Patents by Inventor F. Alan Schuitheis

F. Alan Schuitheis 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).

  • Trunk rotation
    Patent number: 8790226
    Abstract: This trunk rotation device uses dynamic movement of one's body such as, shoulder, hip, knee, back, thigh, and abdominal musculature. The device provides a method for exercising the spinal column and the muscles of the torso, including those in the abdominal lumbar and thoracic regions involving rotational torque. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a golf exercise and flexibility apparatus. The golf exercise apparatus provides resistance to a golfer during a golf swing to strengthen and condition the muscles of the axial skeleton of the golfer in a functional posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Toledo
    Inventors: Vijay K. Goel, Danny M. Pincivero, David Dick, John Jaegly, F. Alan Schuitheis, Kathleen Herndon
  • Trunk rotation
    Publication number: 20120058860
    Abstract: This trunk rotation device uses dynamic movement of one's body such as, shoulder, hip, knee, back, thigh, and abdominal musculature. The device provides a method for exercising the spinal column and the muscles of the torso, including those in the abdominal lumbar and thoracic regions involving rotational torque. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a golf exercise and flexibility apparatus. The golf exercise apparatus provides resistance to a golfer during a golf swing to strengthen and condition the muscles of the axial skeleton of the golfer in a functional posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Vijay K. Goel, Danny M. Pincivero, David Dick, John Jaegly, F. Alan Schuitheis, Kathleen Herndon