Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
482097000 | Having lever carrying the weight | 30 |
20080227606 | Gymnastic machine - A gymnastic machine ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080254952 | EXERCISE MACHINE HAVING ROTATABLE WEIGHT SELECTION INDEX - The present invention is a weight exercise machine for use by a user. The machine comprises an exercise member, a plurality of weights, and an index. The user exerts an exercise force against the exercise member when using the machine to exercise. The index is rotated to operably couple the exercise member to at least one of the weight plates such that the displacement of the exercise member causes the at least one of the weight plates to displace. The plurality of weight plates includes a first weight plate type and a second weight plate type having configurations and masses that differ. The index allows selection of different combinations of weight plates for operable coupling to the exercise member. | 10-16-2008 |
20090029835 | MOMENT ARM WEIGHT RESISTANCE MECHANISM AND WEIGHT TRAINING MACHINES UTILIZING THE SAME - A weight training machine having a moment arm weight resistance means for creating a weight resistance or weight load. | 01-29-2009 |
20090192026 | ARM AND SHOULDER LIFT APPARATUS - An exercise apparatus has a frame supporting a pivotable lower right arm and a lower left arm, and also a pivotable upper right arm and upper left arm. The upper right arm and the upper left arm are pivotably connected to the frame at points above the pivotable connections of the lower right arm and the lower left arm. The lower arms have handles for grasping by a user and weight pegs. The upper right arm and the upper left arm each further have a rail connected to the arm and running substantially parallel to it. A sleeve slideably engages the rail and supports a shoulder harness for a user and also weight pegs. The user grasps the handles connected to the lower arms and lifts upward, whereby his shoulders contact the resistance of the upper arms through the shoulder harness. | 07-30-2009 |
20100009818 | Multi Axes Exercise Apparatus - An apparatus and method for an exercise apparatus is disclosed that includes a base structure, a multiple axes pivotal mechanism disposed adjacent to the base structure, and an arm. The arm further includes a distal end portion and a proximal end portion with a longitudinal axis spanning therebetween. The distal and proximal end portions are each adapted to provide independent resistive force to muscle exertion, with the proximal end portion being adjacent to the mechanism such that operationally at least two independent axes of movement occur in the arm relative to the structure. Also included in the exercise apparatus is an assemblage for creating selectable variable resistance forces to the movement of the arm relative to the structure, such that each axis of movement has an independent selectable variable resistance force to the arm movement. | 01-14-2010 |
20100016129 | Multifunctional Physical Training Device - A multipurpose personal training device with a pair of press arms that can be set to numerous different lateral angles. Each press arm can be equipped with a functional trainer handle coupled by cable and pulleys to an adjustable weight engine. The final pulley at the end of each arm is free to rotate to any angle. In addition to exercises involving the arms, the device can supply a full complement of most standard training exercises. | 01-21-2010 |
20100285934 | Exercise device enabling rotational movement - An exercise device for simulation of the action familiar to “tire flipping” is provided, having a base frame with a rail, a carriage including a pair of supports and a guide arm coupled to the base frame and the carriage. The guide arm allows guided rotational displacement of the carriage relative to the base frame with the carriage also being supported by at least one support received by the rail of the base frame at all time. One or more weight horns may be used to add additional mass to the carriage. A brake may be used to control the downward movement of the carriage after the carriage is actuated over vertical by a user or a lift that is “missed” causing the carriage to be safely lowered to a starting position. | 11-11-2010 |
20110034304 | Weight lifting exercising device - A weight lifting exercising device includes a number of weight plates slidably attached to a frame with a weight guide rod, two cam members pivotally attached to the frame, two cables coupled between the cam members and the weight plates for moving the selected number of the weight plates up and down along the weight guide rod, and an operating device engaged with the cam members for rotating either of the cam members to actuate either of the cables to move the weight plates up and down along the weight guide rod and for allowing the user to lift and to exercise the weight members either by pulling or pushing a force transfer member and for training or exercising the lower or the upper muscle groups of the users. | 02-10-2011 |
