Patents by Inventor Thomas Walter Drath

Thomas Walter Drath 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).

  • Publication number: 20220072366
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an exercise system that can allow its user to counterbalance the effects associated with a predominantly sedentary lifestyle though a fitness device that comprises a combination of (a) supporting the lower body in a manner that permits a user's upper body to act as a third class lever with the user's hips operating as fulcrum and (b) engaging in resistance exercises with the upper body in a horizontal position, unsupported above the greater trochanter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath
  • Patent number: 11179597
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an exercise system that can allow its user to counterbalance the effects associated with a predominantly sedentary lifestyle though a fitness device that comprises a combination of (a) supporting the lower body in a manner that permits a user's upper body to act as a third class lever with the user's hips operating as fulcrum and (b) engaging in resistance exercises with the upper body in a horizontal position, unsupported above the greater trochanter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath
  • Patent number: 11020630
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an exercise system that can allow its user to counterbalance the effects associated with a predominantly sedentary lifestyle though a fitness device that comprises a combination of (a) supporting the lower body in a manner that permits a user's upper body to act as a third class lever with the user's hips operating as fulcrum and (b) engaging in resistance exercises with the upper body in a horizontal position, unsupported above the greater trochanter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath
  • Publication number: 20200397649
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an apparatus for extending the human back. The preferred apparatus has a frame of transverse and longitudinal members, and a roller 20 rigidly supported from below by a transverse member. The space above the roller and frame is open so that a user can lie face up on the roller and grab the longitudinal members with each hand to extend the back over the top of the roller. The user then lowers his hips to extend the spine as much as desired. The user can roll the spine, vertebrae by vertebrae, from the base of the occipital to the sacrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath
  • Patent number: 10702446
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an apparatus for extending the human back. The preferred apparatus has a frame of transverse and longitudinal members, and a roller 20 rigidly supported from below by a transverse member. The space above the roller and frame is open so that a user can lie face up on the roller and grab the longitudinal members with each hand to extend the back over the top of the roller. The user then lowers his hips to extend the spine as much as desired. The user can roll the spine, vertebrae by vertebrae, from the base of the occipital to the sacrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath
  • Publication number: 20190247712
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an exercise system that can allow its user to counterbalance the effects associated with a predominantly sedentary lifestyle though a fitness device that comprises a combination of (a) supporting the lower body in a manner that permits a user's upper body to act as a third class lever with the user's hips operating as fulcrum and (b) engaging in resistance exercises with the upper body in a horizontal position, unsupported above the greater trochanter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath
  • Publication number: 20170312168
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an apparatus for extending the human back. The preferred apparatus has a frame of transverse and longitudinal members, and a roller 20 rigidly supported from below by a transverse member. The space above the roller and frame is open so that a user can lie face up on the roller and grab the longitudinal members with each hand to extend the back over the top of the roller. The user then lowers his hips to extend the spine as much as desired. The user can roll the spine, vertebrae by vertebrae, from the base of the occipital to the sacrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath
  • Publication number: 20170001067
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an exercise system that can allow its user to counterbalance the effects associated with a predominantly sedentary lifestyle though a fitness device that comprises a combination of (a) supporting the lower body in a manner that permits a user's upper body to act as a third class lever with the user's hips operating as fulcrum and (b) engaging in resistance exercises with the upper body in a horizontal position, unsupported above the greater trochanter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath
  • Patent number: 9446285
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in an exercise system that can allow its user to counterbalance the effects associated with a predominantly sedentary lifestyle though a fitness device that comprises a combination of (a) supporting the lower body in a manner that permits a user's upper body to act as a third class lever with the user's hips operating as fulcrum and (b) engaging in resistance exercises with the upper body in a horizontal position, unsupported above the greater trochanter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Drath, Daniel Albert Drath