staircase (6); and a brake (42) operably connected to said carriage (18) for braking said carriage; wherein if the user (4) falls while navigating the staircase (6), said brake (42) stops said carriage (18) in place and the user (4) is suspended above the staircase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Sebastien Lajoie
  • Oral rehabilitation device
    Patent number: 11617918
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an oral rehabilitation device includes an air bladder and a pumping member. The air bladder includes a cheek-side membrane and a teeth-side membrane, and the cheek-side membrane and the teeth-side membrane are arranged opposite to each other. The pumping member is communicated with the air bladder, and the pumping member is configured for inflating the air bladder. The cheek-side membrane and the teeth-side membrane extend toward the outside of the air bladder when the pumping member is inflating the air bladder, and an extension of the cheek-side membrane is larger than an extension of the teeth-side membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: China Medical University
    Inventors: Lih-Jyh Fuh, Yen-Wen Shen
  • Walking training system and operation method
    Patent number: 11617702
    Abstract: A walking training system and an operation method capable of performing training effectively are provided. A walking training system according to an embodiment includes a harness attached to a trainee's trunk, a first pulling unit configured to apply a pulling force to the harness from a first direction along a horizontal direction, a second pulling unit configured to apply a pulling force to the harness from a second direction along the horizontal direction, and a control unit configured to control the first and second pulling units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiga Matsumoto, Issei Nakashima, Yo Sato, Masayuki Imaida
  • Exercise machine controls
    Patent number: 11617921
    Abstract: A method includes receiving electronic content via a network, the electronic content comprising an exercise class, and receiving user data associated with a user participating in the exercise class using an exercise machine. The method also includes generating an executable control for a user interface based at least in part on the user data, and providing the executable control, via a display of the exercise machine, while the user is participating in the exercise class. In such a method, the executable control is operable to modify a parameter of the exercise machine while the user is participating in the exercise class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Peloton Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Betina Evancha, Joseph Intonato, Ashley Willhite, Jooyoung Lee
  • Hidden gym
    Patent number: 11612781
    Abstract: A recliner chair designed to contain elastic bands and other components to turn the recliner into an exercise machine. The recliner has arm rests with cavities therein that can house elastic bands and/or handles for said bands. Additionally, the backrest could have cavities to house additional elastic bands. The leg rest is modified to hold heavier loads than traditional recliners and includes an attachment point for a straight handle or elastic bands for the user to pull from using the upper body. Additionally, the leg rest is convertible to a leg exercise machine that can secure the feet therein for same. The moving portions are adjustable for resistance using various mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Loretta Eoff
  • Multi-modal rehabilitation device and methods
    Patent number: 11612784
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods relate to a multi-modal rehabilitation device having a reconfigurably lockable, adjustable knee stabilizer and a removable foot plate provided with removable resistance elements. In an illustrative example, the resistance elements may be repositionable. The foot plate may be provided with rollers. The rollers may be configured for use in gliding exercises. The rollers may be configured for self-massage therapy. The rollers may be removable. The rollers may be disposed in a removable leg band which may be disposed around a leg of a user. In an illustrative example, the device further includes a graduated self-deflating thermal-compression device. Various embodiments may provide multiple therapy modalities in an efficient, economical, and user-friendly device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Theodros Shawl