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User-programmable computerized console for exercise machines

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  • US 5,512,025 A
  • Filed: 07/02/1991
  • Issued: 04/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An exercise machine havinga frame;

  • at least one movable element mechanically associated with the frame and configured to enable a user to perform exercises;

    difficulty adjustment means operably adapted to the movable element for adjusting the difficulty of the exercises; and

    a control console comprising;

    a chassis mounted to said frame;

    control means disposed within said chassis, communicatively connected to said difficulty adjustment means, and configured for controlling said difficulty adjustment means in accordance with a user-designed program comprising a sequence of time segments each having a corresponding difficulty level specified by a user; and

    input display means disposed for viewing on said chassis, and includinga plurality of arrays of electrical indicators, each said array representing one of said time segments, and said indicators being arranged within each said array to visually represent a series of difficulty levels ranging between a low and a high difficulty, andbi-directional selector means operably connected to said control means and said indicators for operation by a user to select and display said user-selected difficulty level for each of said time segments,said input display means further being operable to display said specified difficulty level in approximate simultaneous response to operation of said selector means by the user.

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