Exercise device with features for simultaneously working out the upper and lower body
First Claim
1. An exercise device for simultaneously working out the upper and lower body of a user, comprising:
- an upper body unit configured to work out the upper body of the user, said upper body unit including a support structure and at least one load member, said load member including at least one elastic and resilient element connected to said support structure, said load member including a pair of gripping portions configured to be manually grasped by the user and coupled to said elastic and resilient element, wherein said elastic and resilient element is elastically transitioned from an initial state to an elastically deformed state upon application of a pulling force onto said gripping portions by the user, and wherein a reduction in said pulling force resiliently reforms said elastic and resilient element from said elastically deformed state back toward said initial state; and
a lower body base unit configured to work out the lower body of the user, said lower body base unit including a support base defining a support surface and positioned adjacent said upper body unit so that the user can manually grasp said gripping portions of said load member while standing upon said support surface, said lower body base unit including a plurality of light sources configured to generate discrete lighted regions on said support surface, and a controller in communication with said plurality of light sources to activate and deactivate said discrete lighted regions.
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Abstract
An exercise device, comprising an upper body unit including at least one load member having at least one elastic/resilient element and a pair of gripping portions for manual grasping by the user, wherein an applied force exerted onto the gripping portions transitions the element from an initial state to an elastically deformed state, and wherein a reduction in the applied force resiliently reforms the element back toward the initial state. In one embodiment, a lower body unit is also provided including a support base defining a support surface, a plurality of light sources configured to generate discrete lighted regions on the support surface, and a controller configured to activate and deactivate the discrete lighted regions. In another embodiment, the lower body unit includes at least two position sensors having sensing paths arranged along a sensing plane to detect a presence of a user, and a controller in communication with the position sensors to determine a position of the user relative to the sensing plane.
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20 Claims
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1. An exercise device for simultaneously working out the upper and lower body of a user, comprising:
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an upper body unit configured to work out the upper body of the user, said upper body unit including a support structure and at least one load member, said load member including at least one elastic and resilient element connected to said support structure, said load member including a pair of gripping portions configured to be manually grasped by the user and coupled to said elastic and resilient element, wherein said elastic and resilient element is elastically transitioned from an initial state to an elastically deformed state upon application of a pulling force onto said gripping portions by the user, and wherein a reduction in said pulling force resiliently reforms said elastic and resilient element from said elastically deformed state back toward said initial state; and a lower body base unit configured to work out the lower body of the user, said lower body base unit including a support base defining a support surface and positioned adjacent said upper body unit so that the user can manually grasp said gripping portions of said load member while standing upon said support surface, said lower body base unit including a plurality of light sources configured to generate discrete lighted regions on said support surface, and a controller in communication with said plurality of light sources to activate and deactivate said discrete lighted regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An exercise device for simultaneously working out the upper and lower body of a user, comprising:
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an upper body unit configured to work out the upper body of the user, said upper body unit including a support structure and at least one load member, said load member including at least one elastic and resilient element connected to said support structure, said load member including a pair of gripping portions configured to be manually grasped by the user and coupled to said elastic and resilient element, wherein said elastic and resilient element is elastically transitioned from an initial state to an elastically deformed state upon application of a pulling force onto said gripping portions by the user, and wherein a reduction in said pulling force resiliently reforms said elastic and resilient element from said elastically deformed state back toward said initial state; and a lower body base unit configured to work out the lower body of the user, said lower body base unit including a support base defining a support surface and positioned adjacent said upper body unit so that the user can manually grasp said gripping portions of said load member while standing upon said support surface, said lower body base unit including at least two position sensors having sensing paths arranged along a sensing plane relative to said support surface, said at least two position sensors adapted to detect a presence of a user along said sensing plane, and a controller in communication with said at least two position sensors to determine a position of the user relative to said sensing plane. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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