Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Owen Meredith
Jeffrey Owen Meredith 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: 10960253Abstract: A resistance component configured for imparting a resistive force to a connected exercise component is provided. The device includes a frame pivotally supporting a selection arm which has a weight operatively connected to the selection arm by a pin arm. The weight imparts a force resisting rotation of the selection arm by a flexible member engaged with the exercise component. Adjusting the engagement of one end of the pin arm to an arched engagement path along the selection arm adjusts mechanical advantage and the resistive force.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Jeffrey Owen Meredith
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Patent number: 10709922Abstract: A resistance component configured for imparting a resistive force to a connected exercise component is provided. The device includes a frame pivotally supporting a selection arm which has a weight operatively connected to the selection arm by a pin arm. The weight imparts a force resisting rotation of the selection arm by a flexible member engaged with the exercise component. Adjusting the engagement of one end of the pin arm to an arched engagement path along the selection arm adjusts mechanical advantage and the resistive force.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Jeffrey Owen Meredith
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Publication number: 20190336808Abstract: A resistance component configured for imparting a resistive force to a connected exercise component is provided. The device includes a frame pivotally supporting a selection arm which has a weight operatively connected to the selection arm by a pin arm. The weight imparts a force resisting rotation of the selection arm by a flexible member engaged with the exercise component. Adjusting the engagement of one end of the pin arm to an arched engagement path along the selection arm adjusts mechanical advantage and the resistive force.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventor: Jeffrey Owen MEREDITH
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Patent number: 10398920Abstract: A resistance component configured for imparting a resistive force to a connected exercise component is provided. The device includes a frame pivotally supporting a selection arm which has a weight operatively connected to the selection arm by a pin arm. The weight imparts a force resisting rotation of the selection arm by a flexible member engaged with the exercise component. Adjusting the engagement of one end of the pin arm to an arched engagement path along the selection arm adjusts mechanical advantage and the resistive force.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Inventor: Jeffrey Owen Meredith
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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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Publication number: 20180345063Abstract: A resistance component configured for imparting a resistive force to a connected exercise component is provided. The device includes a frame pivotally supporting a selection arm which has a weight operatively connected to the selection arm by a pin arm. The weight imparts a force resisting rotation of the selection arm by a flexible member engaged with the exercise component. Adjusting the engagement of one end of the pin arm to an arched engagement path along the selection arm adjusts mechanical advantage and the resistive force.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Jeffrey Owen MEREDITH
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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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Patent number: 9816606Abstract: A gear shifting device, for engagement to bicycle or other device, for actuating a translating to actuate sequential shifts in a gear train, is provided. A base of the device engages with one or a plurality of index plates which employ sequential detents to regulate a distance rotated by a cable spool which translates a cable to acuate shifting. The index plate may be interchanged to one having detents matching a new gear train when users change their bike configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Inventor: Jeffrey Owen Meredith
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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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Patent number: 9682276Abstract: A lateral deltoid exercise machine has a floor engaging main frame, a user support pivot, a user support assembly pivotally mounted on the main frame via the user support pivot, and a pivotally mounted user engagement device or exercise arm assembly having arm pads for engagement by the user's forearms while pushing the arm pads outward and upward from a start position. A connecting link translates movement of the user engagement device to movement of the user support so that pivotal movement of the user engagement device results in a self-aligning, pivoting movement of the user support.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Hockridge, Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Adam S. Guier
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Publication number: 20170120097Abstract: A resistance component configured for imparting a resistive force to a connected exercise component is provided. The device includes a frame pivotally supporting a selection arm which has a weight operatively connected to the selection arm by a pin arm. The weight imparts a force resisting rotation of the selection arm by a flexible member engaged with the exercise component. Adjusting the engagement of one end of the pin arm to an arched engagement path along the selection arm adjusts mechanical advantage and the resistive force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventor: Jeffrey Owen Meredith
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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: 20150375035Abstract: A lateral deltoid exercise machine has a floor engaging main frame, a user support pivot, a user support assembly pivotally mounted on the main frame via the user support pivot, and a pivotally mounted user engagement device or exercise arm assembly having arm pads for engagement by the user's forearms while pushing the arm pads outward and upward from a start position. A connecting link translates movement of the user engagement device to movement of the user support so that pivotal movement of the user engagement device results in a self-aligning, pivoting movement of the user support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Bruce Hockridge, Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Adam S. Guier
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Patent number: 9126081Abstract: A lateral deltoid exercise machine has a floor engaging main frame, a user support pivot, a user support assembly pivotally mounted on the main frame via the user support pivot, and a pivotally mounted user engagement device or exercise arm assembly having arm pads for engagement by the user's forearms while pushing the arm pads outward and upward from a start position. A connecting link translates movement of the user engagement device to movement of the user support so that pivotal movement of the user engagement device results in a self-aligning, pivoting movement of the user support.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Hoist Fitness Systems, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Hockridge, Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Adam S. Guier
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Publication number: 20150238801Abstract: A device for imparting a resistive force to a connected exercise component is provided. The device includes a frame pivotally supporting a selection arm which has a weight connected to the selection arm by a pin arm. The weight imparts a force resisting rotation of the selection arm by a flexible member engaged with the exercise component. Adjusting the engagement of one end of the pin arm to an arched engagement path along the selection arm adjusts mechanical advantage and the resistive force.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventor: Jeffrey Owen Meredith
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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
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Publication number: 20120329626Abstract: 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: June 11, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Owen Meredith, Billy Y. Kim, Adam Sanders Guier
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Patent number: 8272659Abstract: A bicycle frame for employment in a bicycle for riding by a user in a substantially vertical as-used position. The frame has a shape which defines an aperture within the interior surface of a surrounding frame. The frame is preferably formed of planar material which has ends which do not block the view into the aperture when the bicycle is ridden. Whereby space for indicia on an inserted vertically disposed planar member is maximized. The planar member has a perimeter defining a shape that is complimentary to the shape of the aperture and when engaged therein provides support to the frame to prevent deformation thereof when in the as-used position under a load. The indicia positioned on the planar member may be advertising which can easily be changed using removable planar members with different indicia.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Inventor: Jeffrey Owen Meredith