Reward granting exercise machine
First Claim
1. An exercise machine comprising means upon which a user performs work;
- means to measure said work; and
means responsive to a preselected condition of said measured work to initiate a rewarding action andsaid preselected condition is selected from the group consisting of a level of said measured work; and
, there being summing means, a preselected sum of the time at which said level is exceeded; and
wherein the means upon which work is performed comprises means for selective-level resistance to limb extension and retraction by a user performing work upon said exercise machine;
said exercise machine providing a support for said user and said user, so supported, exercises at a selected angle to horizontal; and
said reward is a change in said selected angle.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for exercise in which a preselected work input to an exercise machine that is associated with an award-granting switch triggers a reward. The input can be a particular rate of work as measured by rotational speed or linear motion or a summation of the time during which a threshold level of work was exceeded. The reward can be turning on a TV or like electrical apparatus or it can be a change in the exercise machine and regime. An exercise machine incorporating the award-granting switch is disclosed in which the reward is a change in the angle to horizontal at which the exercise is performed. This change can make the exercise harder or easier depending on the exercise protocol desired.
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1. An exercise machine comprising means upon which a user performs work;
- means to measure said work; and
means responsive to a preselected condition of said measured work to initiate a rewarding action andsaid preselected condition is selected from the group consisting of a level of said measured work; and
, there being summing means, a preselected sum of the time at which said level is exceeded; andwherein the means upon which work is performed comprises means for selective-level resistance to limb extension and retraction by a user performing work upon said exercise machine;
said exercise machine providing a support for said user and said user, so supported, exercises at a selected angle to horizontal; andsaid reward is a change in said selected angle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- means to measure said work; and
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