ADJUSTABLE EXERCISE DEVICE AND A DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AN EXERCISE DEVICE

• US 20060189448A1
• Filed: 05/05/2006
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sequential Holdco LLC
• Original Assignee: SPRI Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Niederlander, Gregory, Flentye, Herbert T.
• Granted Patent: US 7,922,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/52
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0458 Step exercisers without moving parts with movable steps A63B22/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 482/908 Adjustable

Abstract

An adjustable exercise device that includes one or more inclined riser blocks for readily elevating and inclining a platform to enable stepping and other exercises to be readily performed on an inclined platform. The inclined riser blocks may be matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform to elevate and incline the platform. The inclined riser block may include a top face matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform, a bottom face, and a central portion extending between the bottom and top faces and having a front and rear, the central portion increasing in thickness from the front to the rear. The top face extends at an incline.

Claims

1. An adjustable exercise device comprising:

a platform having a substantially flat top surface and a bottom;

at least one inclined riser block matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform for elevating the platform above a support surface and inclining the platform relative to the support surface.

2. The adjustable exercise device of claim 1 wherein the inclined riser block includes a top face extending at an incline and a bottom face, the top face of the inclined riser block matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform.

3. The adjustable exercise device of claim 2 wherein the bottom of the platform defines a recess and wherein the inclined riser block includes a protrusion and a flange disposed about the protrusion, the protrusion and flange forming the top face and the bottom face, the protrusion receivable in the recess of the platform to matingly engage the inclined riser block with the platform.

5. The adjustable exercise device of claim 3 wherein the protrusion defines an aperture.

6. The adjustable exercise device of claim 2 wherein the platform includes a pair of ends and wherein there are at least two inclined riser blocks, one of the inclined riser blocks matingly engageable with the platform adjacent one of the ends and the other inclined riser block matingly engageable with the platform adjacent the other end.

7. The adjustable exercise device of claim 2 wherein the platform has a width and a length, the inclined riser block configured to incline the platform relative to the support surface alternatively along the width of the platform or along the length of the platform.

8. The adjustable exercise device of claim 7 wherein the top face of the inclined riser block is matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform alternatively:

(a) at a first position of the inclined riser block to incline the platform relative to the support surface along the width of the platform, or (b) at a second position of the inclined riser block to incline the platform along the length of the platform.

9. The adjustable exercise device of claim 8 wherein the bottom of the platform defines a recess and wherein the inclined riser block includes a protrusion and a flange disposed about the protrusion, the protrusion and flange forming the top face and the bottom face, the protrusion receivable in the recess of the platform to matingly engage the inclined riser block with the platform at both the first and second positions of the inclined riser block.

11. The adjustable exercise device of claim 7 wherein the platform includes a pair of ends and wherein there are at least two inclined riser blocks, one of the inclined riser blocks matingly engageable with the platform adjacent one of the ends and the other inclined riser block matingly engageable with the platform adjacent the other end.

12. The adjustable exercise device of claim 11 wherein the top face of each inclined riser block is matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform alternatively:

(a) at a first position of the inclined riser blocks to incline the platform relative to the support surface along the width of the platform, or (b) at a second position of the inclined riser blocks to incline the platform along the length of the platform.

13. The adjustable exercise device of claim 2 further comprising a riser block matingly engageable with the inclined riser block for elevating the inclined riser block above the support surface.

14. The adjustable exercise device of claim 13 wherein the riser block is matingly engageable alternatively:

(a) with the inclined riser block to elevate the inclined riser block above the support surface;

or (b) with the bottom of the platform to elevate the platform above the support surface so that the top surface of the platform is parallel to the support surface.

15. The adjustable exercise device of claim 13 wherein the platform includes a pair of ends and wherein there are at least two inclined riser blocks and at least two riser blocks, each riser block matingly engageable with a respective inclined riser block to elevate the respective inclined riser block above the support surface, one of the inclined riser blocks matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform adjacent one of the ends and the other inclined riser block matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform adjacent the other end.

16. The adjustable exercise device of claim 15 wherein each riser block is matingly engageable alternatively:

(a) with the respective inclined riser block;

or (b) with the platform to elevate the platform above the support surface so that the top surface of the platform is parallel to the support surface.

