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Wearable exercise apparatuses

  • US 9,247,784 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wearable footwear apparatus, comprising:

  • an articulating step-up sole assembly includinga support platform having a toe support region and a heel support region; and

    a swing arm mechanism movable between an expanded configuration andan unexpanded configuration, the swing arm mechanism includinga pivotable sole plate for contacting the ground, the sole plate having a forward portion and a heel portion, the forward portion being rotatably coupled to the support platform at a location forward of the heel support region, anda resistance device coupled to the pivotable sole plate and having a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the resistance device in the locked state keeps the swing arm mechanism in the expanded configuration while a user raises most of the user'"'"'s body mass onto the swing arm mechanism, wherein after the user has raised most of the user'"'"'s body mass onto the swing arm mechanism held open by the resistance device, the resistance device switches to the unlocked state in which the resistance device operates to allow the heel support region to move towards the heel portion of the sole plate to lower the user'"'"'s body towards the ground.

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