Devices, systems and methods for receiving, recording and displaying information relating to physical exercise
First Claim
1. A weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine, the weight pin comprising:
- a handle portion;
a shaft portion extending outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine; and
a load sensor carried by the shaft portion, wherein the load sensor is configured to respond to the weight of the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine.
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for receiving, recording, and/or displaying information related to physical exercise are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an instrumented weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine includes a shaft portion extending outwardly from a handle portion. In this embodiment, the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine. The weight pin can further include a load sensor and/or an accelerometer. The load sensor and/or the accelerometer can provide information associated with an exercise set to a data storage device carried by the weight pin. The data storage device can be operably coupled to a user computer or other display device so that information relating to the exercise set can be displayed for viewing by the user.
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29 Claims
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1. A weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine, the weight pin comprising:
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a handle portion; a shaft portion extending outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine; and a load sensor carried by the shaft portion, wherein the load sensor is configured to respond to the weight of the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine, the weight pin comprising:
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a handle portion; a shaft portion extending outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine; and a load sensor carried by the shaft portion, wherein the load sensor is configured to be operably compressed by the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine.
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8. A weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine, the weight pin comprising:
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a handle portion; a shaft portion extending outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine; a load sensor carried by the shaft portion; and memory operably connected to the load sensor to store information received from the load sensor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine, the weight pin comprising:
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a handle portion; a shaft portion extending outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine; a load sensor carried by the shaft portion; and an accelerometer configured to respond to movement of the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine.
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12. A weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine, the weight pin comprising:
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a handle portion; a shaft portion extending outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine; a load sensor carried by the shaft portion; and a data acquisition module operably connected to the load sensor, the data acquisition module including; a processor operably connected to the load sensor to process information from the load sensor; and memory operably connected to the processor to record information from the processor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine, the weight pin comprising:
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a handle portion; a shaft portion extending outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine; and a load sensor carried by the shaft portion, wherein the load sensor includes a force sensor. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A weight pin for use with a stacked weight exercise machine, the weight pin comprising:
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a handle portion; a shaft portion extending outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of the exercise machine to selectively engage the one or more weights during use of the exercise machine; and an accelerometer, wherein the accelerometer is configured to respond to movement of the one or more weights during operation of the exercise machine. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An exercise machine pin, the exercise machine pin comprising:
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a handle portion; a shaft portion extendinc outwardly from the handle portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be removably positioned adjacent to one or more weights of an exercise machine to releasablv couple the one or more weights to a lifting portion of the exercise machine during use of the exercise machine; and a data receiver configured to receive information associated with the exercise machine, wherein the data receiver includes a wireless data receiver. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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