Patents Examined by Tom Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7258651
    Abstract: A fitness method for an exerciser in a format that utilizes a moving surface (the moving belt of a standard treadmill); and two types of fixed surfaces: the first type being the narrow platform edges that run along the right and left sides of the moving belt of standard treadmills; the second type of fixed surface being the floor space immediately surrounding the treadmill 3 to 5 feet out and away from it on all 4 sides, front, back, night and left. The format involves specific movements of the feet that take the practitioner from occupying a position on the moving surface (the moving belt of a standard treadmill) to occupying a position on either of the 2 types of fixed surfaces (the narrow platform edges that run along the right and left sides of the moving belt of standard treadmills or the floor space immediately surrounding the treadmill 3 to 5 feet out and away from it on all 4 sides, front, back, right and left) and back to the moving surface one time or more repeatedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Kappel Leroy Clarke
  • Patent number: 6612968
    Abstract: Equipment for practicing sport fencing in all its forms and without wires, including a weapon and a protective mask. The weapon comprises a blade with a grip, both formed as a single piece of molded plastic with a longitudinal through hole via which a touch-detection unit housed in a seat in the tip of the blade and a touch-signalling unit housed in a receptacle in the grip are connected together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Nasycon s.a.a. di Alvaro Nicolino & C.
    Inventor: Nicolino Alvaro
  • Patent number: 6544146
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a frame, an arm driven member, a leg driven member, and a transmission assembly interconnected between the arm driven member and the leg driven member. At least one of the arm driven member and the leg driven member is pivotally connected to the frame. The transmission assembly is interconnected between the arm driven member and the leg driven member in such a manner that the two members are synchronized with respect to direction of movement and subject to independent influences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Stearns, Joseph D. Maresh