Exercise apparatus
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. Exercise equipment including a housing having a structural surface defining a prescribed concave arcuate contour, at least three cable exit points positioned along the structural surface, each exit point having passed therethrough a cable having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of each cable being located outside the structural surface and being attached to a device that enables a user to exert a tensile force to the cable by pulling the cable in any desired direction, the distal end of each cable being coupled to a common source of resistance within the housing such that when the proximal end of each cable is pulled by a user, the resistance exerts a counterforce to such cable and the distal end of each cable coupled to a counter-resistance.
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Abstract
Exercise equipment including a housing having a structural surface defining an arcuate path, multiple pairs of pulleys positioned along the arcuate path, each pair of pulleys having passed between them a cable the proximal end of which is located outside the curved path, the distal end of the cable being coupled to a source of resistance within the housing such that when the proximal end of the cable is pulled by a user, the resistance exerts a counterforce to the cable. Alternatively, a single cable may be provided which exits through a movable trolley which is fixable at different positions along the arcuate path.
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71 Claims
- 1. Exercise equipment including a housing having a structural surface defining a prescribed concave arcuate contour, at least three cable exit points positioned along the structural surface, each exit point having passed therethrough a cable having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of each cable being located outside the structural surface and being attached to a device that enables a user to exert a tensile force to the cable by pulling the cable in any desired direction, the distal end of each cable being coupled to a common source of resistance within the housing such that when the proximal end of each cable is pulled by a user, the resistance exerts a counterforce to such cable and the distal end of each cable coupled to a counter-resistance.
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25. Exercise equipment including a frame having a track extending along a prescribed arcuate path;
- a movable trolley having an exit point for a cable, said trolley being repositionable to fixed positions along the track;
a said cable extending through said exit point and having a proximal end, located outside the track and attached to a device that enables a user to exert a tensile force to the cable, and a distal end coupled to a source of resistance within the frame;
means for maintaining a length of the cable between its proximal end and the exit point through which it passes substantially constant, independently of the position of the trolley along the track, when no tensile force is applied thereto by a user;
a counterweight, separate from said source of resistance, coupled to the cable for retaining the cable in a retracted position when it is not being pulled by a user; and
a one-step combination trolley locking and cable take-up mechanism for controlling the position and retraction of the cable to maintain the proximal end of the cable close to the trolley when the trolley is repositioned and no tensile force is applied by the user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
- a movable trolley having an exit point for a cable, said trolley being repositionable to fixed positions along the track;
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39. Three-dimensional pulley cable exercise equipment having at least one swiveling element mounted on a frame to form an exit point of a cable;
- at least one cable, with a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the cable being attached to a source of resistance and the proximal end of the cable exiting the equipment past said swiveling element; and
means to indicate a three-dimensional position of the exiting cable, whereby the three-dimensional position of the cable may be recorded. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
- at least one cable, with a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the cable being attached to a source of resistance and the proximal end of the cable exiting the equipment past said swiveling element; and
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44. Exercise equipment including a framed housing having a curved path, at least one cable exit point selectively positioned along the curved path, said exit point having passed therethrough a cable having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being located outside the curved path and attached to means that enables a user to exert a tensile force to the cable against a selected resistance, with the distal end being coupled to a source of said selected resistance, such that when the proximal end of the cable is pulled by a user, the resistance exerts a counterforce at the distal end;
- and cable take-up means, disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, for maintaining the length of the cable between its proximal end and the exit point through which it passes substantially constant, independent of the position of the exit point along the curved path, when no tensile force is applied thereto by a user and operating simultaneously with any repositioning of the cable exit point along the curved path.
- View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
- 48. Exercise equipment including a housing having a structural surface defining a prescribed contour, multiple cable exit points positioned along the structural surface, each exit point having passed therethrough a cable having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of each cable being located outside the structural surface and being attached to a device that enables a user to exert a tensile force to the cable by pulling the cable in any desired direction, the distal end of each cable being coupled to a common source of resistance within the housing such that when the proximal end of each cable is pulled by a user, the resistance exerts a counterforce to such cable, and means for retaining each cable in a retracted position, when it is not being pulled by a user, even when one or more other cables are pulled by a user.
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