Patents by Inventor Billy Y. Kim
Billy Y. Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11701545Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Publication number: 20220273983Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Publication number: 20220001235Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. MEREDITH, Bruce HOCKRIDGE, Billy Y. KIM
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Patent number: 11135475Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Patent number: 10737131Abstract: An exercise machine for performing triceps press exercises, including a moving user support that supports a user in a seated position. The exercise machine includes a linkage assembly that allows the moving user support to tilt as the user performs the triceps press exercise. As the user extends his or her arms from an exercise starting position to an exercise ending position, a user support frame—and thus the user's torso—reclines progressively backwards. The user's natural reaction to this reclining sensation is to bring his or her head forward, which encourages the user to plant his or her lower back firmly into a stable position against a back pad and in turn reduces a risk of injury associated with excessively arching of the lower back.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Publication number: 20200086171Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. MEREDITH, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Patent number: 10486012Abstract: A detachable stabilizing support system for use on an exercise machine, such as a functional trainer exercise machine, has adjustable support positions and is capable of being configured between an exercise position and a more compact storage position.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Patent number: 10307630Abstract: An assisted chin/dip exercise apparatus has a main frame and an assist or foot bar pivotally mounted on the frame and linked to a weight stack or resistance for assisting a user standing on the foot bar during performance of chin and dip exercises. The main frame has a first, overhead handle assembly and a second, dip handle assembly below the first handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a pair of adjustably mounted handles freely pivotable between a first, chin-up position in which the handles extend towards one another at a rearward angle with a small spacing between the handles and a second, pull-up position in which the handles extend in a forward direction and are spaced apart by a larger spacing sufficient to provide head clearance for a user stepping onto the foot bar or while performing a dip exercise.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Billy Y. Kim, Adam Sanders Guier
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Patent number: 10220240Abstract: An exercise machine for performing triceps press exercises, including a moving user support that supports a user in a seated position. The exercise machine includes a linkage assembly that allows the moving user support to tilt as the user performs the triceps press exercise. As the user extends his or her arms from an exercise starting position to an exercise ending position, a user support frame—and thus the user's torso—reclines progressively backwards. The user's natural reaction to this reclining sensation is to bring his or her head forward, which encourages the user to plant his or her lower back firmly into a stable position against a back pad and in turn reduces the risk of injury associated with excessively arching of the lower back.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Publication number: 20190054337Abstract: An exercise machine for performing triceps press exercises, including a moving user support that supports the user in a seated position. The exercise machine includes a linkage assembly that allows the user support to tilt as the user performs a triceps press exercise. As the user extends his or her arms from the exercise starting position to the exercise ending position, the user support frame—and thus the user's torso—reclines progressively backwards. The user's natural reaction to this reclining sensation is to bring his or her head forward, which encourages the user to plant his or her lower back firmly into a stable position against the back pad and in turn reduces the risk of injury associated with excessively arching of the lower back.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. MEREDITH, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Publication number: 20180221699Abstract: An assisted chin/dip exercise apparatus has a main frame and an assist or foot bar pivotally mounted on the frame and linked to a weight stack or resistance for assisting a user standing on the foot bar during performance of chin and dip exercises. The main frame has a first, overhead handle assembly and a second, dip handle assembly below the first handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a pair of adjustably mounted handles freely pivotable between a first, chin-up position in which the handles extend towards one another at a rearward angle with a small spacing between the handles and a second, pull-up position in which the handles extend in a forward direction and are spaced apart by a larger spacing sufficient to provide head clearance for a user stepping onto the foot bar or while performing a dip exercise.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Owen MEREDITH, Billy Y. Kim, Adam Sanders Guier
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Patent number: 9999797Abstract: An assisted chin/dip exercise apparatus has a main frame and an assist or foot bar pivotally mounted on the frame and linked to a weight stack or resistance for assisting a user standing on the foot bar during performance of chin and dip exercises. The main frame has a first, overhead handle assembly and a second, dip handle assembly below the first handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a pair of adjustably mounted handles freely pivotable between a first, chin-up position in which the handles extend towards one another at a rearward angle with a small spacing between the handles and a second, pull-up position in which the handles extend in a forward direction and are spaced apart by a larger spacing sufficient to provide head clearance for a user stepping onto the foot bar or while performing a dip exercise.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Billy Y. Kim, Adam Sanders Guier
