Exercise device

• US 7,931,570 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2006
• Issued: 04/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Balanced Body Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Balanced Body Incorporated
• Inventors: Hoffman, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewin; Allana
• Application Number:
  US12/162,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20100016131A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,609 Days
• Field of Search: 482/95, 482/96, 482/129, 482/130, 482/146, 482/147, 482/907, 482/123, 482/133
• US Class Current: 482/123
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2022/0028 the movement path being non-parallel to the body-symmetrical-plane, e.g. support elements moving at an angle to the body-symmetrical-plane
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2022/0038 One foot moving independently from the other, i.e. there is no link between the movements of the feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00061 Replaceable resistance units of different strengths, e.g. for swapping
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00065 by increasing or reducing the number of resistance units
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0442 Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/055 extension element type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0552 Elastic ropes or bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/28 Devices for two persons operating in opposition or in cooperation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/285 in cooperation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0015 with an adjustable movement path of the support elements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/14 Platforms for reciprocating rotating motion about a vertical axis , e.g. axis through the middle of the platform
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/203 in a horizontal plane
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0204 Standing on the feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0257 prone
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0295 on hands and feet for push-ups A63B23/1236
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/03533 With separate means driven by each limb, i.e. performing different movements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0355 A single apparatus used for either upper or lower limbs, i.e. with a set of support elements driven either by the upper or the lower limb or limbs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0417 with guided foot supports moving parallel to the body-symmetrical-plane by translation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0022 for skating
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0036 Accessories for stowing, putting away or transporting exercise apparatus or sports equipment A63B47/00, A63B55/00, A63B60/56 take precedence

Abstract

A versatile exercise device comprising a level frame; a frame keyhole sequence; a track parallel to two sides of the frame; at least one resistance medium, and a platform comprising at least two wheels, placed and rolling within said track, a platform frame comprising a platform keyhole sequences, and a top panel. The resistance mediums connect the platform to the frame. Preferably, each of two resistance mediums connects one side of the platform with one side of the frame.

Claims

1. An exercise device comprising:

a frame having two opposite ends;

at least one platform movably mounted on said frame such as to allow movement of the platform between the opposite ends of the frame;

at least one track extending between the ends of the frame, a portion of the at least one track comprising a cover operable to engage a part of the platform; and

at least one resistance medium having one end connectable to the platform and a second end connectable to one of said two opposite ends of the frame and at least one other resistance medium having one other end connectable to the platform and a second other end connectable to the other one of said two opposite ends of the frame such that the platform is neutrally positioned between the opposite ends when the mediums are connected between the platform and the ends of the frame;

wherein each resistance medium is stored under and carried by the platform, in parallel to a top panel of the platform when not in use, and wherein the platform is provided with two spaced apart platform frame members extending downward from opposite ends of the platform, each member having a sequence of platform attaching elements, and wherein each resistance medium passes straight through the two platform frame members and has an equilibrium length equal or shorter than the distance straight between the two spaced apart sequences to allow storage of each resistance medium beneath the platform by connecting one end of each of the resistance mediums to an attaching element of one of the two sequences of platform attaching elements and the other end of each of the resistance mediums to another attaching element of the other sequence of platform attaching elements.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein each resistance medium comprises an elongated elastic member having opposite ends and a rigid conic shaped terminator fastened to each end of the elastic member.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein each of the sequences of the platform attaching elements are keyhole-like openings in the platform frame members each adapted to receive one end of a resistance medium.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein each resistance medium is provided with a visual indicator for indicating resistance value.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the visual indicator is color or texture.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the platform comprises a set of wheels for moving the platform along said frame.

7. The device of claim 1 further comprising an elongated stopper hole strip fastened to the frame and extending between the frame ends and an at least one removable stop pin positionable in at least one stopper hole in the stopper hole strip.

8. The device of claim 1 further comprising a rotational stand removably fastened to the platform.

9. An exercise device comprising:

a frame having two opposite ends;

at least one platform movably mounted on said frame such as to allow movement of the platform between the opposite ends of the frame; and

at least one resistance medium having one end connectable to the platform and a second end connectable to one of said two opposite ends of the frame and at least one other resistance medium having one other end connectable to the platform and a second other end connectable to the other one of said two opposite ends of the frame such that the platform is neutrally positioned between the opposite ends when the mediums are connected between the platform and the ends of the frame;

wherein each resistance medium is stored under the platform, in parallel to a top panel of the platform when not in use, and wherein the platform is provided with two spaced apart sequences of platform attaching elements, and wherein each resistance medium has an equilibrium length equal or shorter than the distance between the two spaced apart sequences to allow storage of each resistance medium beneath the platform by connecting one end of each of the resistance mediums to an attaching element of one of the two sequences of platform attaching elements and the other end of each of the resistance mediums to another attaching element of the second sequence of platform attaching elements, wherein the frame includes at least one track extending between the ends of the frame and wherein the track comprises a cover, said cover at least partially covering an at least one part of the platform.

10. An exercise device comprising:

a frame having two opposite ends and a pair of spaced parallel tracks extending therebetween;

a platform movably mounted on the tracks between the ends of the frame;

at least one of the tracks having a cover at least partially covering at least one part of the platform;

a first attachment element and an opposing second attachment element extending downward from opposite ends of the platform in a spaced apart relation, each element having a series of spaced openings therethrough; and

a plurality of elastic resistance members mounted to and between the first and second spaced elements through the openings, each elastic resistance member having one end connectable to the first element through one of the openings and a second end connectable to the second element through another one of the openings when the resistance member is not in use;

wherein each end may be removably pulled further through the one of the first or second elements and fastened to an end of the frame closest to the platform element through which the end of the elastic member has been pulled, and wherein at least one other resistance member is removably passed through the other one of the first or second elements and fastened to the end of the frame closest to the other one of the first or second elements such that the platform can be neutrally positioned between the opposite ends of the frame when two or more elastic members are connected between the platform and the ends of the frame.

11. The device according to claim 10 wherein the elastic resistance members are held between the first and second elements when not attached to either end of the frame.

12. The device according to claim 10 wherein each element is a generally flat plate and the openings are keyway shaped open slots each for receiving one of the elastic resistance member ends therein.

13. The device according to claim 10 wherein the platform has a generally rectangular shape with a pair of wheels mounted thereto for movement of the platform along each track.

14. The device according to claim 10 wherein each frame end has a plurality of spaced vertical slots therein each for receiving and holding one of the ends of the resistance members.

15. The device according to claim 10 wherein each of the elements is an L shaped bracket plate having one portion fastened to the bottom of the platform and another portion having open keyway shaped slots therethrough for receiving and holding the elastic resistance member ends.