20110136632 | WEIGHTLIFTING SYSTEM - A weightlifting system includes a first frame member that extends along a longitudinal axis. The first frame member includes a front face, a first side face, a second side face and a multiple of opposed pairs of openings disposed along the longitudinal axis. Each of the multiple of opposed pairs of openings are generally L-shaped and include a first opening and a second opening. | 06-09-2011 |
20110245047 | Gluteus Weight Training Machine - Some embodiments provide a gluteus weight training machine for progressive overload resistance training of the gluteus muscles. The gluteus weight training machine includes a frame, a support member linked to the frame, and two resistance members that provide resistance against a downward arcing rotation of the resistance member. Each resistance member includes a pad against which a user's leg applies force in order to perform the downward arcing rotation of the resistance member. Each resistance member further includes a weight assembly that adjusts the amount of weight used as resistance. | 10-06-2011 |
20110281697 | Isolated curl machine and method of training therefor - An isolated curl machine and method therefor is disclosed herein. Generally, the isolated curl machine provides a resistance having a force which is directed upward and away from the user. The machine may also support the user's upper arms, or a portion thereof. In this manner, training on the machine is highly focused on the biceps. The machine may comprise a frame, a seat, an arm rest, and a resistance device. The user may engage the machine by sitting in the seat and placing his or her arms on the arm rest. In this position, the user may engage the resistance device such as by grasping a handle of the resistance device. The resistance device provides the resistance which resists movement of the user's arm during a bicep curl and may be configured such that the force of the provided resistance is directed upward and away from the user. | 11-17-2011 |
20120004080 | LOCKOUT MECHANISM FOR A WEIGHT STACK EXERCISE MACHINE - A lockout mechanism for a selection mechanism on an exercise machine, the selection mechanism being associated with a carriage for selectively carrying load. The carriage may include a support system adjustable by the selection mechanism for adjusting the amount of load to be carried. The lockout mechanism may include a lockout member configured to prevent adjustment of the selection mechanism during exercise. | 01-05-2012 |
20120004081 | MOMENT ARM WEIGHT RESISTANCE MECHANISM AND WEIGHT TRAINING MACHINES UTILIZING THE SAME - A weight training machine having a moment arm weight resistance mechanism for creating a weight resistance or weight load. | 01-05-2012 |
20120165164 | WEIGHTLIFTING SYSTEM - A weightlifting system includes a weight bar first frame member that extends along a longitudinal axis. The first frame member includes a front face, a first side face, a second side face and a multiple of opposed pairs of openings disposed along the longitudinal axis. Each of the multiple of opposed pairs of openings are generally L-shaped and include a first opening and a second opening. A weightlifting weight arm system includes a weight horn and a bracket assembly that is engageable with at least two opposed pairs of openings of the multiple of opposed pairs of openings. | 06-28-2012 |
20120322628 | Multi-axis Resistance Exercise Devices and Systems - This is an exercise apparatus and system characterized generally by the presence of a user interface member having a point of attachment to the apparatus that is positionable at different locations along an arcuate path determined, dictated and/or supported/braced by an arcuate guide. The central axis of the arcuate path may intersect the ball joint of a user. The arcuate path and the arcuate guide may lie in spaced substantially parallel planes and the user interface member be one of a rigid arm with a handle or forearm interface, or a flexible member with a free handle at its end forming the user interface. A flexible linkage forms part of the operative connection between the user interface and a weight stack or other apparatus providing adjustable resistance, with the flexible linkage being reeved through a centering pulley proximate the central axis of the arcuate member. | 12-20-2012 |
20130040787 | EXERCISE APPARATUS - An apparatus for performing an exercise against a resistance mechanism comprised of one or more incremental resistance members, the apparatus comprising:
| 02-14-2013 |
