Patents by Inventor Todd McKee

Todd McKee 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).

  • Adjustable stride elliptical motion exercise machine with large stride variability and fast adjustment
    Patent number: 9636540
    Abstract: Elliptical exercise machines with a footskate on a reciprocating rail that provides for the ability to alter the horizontal stride of the user utilizing the machine, without significantly altering their vertical stride height on the machine. This is generally performed by altering the angle through which any point on the rail can, and does, move. Such adjustment may be performed by having the rail attached to a swing arm, where the arc of rotation of the swing arm relative to the frame is altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: True Fitness Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Mueller, Todd McKee, William Ross North, Robert John Hawthorne
  • Adjustable Stride Elliptical Motion Exercise Machine with Large Stride Variability and Fast Adjustment
    Publication number: 20160263427
    Abstract: Elliptical exercise machines with a footskate on a reciprocating rail that provides for the ability to alter the horizontal stride of the user utilizing the machine, without significantly altering their vertical stride height on the machine. This is generally performed by altering the angle through which any point on the rail can, and does, move. Such adjustment may be performed by having the rail attached to a swing arm, where the arc of rotation of the swing arm relative to the frame is altered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas L. Mueller, Todd McKee, William Ross North, Robert John Hawthorne
  • Rotatable handgrip for a cardiovascular exercise machine
    Patent number: 8444534
    Abstract: A rotatable handgrip for a cardiovascular exercise machine allowing a user to rotate the handgrip relative exercise arms of the machine about an axis which intersects the handle and is generally in line with their forearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: True Fitness Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd McKee
  • Machines and methods for combined and isolated upper and lower body workouts
    Patent number: 8029417
    Abstract: An elliptical exercise machine allowing a user to move between a first position (standing on a stationary platform and using the machine's exercise arms), a second position (using the machine's footskates and holding a stationary handlebar), and a third position (using the machine's footskates and exercise arms), or any variation thereon. The machine may include a computer that directs the user's movements between those positions and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: True Fitness Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKee, Robert Starr
  • Machines and Methods for Combined and Isolated Upper and Lower Body Workouts
    Publication number: 20110124472
    Abstract: An elliptical exercise machine allowing a user to move between a first position (standing on a stationary platform and using the machine's exercise arms), a second position (using the machine's footskates and holding a stationary handlebar), and a third position (using the machine's footskates and exercise arms), or any variation thereon. The machine may include a computer that directs the user's movements between those positions and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Todd McKee, Robert Starr
  • Machines and methods for combined and isolated upper and lower body workouts
    Patent number: 7874961
    Abstract: An elliptical exercise machine allowing a user to move between a first position (standing on a stationary platform and using the machine's exercise arms), a second position (using the machine's footskates and holding a stationary handlebar), and a third position (using the machine's footskates and exercise arms), or any variation thereon. The machine may include a computer that directs the user's movements between those positions and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: True Fitness Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKee, Robert Starr
  • Machines and Methods for Combined and Isolated Upper and Lower Body Workouts
    Publication number: 20090143198
    Abstract: An elliptical exercise machine allowing a user to move between a first position (standing on a stationary platform and using the machine's exercise arms), a second position (using the machine's footskates and holding a stationary handlebar), and a third position (using the machine's footskates and exercise arms), or any variation thereon. The machine may include a computer that directs the user's movements between those positions and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Todd McKee, Robert Starr
  • Rotatable Handgrip for a Cardiovascular Exercise Machine
    Publication number: 20090011905
    Abstract: A rotatable handgrip for a cardiovascular exercise machine allowing a user to rotate the handgrip relative exercise aims of the machine about an axis which intersects the handle and is generally in line with their forearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Todd McKee
  • Machines and Methods for Combined and Isolated Upper and Lower Body Workouts
    Publication number: 20080070755
    Abstract: An elliptical exercise machine allowing a user to move between a first position (standing on a stationary platform and using the machine's exercise arms), a second position (using the machine's footskates and holding a stationary handlebar), and a third position (using the machine's footskates and exercise arms), or any variation thereon. The machine may include a computer that directs the user's movements between those positions and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Todd McKee, Robert Starr
  • Control panel for an exercise machine
    Patent number: D589097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: True Fitness Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd McKee, Robert Starr