Patents by Inventor Ryan Lesley Crisman

Ryan Lesley Crisman 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).

  • Method and apparatus for free weight assistance and training system
    Patent number: 7963886
    Abstract: A free weight assistance and training system and method including a weight support structure. Free weight support arms are movably mounted to the support structure and configured to support a free weight bar. A drive mechanism is operatively coupled to the free weight support arms and configured to move the free weight support arms along the weight support structure. At least one non-contact detector is configured to detect the position of a free weight bar with respect to the free weight support arms without contacting the free weight bar. A controller is configured to receive free weight bar position data from the at least one non-contact detector, process the data and initiate the drive mechanism to move the free weight support arms along the support structure in response to the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Eccentrixx LLC
    Inventors: Mathew Winston Schwinn, Paul Winston Schwinn, David Crnich, Jonathan Mark Skreen, Ryan Lesley Crisman