US 10,118,071 B2 · Rotator cuff muscle exercise machine

Abstract

A machine for exercising the rotator cuff muscles that is operable to individually and separately isolate and exercise each of the four rotator cuff muscles while the user is in a seated position. The exercise machine includes a plurality of structural elements including a main vertical beam and a base frame operable to be positioned on the ground, where the main beam extends vertically from the base frame. The machine includes a plurality of pulleys mounted to the structural elements and a plurality of exercise cables running through the pulleys, where handles are coupled to the exercise cables. A seat is mounted to the vertical beam and the handles are positioned relative thereto to allow the user to grasp the handles and perform the several exercises for each arm.

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Dependent claims

An exercise machine comprising:

a plurality of structural elements including a main vertical beam and a base frame operable to be positioned on the ground, said main beam extending vertically from the base frame;
a plurality of pulleys mounted to the structural elements;
a plurality of exercise cables running through the pulleys;
a plurality of handles coupled to the exercise cables;
and
a seat mounted to the vertical beam, wherein the configuration and orientation of the structural elements, pulleys, cables and handles allow a user seated in the seat to independently exercise each of the user's right-side supraspinatus muscle, right-side infraspinatus muscle, right-side subscapularis muscle, right-side teres minor muscle, left-side supraspinatus muscle, left-side infraspinatus muscle, left-side subscapularis muscle, and left-side teres minor muscle without causing any other muscle of the user including any other rotator cuff muscle to be exercised.

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An exercise machine for independently exercising each rotator cuff muscle including a right-side supraspinatus muscle, a right-side infraspinatus muscle, a right-side subscapularis muscle, a right-side teres minor muscle, a left-side supraspinatus muscle, a left-side infraspinatus muscle, a left-side subscapularis muscle and a left-side teres minor muscle of a user of the machine without causing any other muscle of the user including any other rotator cuff muscle to be exercised, said machine comprising a plurality of cables, handles and pulleys for performing the independent exercises.

An exercise machine comprising:

a plurality of structural elements including a main vertical beam and a base frame operable to be positioned on the ground, said main beam extending vertically from the base frame;
a plurality of pulleys mounted to the structural elements;
a plurality of exercise cables running through the pulleys;
a plurality of handles coupled to the exercise cables;
a seat mounted to the vertical beam, wherein the configuration and orientation of the structural elements, pulleys, cables and handles allow a user seated in the seat to exercise each of the user's right-side supraspinatus muscle, right-side infraspinatus muscle, right-side subscapularis muscle, right-side teres minor muscle, left-side supraspinatus muscle, left-side infraspinatus muscle, left-side subscapularis muscle, and left-side teres minor muscle;
and
a gull wing assembly including a back plate mounted to the vertical beam above the seat, said gull wing assembly including a left-side gull wing and a right-side gull wing both being pivotably mounted relative to the back plate, said left-side gull wing and said right-side gull wing being positioned in a down position for the exercises for the left-side infraspinatus muscle, the right-side infraspinatus muscle, the left-side subscapularis muscle and the right-side subscapularis muscle and being positioned in an up position for the exercises for the left-side supraspinatus muscle, the right-side supraspinatus muscles, the left-side teres minor muscle and the right-side teres minor muscle.

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