SELF-LOCOMOTION TRAINING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A physical training system for providing resistance to a trainee during self-locomotion, said system comprising:
- a mobile training module;
one or more drive phase loading resistance members anchored at one end to said training module and adapted to be connected to the trainee to thereby effect loading of the trainee during a plurality of drive phases of the act of self-locomotion; and
one or more swing phase loading resistance members anchored at one end to said training module and adapted to be connected to the trainee to thereby effect loading of the trainee during a plurality of swing phases of the act of self-locomotion,wherein the drive phase and swing phase loading to the trainee during the act of self-locomotion being independent of the distance locomoted by the trainee.
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Abstract
Embodiments allow the application of a settable and/or a programmable resistance to a trainee'"'"'s leg Drive Phase and/or Recovery Phase while walking or running over extended or infinite distances. Multiple mechanical or electrical feedback loops or combinations of both to monitor the applied resistance to the Trainee by the tether or tethers and then control the amount of breaking (drag) or propulsion created by the Mobile training module during the acceleration and constant speed training phases to accurately generate, control and transfer resistance through the elastic tethers to the Trainee. Embodiments apply multiple, non-varying loads or programmable loads to multiple body parts of a trainee where applied resistance can be manipulated to both increase or decrease over distance as desired by trainee while the trainee is walking, running or sprinting over any distance.
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51 Claims
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1. A physical training system for providing resistance to a trainee during self-locomotion, said system comprising:
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a mobile training module; one or more drive phase loading resistance members anchored at one end to said training module and adapted to be connected to the trainee to thereby effect loading of the trainee during a plurality of drive phases of the act of self-locomotion; and one or more swing phase loading resistance members anchored at one end to said training module and adapted to be connected to the trainee to thereby effect loading of the trainee during a plurality of swing phases of the act of self-locomotion, wherein the drive phase and swing phase loading to the trainee during the act of self-locomotion being independent of the distance locomoted by the trainee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A physical training system for providing resistance to a trainee during the act of self-locomotion, said system comprising:
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a mobile training module; and one or more resistance members anchored at one end to said training module and adapted to be attached to the trainee at the other end, said mobile training module being spaced from the trainee at a predetermined distance and being adapted to move with the trainee during the act of self-locomotion over a predetermined path, said system providing a selectively constant or varying load to the trainee during a plurality of drive and swing phases while the trainee self-loco motes over the predetermined path, wherein said load is independent of the distance locomoted by the trainee. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A physical training system for providing resistance to a trainee during the act of self-locomotion along a training path, said system comprising:
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a mobile training module for providing resistance to the trainee as the trainee locomotes along the training path, said mobile training module comprising; a chassis; a housing carried by said chassis; a breaking mechanism for providing resistance to the movement of said mobile training module along the training path; and a controller for controlling said breaking mechanism, said controller being programmable for selectively controlling the resistance to the movement of said mobile training module to thereby control the velocity and acceleration of said mobile training module, and one or more tethers anchored to said mobile training module at one end and adapted to be connected to the trainee at the other end to thereby provide resistance to the trainee as the trainee self-loco motes along the training path. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of training a trainee during the act of self-locomotion, the method comprising:
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loading the trainee during the drive phase; loading the trainee during the swing phase; wherein the magnitude of the loading is independent of the distance locomoted by the trainee. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of training a trainee during the act of self-locomotion, the method comprising:
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providing a mobile training module; tethering the trainee to the mobile training module; providing resistance to a plurality of drive phases of the trainee during self-locomotion with the mobile training module, the magnitude of the resistance being independent of the distance locomoted by the trainee; and providing substantially constant resistance to a plurality of swing phases of the trainee during self-locomotion with the mobile training module. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51)
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