DAP System Control and Related Devices and Methods

    公开(公告)号:US20230115258A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17964851

    申请日:2022-10-12

    IPC分类号: A63B21/00 A63B22/02

    摘要: A method for controlling a DAP system is provided that includes calculating a user seal interface height based on an estimated user height, and based thereon determining an attachment carriage height and a usage carriage height different than the user seal interface height. The method also includes driving powered vertical lifts to raise each carriage to an attachment position at the attachment carriage height while the user is in the DAP system through the top opening including raising about the user the seal frame attached to the carriages and thereby raising the top opening attached to the seal frame, and also controlling the lifts to retain the attachment position during user seal attachment and confirming the attachment. Responsive to confirming, the method includes driving the lifts to move each carriage to a usage position at the usage carriage height and inflating the enclosure to an unweighting.

    Unweighting Enclosure, System and Method for an Exercise Device

    公开(公告)号:US20220288439A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17540225

    申请日:2021-12-01

    IPC分类号: A63B21/008 A63B22/02

    摘要: An inflatable unweighting enclosure for an exercise device is provided formed from a pair of opposing sheets attached to each other by a seam along a closed shape at their perimeter portions, each of which has a top region, an opposite base region, and central region. A trim path interrupts each articulated shape at the base region that defines a perimeter of a base opening for the enclosure when inflated, in which the base and base opening are substantially planar and the base perimeter defines an enclosure inlet. When inflated, the pair of flexible sheets expand laterally apart to define an enclosure inner space and form an elongate, disc-shaped structure interrupted by the base opening. The base opening attaches to a base support of the exercise device, which is shaped and sized to orient and support the enclosure vertically for providing unweighting to a user attached to a top opening.

    Height-Adjustable Seal Frame Structure for DAP Exercise System

    公开(公告)号:US20230109901A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17965517

    申请日:2022-10-13

    IPC分类号: A63B21/00

    摘要: A height-adjustable seal frame structure for a DAP exercise system has a seal frame, opposing lateral vertical lifts, and opposing lateral tensile restraints. The seal frame defines opposing lateral side restraint connectors and can be attached to an inflatable enclosure top portion about a user port. The vertical lifts can be attached at lateral sides of the system and a longitudinal position proximate the user port for vertically driving a carriage to adjust height. The first end each tensile restraint can securely attach to a lift carriage connector and the second end can securely attach to the corresponding restraint connector at a restraint length therebetween. In use, the seal frame can be retained in a floating arrangement forced upward solely by the enclosure top portion and restrained downward against the upward force at a seal frame height by the tensile restraints. Quick disconnects can permit manual seal frame release.

    Enclosure of a DAP unweighting system

    公开(公告)号:USD1029963S1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US29862639

    申请日:2023-01-12

    摘要: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an enclosure of a DAP unweighting system showing our new design;
    FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
    FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;
    FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;
    FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;
    FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;
    FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,
    FIG. 8 is a front perspective view thereof depicted with an example user in a usage condition.
    The solid line immediately adjacent to the shaded area at a bottom of the enclosure defines a lower bound of the claimed design. The evenly-spaced broken line showing of the remainder of the differential air pressure unweighting system and the dash-dot-dash broken line showing of the example user form no part of the claimed design.