20130267391 | Core Exercise Apparatus and Methods - A dual-mode exercise apparatus may include an articulating arm assembly coupled through a joint to a support assembly. In an illustrative embodiment, the arm assembly may include a seat centrally mounted above a ball-and-socket joint and a stabilizer member for the hands and/or feet of the user. In a first mode of operation a user sits on the seat and uses his or her core muscles to articulate the seat on the ball-and-socket joint against the resistance provided by, for instance, weights mounted on distal portions of the arm assembly. In certain embodiments the apparatus may further provide a second mode of operation which simulates rowing a kayak. In a corresponding illustrative embodiment a user sits in a second seat positioned rearward of the arm assembly and the arm assembly includes handle members. In operation the user articulates the handles in a manner akin to rowing a kayak. | 10-10-2013 |
20130281268 | WEIGHTLIFTING SYSTEM - A weightlifting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first frame member that extends along a longitudinal axis, at least one pair of openings disposed along the longitudinal axis. The at least one pair of openings are generally L-shaped and include a first opening and a second opening. A front face is mounted to the first frame member and extending along the longitudinal axis. | 10-24-2013 |
20130324374 | WEIGHT TRAINING MACHINES - A weight training machine for allowing at least two of a user's muscle groups to push or pull simultaneously in a synchronized and unified fashion, having at least one common counter or weight resistance mechanism; a first actuating means operatively connected to the at least one common counter or weight resistance mechanism for allowing actuation of the at least one common counter or weight resistance mechanism by a first of the user's muscle groups, and a second actuating means operatively connected to the at least one common counter or weight resistance mechanism for allowing actuation of the at least one common counter or weight resistance mechanism by a second of the user's muscle groups, wherein actuation of both the first actuating means and the second actuation means simultaneously acts upon and or resists against the at least one common counter or weight resistance mechanism. One embodiment is an exercise machine and a drive or actuating mechanism with a lever and fulcrum configuration. The fulcrum has an attached handle, arm, lever or platform means, bearings for operatively cooperating with an axle and/or the lever, and attachment means for additional actuating member or members being operatively connected to the axle. The lever has a means for contact with the user and a weight means for providing a counterweight to the weight of the user, as well as attachment means for operatively connecting with the fulcrum and/or axle. The actuating member or members are attached to the fulcrum, preferably pivotally, and comprise linkages to the axle and/or lever so as to be able to transfer force from the user to the lever. Other embodiments include weight training machines having a moment arm weight, weight stack, or weight plate weight resistance mechanism for creating a weight resistance or weight load. | 12-05-2013 |
20130331238 | ABDOMINAL MUSCLE EXERCISE MACHINE - A machine for exercising at least a user's abdominal muscles, the machine having a base having front and back ends; an arm lever mounted to the base near the front end of the base; a user platform moved by a user and/or by the arm levers, the user platform slidably and pivotably mounted to the base; and a linkage mechanism operatively connecting the arm lever to the user platform so that when the arm lever is moved towards the user platform, the user platform is moved towards the arm lever and a front end of the user platform is moved upwards, pivoting the user platform into an angled configuration, and when the arm lever is moved away from the user platform, the user platform is moved away from the arm lever and the front end of the user platform is moved downwards, pivoting the user platform into a horizontal configuration. | 12-12-2013 |
20140087925 | EXERCISE DEVICE - A multi-use exercise device includes a shaft extending between ground-engaging support structures with a pair of arms rotatable around the shaft into a plurality of various angular positions relative to the ground providing a plurality of different exercises with a plurality of different levels of difficulty. The exercise device can be used as a support structure for pushup and planking exercises, as well as shoulder mounted weight support for squats and lunges. | 03-27-2014 |
