Patents by Inventor Robert M. Fenner

Robert M. Fenner 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).

  • Patent number: 5816983
    Abstract: An aerobic bouncing chair and chair frame exercise equipment for performing a variety of aerobic, body strengthing, stretching and lymphatic circulation exercises. The exercise equipment includes a chair frame having a first side frame, a second side frame and a "C" shaped rear frame. The "C" shaped rear frame fits inside and is secured to the top of the first and second side frames for holding the entire chair frame in place. A seat with a back support includes four support straps with four suspension rings attached to the ends of the straps. The four suspension rings are attached to one end of four coil springs. An opposite end of the coil springs is attached to the chair frame. Two of the coil springs are secured to the rear frame and the other two coil springs are secured to the front of the first and second side frame. The four support straps are adjustable for people of different heights and weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventors: Charles R. Dawes, Robert M. Fenner, Scott A. Fenner
  • Patent number: 4274627
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for exercising the human body characterized by an elongate curved tubular chute open at both ends for insertion or retrieval of a ball placed therein that is mounted for propeller-like rotational movement about a substantially horizontal axis located approximately midway between its ends. The chute is slit longitudinally to receive the user's hands as he or she stands in front of its concave face and places a ball in one open end while retrieving it from the other or occasionally the same end. The chute is preferably mounted on a support which provides for vertical adjustment thereof and either slow powered rotational movement or securing thereof in any selected rotational position between vertical and horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Inventors: Robert M. Fenner, Edward P. Franz