# US 10,500,433 B2 · Workout devices and methods

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- Number: US 10,500,433 B2
- Document ID: US10500433B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/434,833
- Filed: 2017-02-16
- Published: 2017-08-24
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2016-02-19
- Assignees: 1930109 Ontario Inc.
- Applicants: 1930109 Ontario Inc.
- Inventors: Jamie Fairchild; Mark Simmons
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500433B2

## CPC

- A63B 21/065: worn on user's body
- A63B 7/00: Freely-suspended gymnastic apparatus
- A63B 7/02: Swinging rings; Trapezes
- A63B 21/00047: {Exercising devices not moving during use (benches A63B21/4029; isometric exercising devices A63B21/0023; step exercisers A63B23/0458; walk exercisers A63B23/0464)}
- A63B 21/0005: {specially adapted for head stands}
- A63B 21/0616: {with an adjustable moment (A63B21/0617 takes precedence)}
- A63B 21/16: Supports for anchoring force-resisters
- A63B 21/4013: {to the ankle}
- A63B 22/16: Platforms for rocking motion about a horizontal axis {, e.g. axis through the middle of the platform}; Balancing drums; Balancing boards or the like {(exercising apparatus with cantilevered support elements pivoting about an axis A63B22/0056; other exercising apparatus for improving balance A63B26/003)}
- A63B 23/0211: {moving torso with immobilized lower limbs}
- A63B 23/0216: {moving lower limbs with immobilized torso}
- A63B 23/0405: {involving a bending of the knee and hip joints simultaneously (A63B23/0476 takes precedence)}
- A63B 23/1218: {Chinning, pull-up, i.e. concentric movement}
- A63B 23/1236: {Push-ups in horizontal position, i.e. eccentric movement}
- A63B 24/0062: {Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance}
- A63B 21/0602: {Fluids, e.g. water}
- A63B 21/0604: {Solid masses, e.g. concrete (A63B21/0603 takes precedence)}
- A63B 21/068: using user's body weight
- A63B 21/072: Dumb-bells, bar-bells or the like {, e.g. weight discs having an integral peripheral handle}
- A63B 21/169: {for anchoring on or against a wall}
- A63B 2023/0411: {Squatting exercises}
- A63B 2208/0295: on hands and feet
- A63B 2225/09: Adjustable dimensions
- A63B 2225/50: Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A workout device that has an arcuate body having first and second ends, and one or more attachment points extending through the body, each attachment point for releasably attaching a load and for releasably attaching an anchor to suspend the workout device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A workout device comprising:
an arcuate body having first and second ends, the body having an inner edge defining a cervical notch for receiving a cervical spine of a user;
one or more attachment points extending through the body, each attachment point for releasably attaching a load and for releasably attaching an anchor to suspend the workout device; and
a centre attachment point positioned at a centre of the body, and at least one other attachment point positioned offset from the centre of the body.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, wherein the inner edge defines a trapezius cradle for conforming to a trapezius of a user.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, wherein said attachment points permit pivoting of the load attached thereto.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, wherein said attachment points permit pivoting of the body when the anchor is attached thereto.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, wherein said centre attachment point permits pivoting of the body when the anchor is attached thereto.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, operable to be asymmetrically loaded about the centre of the body.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, wherein the body comprises an internal support plate, a first external frame, and a second external frame, the internal support plate comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first external frame joined to the first side, and the second external frame joined to the second side.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The workout device of claim 7, wherein the internal support structure comprises an internal support plate having one or more plate attachment holes extending therethrough, and the first and second external frames comprise one or more frame attachment holes extending therethrough, the plate attachment holes and frame attachment holes defining the one or more attachment points when the internal support plate and the first and second external frames are joined.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The workout device of claim 7, wherein the internal support structure comprises a truss.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The workout device of claim 9, wherein one or more internal attachment sleeves are mounted to the truss, and the first and second external frames comprise one or more frame attachment holes extending therethrough, the internal attachment sleeves and frame attachment holes defining the one or more attachment points when the internal support structure and the first and second external frames are joined.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises one or more gripping surfaces for gripping onto the body.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The workout device of claim 11, wherein the one or more gripping surfaces are defined by an edge of the body, the one or more attachment points, a crimp hold, a hand grip, a two-finger pocket hold, or a three-finger pocket hold.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, wherein the body is comprised of at least two detachable modular segments, wherein at least a first modular segment comprises the first end, and at least a second modular segment comprises the second end.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The workout device of claim 1, further comprising a sensor and a Bluetooth radio wave transmitter embedded in the body, the radio wave transmitter connected to the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to generate signals based on an orientation and a dynamic state of the body, and wherein the radio wave transmitter is configured to receive the signals generated by the sensor, generate radio waves indicative of the orientation and the dynamic state of the body, and transmitting the radio waves.