Patents Examined by Jerome W. Donnelly
  • Patent number: 9492725
    Abstract: The inventions disclosed herein relate to designs of climbing surfaces, fall safety pads and/or accessories related thereto. According to some embodiments, different impact zones of a fall safety pad can have different cushioning attributes. The different cushioning attributes of the different impact zones of the safety pad can be based on a vertical distance to a directly overlying portion of the climbing surface. The different cushioning attributes of the different impact zones of the safety pad can also consider a predicted or measured frequency of falling from a portion of the climbing surface directly overlying each impact zone of the safety pad. Other intended climber attributes, enjoyment, and safety concerns can be considered in the design of the climbing surface(s), safety pad(s), and accessories disclosed. Further, wear, replicability, customizations of enjoyment, and updates to safety concerns in the climbing sport are further understood in view of this disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: PLATYPUS IP, LLC
    Inventor: David Allan Jones
  • Patent number: 9486387
    Abstract: The present invention provides in some embodiments, a cover for an exercise roller. The cover can include an elongate tubular structure defining a generally cylindrical elongate lumen extending through the length of the elongate tubular structure. A wall of the cover can have an inner face surrounding the generally cylindrical elongate lumen, which is configured to surround an outer surface of the exercise roller. The outer face of the elongate tubular structure can have a textured surface, and the elongate tubular structure has a density configured for myofascial release. Additionally, the inner face of the wall and the outer face of the wall define a thickness of the cover for an exercise device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: HYGENIC INTANGIBLE PROPERTY HOLDING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jason Crowell, April Bertram
  • Patent number: 9486714
    Abstract: A hurdle with movable gate tubes that telescope upon uprights has an automatically movable counterweight inside each leg. Each counterweight is attached to two cables. The first cable runs from the leading end of the counterweight to a cable guide inside the leading end of each leg, then to a cable guide at the intersection of the leg and the upright, then to an actuating rod. The second cable runs from the trailing end of the counterweight to a cable guide at the intersection of the leg and the upright, then to a cable guide near the top of the upright, and then to the actuating rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Litania Sports Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan R. Carrel, Christopher E. Bray, C. David Hodge
  • Patent number: 9468805
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for finger and grip strength exercise. The finger strengthening device comprises a molded shape with ledges and cavity's suitable for gripping by a human hand with a connector ring or u-bolt mounted therein whereby connector ring can be attached to resistance training device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Robert White
  • Patent number: 9468790
    Abstract: An oval exercise hoop for resistance training including an oval two-sectioned tubular sleeve, with the sections attachable to each other by a pair of diametrically opposed male end connectors engage the female ends of each section. The male end connectors are disposed proximal to, but not directly on, diametrically opposed apices of the sleeve. A hollow core, which is disposed within each sleeve section, is either unweighted or weighted with a weighted fill having a wide range of densities and materials that provide a selected weight from a wide range of aggregate weights so as to require a selected amount of energy to rotate the sleeve around a user's waist and torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventor: Robert T. Snead
  • Patent number: 9468806
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device which increases the functionality of standard exercise rings. This device allows the user to maintain a better grip on the rings with decreased strain on joints and muscles. It can be used in a multitude of upper body, lower body and mid-body functional exercises. This device is used in conjunction with exercise rings or other exercise bars use in sports such as cross-fit, and gymnastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventor: David R. Newman
  • Patent number: 9457218
    Abstract: A whole body exercise device comprises an upper body exercise part which comprises an upper body support which supports the upper human body, a mat fixing plate which is disposed at an upper surface of the upper body support, a link which is disposed at one side of a lower surface of the upper body support, a rotary shaft which is disposed at the lower surface of the upper body support for a seesaw motion, a crank cam rod which is disposed between the link and a driven shaft pulley, a main shaft pulley which is connected to the driven shaft pulley by a power transmission part, and a driving shaft pulley which is connected by the power transmission part to the main shaft pulley and a motor; and a waist and hip exercise part which comprises a hip support which supports a hip, a height adjustment cylinder which is connected to a lower end of the hip support, a guide, a rail, a power transmission motor for the parallel movement, a reciprocating rotation crank rod, a cam whose one end is connected to the reciproca
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: OVERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Hoon Oh
  • Patent number: 9446288
    Abstract: An exercise/therapy device has a base, a foot receptacle rotatably mounted to the base, and one or more rollers mounted to the base and aligned with the foot receptacle. Somatosensory proprioceptive neuromuscular re-education (SPNRED) material is provided on the foot receptacle and/or rollers to stimulate the user's foot during exercise. The exercise device allows for Active Isolated Stretching by enabling multiple exercises and stimulation materials that can be quickly interchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventor: Steven E. Pazan
  • Patent number: 9440105
    Abstract: An apparatus for human exercise in certain configurations includes a first foot pad attached to a first guided carrier member. A first curved guide rail is coupled to the first guided carrier member. The first curved guide rail prevents motion of the first guided carrier member except for translation along the first curved guide rail. A weight stack includes a first plurality of weights coupled to a first cable. The first cable is also coupled to the first foot pad. A tension in the first cable may oppose a translation of the first foot pad along the first curved guide rail. A stationary foot platform is fixed to the apparatus between the first curved guide rail and the weight stack. The first curved guide rail is curved away from an underlying ground plane, to define a rail height that decreases towards the stationary foot platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: TCDP, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Lee, Thomas Gilbert Jones
  • Patent number: 9440110
    Abstract: A pair of identical exercise devices that provides for a pair of hand grips that slide reciprocally in independent axial alignment about their individual devices configured to provide a user with muscular exercise when the user applies force to the hand grips. Each individual exercise device includes a resistance member configured to be engaged by the hand grips for providing the user with resistive exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony James Izzo, Nicole Lynne Ciasca
