# US 10,118,067 B2 · Exercise machine carriage handle system

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- Number: US 10,118,067 B2
- Document ID: US10118067B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/465,773
- Filed: 2017-03-22
- Published: 2017-07-06
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2012-10-29
- Assignees: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
- Applicants: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
- Inventors: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree; John C. Hamilton
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118067B2

## CPC

- A63B 21/4035: {for operation by hand}
- A63B 21/023: {Wound springs}
- A63B 21/0428: {the ends moving relatively by linear reciprocation}
- A63B 21/055: extension element type
- A63B 21/4034: {for operation by feet}
- A63B 21/4045: {Reciprocating movement along, in or on a guide (weights moving along or in guiding means A63B21/06; for cardio-training A63B22/201)}
- A63B 22/0046: {Details of the support elements or their connection to the exercising apparatus, e.g. adjustment of size or orientation (attachments of resisters or weights to the body of the user A63B21/4001; using rollers, wheels, castors or gliding means to be moved over the floor or guide tracks A63B22/20)}
- A63B 22/0089: {a counterforce being provided to the support (force-resisting aspects A63B21/00)}
- A63B 23/03508: {For a single arm or leg, (A63B21/0726 takes precedence)}
- A63B 23/03516: {For both arms together or both legs together; Aspects related to the co-ordination between right and left side limbs of a user}
- A63B 23/03575: {Apparatus used for exercising upper and lower limbs simultaneously}
- A63B 23/04: for lower limbs {(training appliances for special sports A63B69/00; for the purpose of producing mechanical power F03G5/00)}
- 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)}
- A63B 71/0622: {Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user}
- A63B 21/00065: {by increasing or reducing the number of resistance units}
- A63B 22/0007: {by alternatively exercising arms or legs, e.g. with a single set of support elements driven either by the upper or the lower limbs}
- A63B 22/001: {by simultaneously exercising arms and legs, e.g. diagonally in anti-phase (A63B22/0076 takes precedence)}
- A63B 22/203: {in a horizontal plane}
- A63B 2023/003: {by torsion of the body part around its longitudinal axis}
- A63B 2071/0633: {without electronic means}
- A63B 2071/0694: {Visual indication, e.g. Indicia}
- A63B 2208/0219: on hands and knees
- A63B 2208/0223: Squatting
- A63B 2225/09: Adjustable dimensions
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

An exercise machine carriage handle system for providing handles for an exerciser to grasp with their hands thereby expanding the type of exercises that may be performed. The exercise machine carriage handle system generally includes a frame having a track, a carriage movably connected to the track, a bias member connected between the frame and the carriage, a first handle connected to the carriage near the first side, and a second handle connected to the carriage near the second side. The first handle and second handle are adapted for grasping with a first hand and a second hand respectively of a user during the performance of an exercise on the exercise machine.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An exercise machine, comprising:
a frame having a pair of parallel rails, a first end and a second end, wherein the frame has a longitudinal axis;
a carriage having an upper surface, a first end, a second end opposite of the first end, a first side and a second side opposite of the first side, wherein the carriage is movably connected to the rails and adapted to be movable along a portion of the longitudinal axis of the frame during execution of an exercise;
wherein the first side of the carriage includes a first handle and a second handle;
wherein the second side of the carriage includes a third handle and a fourth handle;
a bias member connected to the carriage, wherein the bias member provides a biasing force to the carriage;
a first end platform connected to the frame and positioned near the first end of the frame, wherein the first end platform includes an upper surface; and
a second end platform connected to the frame and positioned near the second end of the frame, wherein the second end platform includes an upper surface;
wherein the upper surfaces of the carriage, the first end platform and the second end platform are parallel and aligned with respect to one another.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The exercise machine of claim 1, wherein the first handle and the second handle extend outwardly from the first side of the carriage, and wherein the third handle and the fourth handle extend outwardly from the second side of the carriage.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The exercise machine of claim 2, wherein the first handle, the second handle, the third handle and the fourth handle each extend laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the frame.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The exercise machine of claim 1, wherein the first handle, the second handle, the third handle and the fourth handle each include a straight edge.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The exercise machine of claim 4, wherein the straight edge for each of the handles extends laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the frame.