20140135184 | Exercise Arm Apparatus and Method of Use - An exercise arm apparatus and method of use. The exercise arm comprises at least one finger, a spindle attached to the finger, and weights sized to reside on the spindle. One end of the exercise arm is rotatably attached at a pivot point to a frame or to a vertical surface; a belt is attached to an opposite end of the exercise arm by means of a belt line. Where the exercise arm is rotatably attached to a frame, dip bars and chin bars are disclosed wherein an exerciser may perform dips and chins. Upward motion by an exerciser wearing the belt is impeded by spindle weights, a belt elastic attached at one end to the belt and at an opposite end to the exercise arm, and/or an elastic member attached at one end to the frame and at an opposite end to the exercise arm. | 05-15-2014 |
20140287887 | PORTABLE EXERCISE DEVICE PROVIDING CONSTANT FORCE OUTPUT - The exemplary embodiments herein provide an exercise device having a frame, comprising a first and a second arm, a first end of each arm meeting in fixed angular relationship at a vertex and a second end of each arm extending away from the vertex; a lever arm, having a first and a second end, the first end constrained to rotate about a pin located near the vertex; and a resistance arrangement, configured to convert rotation by a user of a first rotational assembly about an axis on the second end of the first arm into rotation of a second rotational assembly about an axis on the second end of the lever arm, which is converted into rotation of a third rotational assembly about an axis on the second end of the second arm, with the rotation of the third rotational assembly being resisted by a resistive element, the resistance arrangement providing a substantially constant resistance against the rotation of the first rotational assembly by the user over the entire range of the rotation. | 09-25-2014 |
20140364284 | LOWER BODY EXERCISE EQUIPMENT WITH UPPER BODY PEDALS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A physical exercise apparatus is disclosed, and comprises a frame, a seat, an arm, and a pair of cycling hand pedals. The seat is supported by the frame and configured to support a user in an at least partially supine position. The arm is movably attached to a first portion of the frame and coupled with a linearly movable resistance load. The pair of cycling hand pedals is attached to a second portion of the frame and independently movable from the arm so that the user can cycle the pair of cycling hand pedals while separately moving the arm with a portion of his or her lower body. | 12-11-2014 |
20150038301 | Core Exercise Apparatus and Methods - A dual-mode exercise apparatus may include an articulating arm assembly coupled through a joint to a support assembly. In an illustrative embodiment, the arm assembly may include a seat centrally mounted above a ball-and-socket joint and a stabilizer member for the hands and/or feet of the user. In a first mode of operation a user sits on the seat and uses his or her core muscles to articulate the seat on the ball-and-socket joint against the resistance provided by, for instance, weights mounted on distal portions of the arm assembly. In certain embodiments the apparatus may further provide a second mode of operation which simulates rowing a kayak. In a corresponding illustrative embodiment a user sits in a second seat positioned rearward of the arm assembly and the arm assembly includes handle members. In operation the user articulates the handles in a manner akin to rowing a kayak. | 02-05-2015 |
20150148200 | EXERCISE APPARATUS WITH A USER CONTROLLED, GRAVITY OPERATED SHIFTING MECHANISM - An exercise apparatus is provided where a user selectively changes the amount of effort required to operate the machine on demand without interrupting the workout. A manual shifting process allows the user to selectively change the amount of resistance with the gravity included positioning of a resistance weight on a lever arm. | 05-28-2015 |
20150321040 | Exercise device - The invention relates to the field of exercise equipment and specifically to outdoor fitness equipment. An exercise machine is in the form of a stationary rigid metal construction which is unable to be disassembled and which includes a support frame ( | 11-12-2015 |
20160166872 | ROTATOR CUFF REHABILITATION MACHINE | 06-16-2016 |
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20220134168 | WORKOUT EQUIPMENT - Workout equipment includes a frame and a movable arm pivotally connected to the frame, the movable arm having a first end and a second end. A movable load unit is supported by the movable arm and a load transferer is configured to move the load unit along the movable arm. The movable arm includes a first guide and a second guide, the load unit is supported by the first and second guides and the load transferer includes a locking device for locking the load unit on the first and second guides. The load transferer includes a threaded rod having a first end and a second end, the threaded rod being parallel to the first and second guides. The load unit has a threaded aperture through which the threaded rod projects and the load unit includes weight plates connected together, each weight plate having a hole creating the aperture. | 05-05-2022 |