Inertial force, accommodating resistance exercise device and method
First Claim
1. An inertial force, accommodating resistance exercise device for exercising the body through effort required to overcome the inertia of a mass being accelerated and translated during surface oscillations, said exercise device comprising:
- an axle means having at least one portion operable to be releasably controlled by a user;
at least one wheel means rotatably mounted upon said axle means and being operable to engage, roll and be accelerated upon a surface during an accommodating resistance exercise routine;
said at least one wheel means including a peripheral surface for engagement with a surface during the exercise routine;
bearing surface means between said axle means and said at least one wheel means for facilitating smooth rotation of said at least one wheel means about said axle means in order to accelerate said exercise device during an exercise routine;
at least one inertial mass structure, said at least one inertial mass structure having a mass exceeding the mass of said at least one wheel, said at least one inertial mass structure being connected to said axle means for acceleration and translation with said axle and without substantial rotation with respect to said axle means for providing an inertial resistance through essentially non-rotational translation when said at least one wheel is rolled and accelerated upon a surface during an accommodating resistance exercise routine; and
said one of said at least one inertial mass structure being operably mounted on said axle means independent of any other inertial mass structure;
whereby a combination of relatively free rotational movement of said at least one wheel means with respect to said axle means and concomitant essentially non-rotational translation of said at least one inertial mass structure along with said axle means advantageously permits a user to accelerate said exercise device to perform inertial force accommodating resistance exercise routines to exercise a user'"'"'s body and provide overall fitness.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an inertial force, accommodating resistance exercise device and method. The subject device includes a nonrotating structure of enhanced mass and at least one wheel connected to the nonrotating structure to permit the device to be rolled to enable a user to perform accommodating resistance exercise. The mass of the nonrotating structure may be varied according to the requirements of the exercise by substituting inertial disks of different size and/or an inertial cradle or cage member. In exercises utilizing the instant invention resistance is accommodating in direct proportion to the speed with which the mass of the nonrotating structure is translated and direction in which it is translated.
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1. An inertial force, accommodating resistance exercise device for exercising the body through effort required to overcome the inertia of a mass being accelerated and translated during surface oscillations, said exercise device comprising:
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an axle means having at least one portion operable to be releasably controlled by a user; at least one wheel means rotatably mounted upon said axle means and being operable to engage, roll and be accelerated upon a surface during an accommodating resistance exercise routine; said at least one wheel means including a peripheral surface for engagement with a surface during the exercise routine; bearing surface means between said axle means and said at least one wheel means for facilitating smooth rotation of said at least one wheel means about said axle means in order to accelerate said exercise device during an exercise routine; at least one inertial mass structure, said at least one inertial mass structure having a mass exceeding the mass of said at least one wheel, said at least one inertial mass structure being connected to said axle means for acceleration and translation with said axle and without substantial rotation with respect to said axle means for providing an inertial resistance through essentially non-rotational translation when said at least one wheel is rolled and accelerated upon a surface during an accommodating resistance exercise routine; and said one of said at least one inertial mass structure being operably mounted on said axle means independent of any other inertial mass structure;
whereby a combination of relatively free rotational movement of said at least one wheel means with respect to said axle means and concomitant essentially non-rotational translation of said at least one inertial mass structure along with said axle means advantageously permits a user to accelerate said exercise device to perform inertial force accommodating resistance exercise routines to exercise a user'"'"'s body and provide overall fitness. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An inertial force, accommodating resistance exercise device for exercising the body through effort required to overcome the inertia of a mass being accelerated and translated during surface oscillations, said exercise device comprising:
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a first wheel means operable to engage, roll, and be accelerated upon a surface during an exercise routine; a second wheel means operable to engage, roll, and be accelerated upon a surface during an exercise routine; axle means supporting said first wheel means and said second wheel means and having a portion operable to be releasably controlled by a user, and said first and second wheel means being rotatably mounted upon said axle means, at approximately the ends thereof, in a mutually parallel posture for rotation with respect to said axle means upon acceleration and translation of said axle means by a user across a surface during an exercise routine; bearing surface means between said axle means and each of said first and second wheel means for facilitating smooth rotation of each of said first and second wheel means about said axle means in order to accelerate said exercise device during an exercise routine; first and second inertial mass structures supported by said axle means for operative acceleration and translation with said axle means and without substantial rotation with respect to said axle means during accommodating resistance exercise routines, for providing an inertial resistance through acceleration and essentially non-rotational translation of said first and second inertial mass structure to exercise a user'"'"'s body and provide overall fitness; said first and second inertial mass structures being axially spaced on said axle means from each other; and the mass of each of said first and second inertial mass structures exceeds the mass of each of said first and second wheel means, whereby a combination of relatively free rotational movement of said first and second wheel means with respect to said axle means and concomitant essentially non-rotational translation of said first and second inertial mass structures along with said axle means advantageously permits a user to accelerate said exercise device to perform inertial force accommodating resistance exercise routines to exercise the body. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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