Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Bina

Joseph C. Bina 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).

  • Upper and lower body exerciser
    Patent number: 5114391
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exercise device providing mechanical actions for independent or simultaneous exercise of the upper and lower body of a human user. Each action incorporates a mechanical movement converting output of the user to rotational motion and thereby powering one of two electrical generators. An exercise controller selects loads to be applied to the generators. The loads are coupled by the mechanical movements back to the user to provide resistance to the exercise effort. The exercise controller drives an electronic display which informs the user of his or her intensity of effort as well as the proportion of that effort being met through exercise of the upper body and the part being met through exercise of the lower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Bioform Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Pitzen, Douglas Garfield, Warren G. Beltz, Lawrence O. Arntzen, Joseph C. Bina
  • Upper and lower body exerciser
    Patent number: 4923193
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exercise device providing mechanical actions for independent or simultaneous exercise of the upper and lower body of a human user. Each action incorporates a mechanical movement converting output of the user to rotational motion and thereby powering one of two electrical generators. An exercise controller selects loads to be applied to the generators. The loads are coupled by the mechanical movements back to the user to provide resistance to the exercise effort. The exercise controller drives an electronic display which informs the user of his or her intensity of effort as well as the proportion of that effort being met through exercise of the upper body and the part being met through exercise of the lower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Bioform Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Pitzen, Douglas Garfield, Warren G. Beltz, Lawrence O. Arntzen, Joseph C. Bina
  • Pedal and arm exercise machine
    Patent number: D306892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Bioform Engineering, Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerald Pitzen, Douglas Garfield, Joseph C. Bina