Fitness set

• US 10,537,765 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2016
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Powerinstep, S.L.
• Original Assignee: Powerinstep, S.L.
• Inventors: Bores Cifo, Vicente
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Andrew S
• Application Number:
  US15/293,179
• Publication Number:
  US 20170106225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0054 provided with magnets, magnetic parts or magnetic substances
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0081 made at least partially of hook-and-loop type material hook and loop-type straps for fastening purpose A43C11/1493
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 19/005 Weighted inserts for shoes, i.e. insert comprising an additional weight
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/0031 provided with a pocket, e.g. for keys or a card
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00061 Replaceable resistance units of different strengths, e.g. for swapping
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/065 worn on user's body
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/16 Supports for anchoring force-resisters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4009 to the waist
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4015 to the foot
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4021 to the wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4043 Free movement, i.e. the only restriction coming from the resistance A63B21/00043, A63B21/072 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/08 magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/025 for the head or the neck
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/04 for lower limbs training appliances for special sports A63B69/00; for the purpose of producing mechanical power F03G5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/10 for feet or toes
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/12 for upper limbs or related muscles, e.g. chest, upper back or shoulder muscles bench press exercises A63B21/078; for teaching music G09B15/06

Abstract

A fitness set for the practice of fitness, sport, rehabilitation or physiotherapy exercises may include at least one weight, at least one shoe support for fastening the weight to a shoe of a user, and at least one body support for fastening the weight to the body of a user, the weight having a first releasable binding element and the shoe support and the body support having at least one second releasable binding element matching the first releasable binding element of the weight, configured so that that the weight may be releasably attached to the shoe support or to the body support. Methods for fitness training are also provided.

Claims

1. A fitness set comprising:

at least two weights, each weight having two first releasable snap-fit binding components, one at each end of the weight,

two shoe supports each for fastening one of the at least two weights to respective discrete shoes of a user, each shoe support comprising a support plate configured to be attached on an instep of the respective discrete shoe with shoelaces, the support plate comprising two second releasable snap-fit binding components matching the two first releasable snap-fit binding components of each weight; and

at least one body support for fastening one or more of the at least two weights to a wrist, waist, hip, leg, arm, shoulder or neck of the user'"'"'s body,

the body support having at least one fitting with two second releasable snap-fit binding components, one at each end of the fitting and, matching the two first releasable snap-fit binding components of the weights,

the body support and the shoe support configured for each weight to be releasably attached at any one time to any one of the body support or one or the other of the two shoe supports.

2. A fitness set as claimed in claim 1, comprising a belt band as a body support, the belt band comprising at least two second releasable snap-fit binding components.

3. A fitness set as claimed in claim 1, comprising a plurality of weights having different weight values.

4. A method for fitness training comprising:

fastening shoe supports according to claim 1 on the instep of the shoes of a user;

fastening a body support according to claim 1 to the body of the user;

realizing training series alternated with and without predetermined weights fastened to the shoe supports, by

fastening predetermined weights to the body support and realizing a first training series;

changing predetermined weights from the body support to the shoe supports, and realizing a second training series; and

changing back the predetermined weights from the shoe supports to the body support and realizing a third training series.

5. A method as claimed in claim 4, comprising:

repeating alternating the training series with and without predetermined weights fastened to the shoe supports, wherein

different predetermined weights are fastened to the shoe supports in each training series with weights fastened to the shoe supports, and

the last training series is realized without weights fastened to the shoe supports.