DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LIMITING TRAVEL IN AN EXERCISE DEVICE, AND AN EXERCISE DEVICE INCLUDING SUCH A LIMITING DEVICE
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Abstract
A method and/or a device may limit a distance traveled by a treadle assembly in an exercise device. For example, the distance traveled by the treadle assembly may be limited by limiting a distance that a resistance element operably coupled to the treadle assembly may travel. An exercise apparatus may include a travel-limiting device or capability.
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32 Claims
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14. An exercise apparatus, comprising:
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a frame; a treadle assembly operably coupled to the frame to travel in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction; a resistance device resistively coupling the treadle assembly to the frame and including a piston rod that extends and retracts as the treadle travels in the first direction and the second direction; and a travel-limiting device configured to limit movement of the treadle assembly, the travel-limiting device comprising an element movably associated with the piston rod to limit the retracting of the piston rod. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An exercise apparatus, comprising:
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a frame; a treadle assembly comprising a first treadle and a second treadle, each treadle operably coupled to the frame to travel in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction; a resistance assembly comprising a first resistance element operably coupled to the first treadle and to the frame and a second resistance element operably coupled to the second treadle and to the frame, the first and second resistance elements including first and second piston rods that, respectively, extend as the first and second treadles travel in the first direction and retract as the first and second treadles travel the second direction; and the travel-limiting device limits retracting of at least one of the first and second piston rods. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. An exercise apparatus, comprising:
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a frame including a base and at least one upright extending substantially vertically from the base; a treadle assembly configured to travel in an upward direction and a downward direction; a resistance device resistively coupling the treadle assembly to the frame at a first location and resisting travel of the treadle in the upward and downward directions; a travel-limiting device configured to selectively adjust a distance traveled by the treadle assembly in the upward direction during operation of the exercise apparatus, the travel-limiting device comprising an element movably associated with the resistance device while it is coupled to the frame at the first location. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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Specification