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Publication number: 20180093128Abstract: A detachable stabilizing support system for use on an exercise machine, such as a functional trainer exercise machine, has adjustable support positions and is capable of being configured between an exercise position and a more compact storage position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. MEREDITH, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Patent number: 9868016Abstract: A detachable stabilizing support system for use on an exercise machine, such as a functional trainer exercise machine, has adjustable support positions and is capable of being configured between an exercise position and a more compact storage position.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Publication number: 20170182347Abstract: An assisted chin/dip exercise apparatus has a main frame and an assist or foot bar pivotally mounted on the frame and linked to a weight stack or resistance for assisting a user standing on the foot bar during performance of chin and dip exercises. The main frame has a first, overhead handle assembly and a second, dip handle assembly below the first handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a pair of adjustably mounted handles freely pivotable between a first, chin-up position in which the handles extend towards one another at a rearward angle with a small spacing between the handles and a second, pull-up position in which the handles extend in a forward direction and are spaced apart by a larger spacing sufficient to provide head clearance for a user stepping onto the foot bar or while performing a dip exercise.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Billy Y. Kim, Adam Sanders Guier
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Publication number: 20170087401Abstract: An exercise machine for performing triceps press exercises, including a moving user support that supports the user in a seated position. The exercise machine includes a linkage assembly that allows the user support to tilt as the user performs a triceps press exercise. As the user extends his or her arms from the exercise starting position to the exercise ending position, the user support frame—and thus the user's torso—reclines progressively backwards. The user's natural reaction to this reclining sensation is to bring his or her head forward, which encourages the user to plant his or her lower back firmly into a stable position against the back pad and in turn reduces the risk of injury associated with excessively arching of the lower back.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredith, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Patent number: 9604086Abstract: An assisted chin/dip exercise apparatus has a main frame and an assist or foot bar pivotally mounted on the frame and linked to a weight stack or resistance for assisting a user standing on the foot bar during performance of chin and dip exercises. The main frame has a first, overhead handle assembly and a second, dip handle assembly below the first handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a pair of adjustably mounted handles freely pivotable between a first, chin-up position in which the handles extend towards one another at a rearward angle with a small spacing between the handles and a second, pull-up position in which the handles extend in a forward direction and are spaced apart by a larger spacing sufficient to provide head clearance for a user stepping onto the foot bar or while performing a dip exercise.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Billy Y. Kim, Adam Sanders Guier
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Publication number: 20160199686Abstract: A detachable stabilizing support system for use on an exercise machine, such as a functional trainer exercise machine, has adjustable support positions and is capable of being configured between an exercise position and a more compact storage position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Jeffrey O. Meredity, Bruce Hockridge, Billy Y. Kim
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Publication number: 20150217156Abstract: An assisted chin/dip exercise apparatus has a main frame and an assist or foot bar pivotally mounted on the frame and linked to a weight stack or resistance for assisting a user standing on the foot bar during performance of chin and dip exercises. The main frame has a first, overhead handle assembly and a second, dip handle assembly below the first handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a pair of adjustably mounted handles freely pivotable between a first, chin-up position in which the handles extend towards one another at a rearward angle with a small spacing between the handles and a second, pull-up position in which the handles extend in a forward direction and are spaced apart by a larger spacing sufficient to provide head clearance for a user stepping onto the foot bar or while performing a dip exercise.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Billy Y. Kim, Adam Sanders Guier
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Patent number: 9017238Abstract: An assisted chin/dip exercise apparatus has a main frame and an assist or foot bar pivotally mounted on the frame and linked to a weight stack or resistance for assisting a user standing on the foot bar during performance of chin and dip exercises. The main frame has a first, overhead handle assembly and a second, dip handle assembly below the first handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a pair of adjustably mounted handles freely pivotable between a first, chin-up position in which the handles extend towards one another at a rearward angle with a small spacing between the handles and a second, pull-up position in which the handles extend in a forward direction and are spaced apart by a larger spacing sufficient to provide head clearance for a user stepping onto the foot bar or while performing a dip exercise.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Billy Y. Kim, Adam Sanders Guier