Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable stride length exercise method and apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 可调长度运动方法和装置
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Application No.: US12397942Application Date: 2009-03-04
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Publication No.: US07824314B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Joseph D. Maresh , Kenneth W. Stearns
- Applicant: Joseph D. Maresh , Kenneth W. Stearns
- Agency: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel
- Main IPC: A63B69/16
- IPC: A63B69/16 ; A63B22/04

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus includes a frame for residing on a horizontal surface, a pair of arm-supporting members for supporting the user's arms and a pair of leg-supporting members for supporting the user's legs. A linkage assembly couples the arm-supporting members and leg-supporting members to the frame and moves the arm-supporting members and leg-supporting members in closed paths relative to the frame in response to user forces applied to the arm-supporting members and leg-supporting members. The linkage assembly includes actuators for adjusting dimensions of the closed paths in response to control signal inputs. Sensors mounted on the linkage assembly generate force-indicating signals representing one or more of the user force. A user interface receives and processes the force-indicating signals and supplies the control signal inputs to the actuators, wherein a dimension of at least one of the closed paths is a function of at least one of the forces applied to the leg and arm-supporting members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090209395A1 ADJUSTABLE STRIDE LENGTH EXERCISE METHOD AND APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-08-20
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