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Manual motion simulator with resistance and video

  • US 5,782,639 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1996
  • Issued: 07/21/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A manually operated motion device for use over an area having a floor, the motion device comprising:

  • an axial hinge member, the axial hinge member attached to a support;

    a motion surface, the motion surface having three universal hinge means, the three universal hinge means on said motion surface defining corner points on a first triangle, the first triangle having;

    at least two substantially equal length sides, the sides defined by a pair of lines between two universal hinge means on the motion surface, the two substantially equal length sides of the motion surface defining an angle therebetween, the angle having a vertex;

    support means for supporting the first triangle in a substantially parallel relationship to the floor, the support means comprising;

    a first support member attached to one universal hinge means on the motion surface,a second support member attached to one universal hinge means on the motion surface, the first and second support member arranged in a non-parallel, spaced apart relationship; and

    a compression member to support compression forces the compression member connecting the universal hinge means at the vertex of the angle on the motion surface to the axial hinge member, so that the compression member may move in a plane normal to the axial hinge means and passing through the vertex of the angle on the motion surface; and

    means for moving at least one of the support members by acting transversely on the support member, so that motion of one support member allows motion of the motion surface.

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