  • Patent number: 9433824
    Abstract: An athlete training device that includes a platform that includes a plurality of spaced apart attachment members disposed adjacent to the periphery of the platform. A pole extends upwardly from the platform and is affixed to the platform. A weight, defining a hole passing therethrough, is disposed on the platform so that the pole passes through the hole. A top plate is affixed to the top of the pole and includes attachment structures disposed about the top plate. An attachment device is coupled to one of the attachment structures. A redirecting device is coupled to one of the attachment members. An elastic cord is attached to the attachment device and is engaged with the redirecting device so that the cord extends radially away from the pole. An exercise device is affixed to the end of the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Speed Tracs America LLC
    Inventor: Matt Thompson
  • Patent number: 9433820
    Abstract: A bike roller mounting system that renders a normal bicycle stationary for riding, to provide biking enthusiasts and those who exercise with bikes a simple and effective means of riding indoors when weather conditions prohibit enjoyment of the activity outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventor: Francisco Martinez
  • Patent number: 9427617
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved exercise bar and method for dynamically training muscles using multi-axial, multi-planar and multi-directional movements. The present improved exercise bar has a cylindrical, axially extending handle section, a first weighted end and a second weighted end, such that each weighted end has a greater mass than a section of the handle section of equal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Bogdan Cojocaru
  • Patent number: 9427615
    Abstract: A training system includes a panel upon which a plurality of anchors are disposed. The anchors are adapted to connect to the proximal end of a resistance line, the distal end of each resistance line is attached to a user training a specific movement. The system includes a computer in electronic communication with a printer. The computer receives dimensional information for a particular user and instructs a printer to print a sheet. The sheet is adapted to overlay and be held by the panel. The anchors are accessible through the sheet. The printing on the sheet contains indication for the user of groupings of anchors to which to attach resistance lines to train a particular sport-specific movement. In an alternate embodiment, the computer is in electronic communication with a projector. The computer receives dimensional information for a particular user and instructs the projector to project a display on the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: VP Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Russell Pretz, Clint Lee Vanlandingham
  • Patent number: 9427677
    Abstract: An adjustable height hurdle has a wall with a plurality of vertically spaced apart bores inside each upright. A vertical actuator inside each upright and gate tube engages the bores. The exteriors of the uprights and gate tubes are solid so that no dirt or water enters the interior of the hurdle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Litania Sports Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Bray, Bryan R. Carrel, Gregory W. Luebbering
  • Patent number: 9427616
    Abstract: The invention consists of a flexible hexagonal array composed of rigid plastic rings, sized and shaped for convenient gripping with the hands, and or pinning against floor or wall by other body parts (feet, knees, elbows, trunk, bead, etc.) each connected to 3 to 6 lengths of bungee, or equivalent elastic material, located at 60 degree intervals around the ring circumference. The array is sized for convenient use for exercise purposes, and is light enough to be readily portable, and, by virtue of its uniform stretch resistance properties, which vary with the number of strands being stretched, and the distance between gripping and/or pinning points, which controls the length of bungee being stretched, gives the opportunity of exercising all of the skeletal muscles, at a variety of resistance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel D. Natee, J. Douglas Prentice
  • Patent number: 9427613
    Abstract: Jump rope handles are disclosed. In an embodiment, a speed rope includes a jump rope handle having a plurality of bearings rotationally coupling a handle head with a handle grip. In an embodiment, the handle head includes a rope landing axially between the plurality of bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Ultra Speed Ropes Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff B. Jordan, Matthew Thomas Hopkins
  • Patent number: 9421414
    Abstract: An exercise device (100) comprises a frame (120) and a resistance component (130) coupled to the frame (120). The exercise device (100) further comprises a cable (140) coupled to the resistance component (130) and supported by the frame (120), configured to transmit a force from a motion end (142) of the cable (140) to the resistance component (130). The exercise device (100) also comprises a pulley system (150) movably coupled to the frame (120) along a track (124), the pulley system (150) supporting the cable (140) as the cable (140) transmits the force to the resistance component (130), the pulley system (150) configured to be reversibly fixed in position relative to the frame (120). The pulley system (150) includes a first pulley member (152) and a second pulley member (156), the second pulley member (156) being removably attachable to the first pulley member (152) such that at least one of the first pulley member (152) and second pulley members (156) can be independently moved along the track (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventor: Lee Floyd
  • Patent number: 9421411
    Abstract: An exercise device is disclosed for use in performing pushups, the exercise device including an elongate hand support structure adjacent an elongate foot support structure. A top end of the hand support structure is attached to a corresponding top end of the foot support structure, and at least a bottom end of the hand support structure is spaced apart from a corresponding bottom end of the foot support structure. The hand support structure includes a pair of laterally spaced-apart, generally parallel elongate hand support rails having longitudinally spaced-apart handle mounts. The foot support structure includes a pair of laterally spaced-apart, generally parallel elongate foot support rails having longitudinally spaced-apart platform mounts. The exercise device further includes a handle configured for selectable attachment to the handle mounts and a foot platform configured for selectable attachment to the platform mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventor: James J. Stallman
  • Patent number: 9421410
    Abstract: An exercise device comprising an elongated member having a handle at a first end and weight-affixing unit at a second end. The weight-affixing unit may be adjusted longitudinally. Multiple interchangeable handles provide means for conducting various different exercises which target different forearm muscles. The exercise device allows a user to exercise muscles in their forearms which have long been difficult to isolate. One method of using the exercise device comprises a user, while seated, (i) resting his or her forearm on his or her thigh such that the wrist rests on the knee while the hand extends therefrom while gripping the handle of the exercise device with the weight-affixing unit off of the ground; and (ii) lifting and lowering with the wrist repeatedly the weights using said handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventor: Jason S. Miller