17. The adjustable exercise device of claim 16 wherein each inclined riser block defines an aperture and wherein each riser block includes a protrusion and a flange disposed about the protrusion, the protrusion and the flange forming the top face and the bottom face, the protrusion of each riser block receivable in the aperture of the respective inclined riser block to matingly engage the respective inclined riser block.

19. The adjustable exercise device of claim 15 wherein the platform has a length and a width, the inclined riser blocks configured to alternatively incline the platform along the length of the platform or along the width of the platform.

4. The adjustable exercise device of 3 wherein the bottom of the platform further defines a plurality of slots disposed about the recess and wherein the inclined riser block further inclines a plurality of dimples receivable by the slots to matingly engage the platform and the inclined riser block.

10. The adjustable exercise device of 9 wherein the bottom of the platform further defines a plurality of slots disposed about the recess and wherein the inclined riser block further inclines a plurality of dimples disposed about the flange, some of the dimples receivable by the slots to matingly engage the inclined riser block with the platform at the first position of the inclined riser block and some of the dimples receivable by the slots to matingly engage the inclined riser block with the platform at the second position of the inclined riser block.

18. The adjustable exercise device of 17 wherein the bottom face of each inclined riser block defines a plurality of slots disposed about the aperture and wherein each riser block further inclines a plurality of dimples receivable by the slots to matingly engage each riser block with the respective inclined riser block.

20. An adjustable exercise device comprising:

a platform having a top surface and a bottom;

at least one inclined riser block matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform for elevating the platform above a support surface and inclining the top surface of the platform relative to the support surface; and

at least one riser block matingly engageable alternatively with;

(a) the inclined riser block for elevating the inclined riser block above the support surface, or (b) the platform for elevating the platform above the support surface so that the top surface is parallel to the support surface.

21. The adjustable exercise device of claim 20 wherein the platform includes a pair of ends and wherein there are at least two inclined riser blocks and a plurality of riser blocks, one of the inclined riser blocks matingly engageable with the platform adjacent one of the ends and the other of the inclined riser blocks matingly engageable with the platform adjacent the other end, each riser block matingly engageable alternatively with:

(a) a respective inclined riser block for elevating the respective inclined riser block above the support surface;

or (b) with the platform adjacent a respective end of the platform for elevating the platform above the support surface so that the top surface is parallel to the support surface.

22. The adjustable exercise device of claim 21 wherein each of the inclined riser blocks and riser blocks has a top face and a bottom face, the top face of each inclined riser block matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform and the top face of each riser block matingly engageable alternatively with the bottom face of the respective inclined riser block or with the bottom of the platform.

23. The adjustable exercise device of claim 22 wherein the bottom of the platform defines a recess and wherein each of the inclined riser blocks and riser blocks includes a protrusion and a flange disposed about the protrusion, each protrusion receivable in the recess of the platform to matingly engage the platform.

24. The adjustable exercise device of claim 23 wherein the bottom of the platform further defines a plurality of slots disposed about the recess and wherein each of the inclined riser blocks and the riser blocks further includes a plurality of dimples receivable by the slots to matingly engage the platform.

25. The adjustable exercise device of claim 23 wherein each of the inclined riser blocks defines an aperture and wherein each riser block includes a protrusion, the protrusion of each riser block alternatively receivable by the aperture of the respective inclined riser block to matingly engage the respective inclined riser block or by the recess of the platform to matingly engage the platform.

26. The adjustable exercise device of claim 25 wherein the bottom faces of each of the inclined riser blocks further defines a plurality of slots disposed about the aperture and the bottom of the platform further defines a plurality of slots disposed about the recess, and wherein each of the riser blocks further includes a plurality of dimples alternatively receivable by the slots of the respective inclined riser block to matingly engage the respective inclined riser block or by the slots of the platform to matingly engage the platform.

27. The adjustable exercise device of claim 20 wherein the platform has a width and a length, the inclined riser block configured to alternatively incline the platform along the width of the platform or along the length of the platform.

28. The adjustable exercise device of claim 27 wherein the inclined riser block includes a top face extending at an incline and a bottom face, the top face of the inclined riser block matingly engageable with the bottom of the platform alternatively at a first position of the inclined riser block to incline the platform along the width of the platform or a second position of the inclined riser block to incline the platform along the length of the platform.