Console positioning
AssigneeICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
InventorScott R. Watterson
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Abstract
A method for positioning a console of an exercise device includes determining an angle formed between an exercise deck of the exercise device and a base of the exercise device and adjusting a physical height of a console of the exercise device to a correlated height based at least in part on the angle of the exercise deck when the physical height is determined to be out of alignment with the correlated height.
Claims20
A method for positioning a console of an exercise device comprising a base, an exercise deck, at least one telescopic post and the console, wherein the exercise deck is adjustably attached to the base and the console is attached to the base through the at least one telescopic post, the method comprising:
- determining an angle of the exercise deck of the exercise device, wherein the angle of the exercise deck is formed between the exercise deck and the base of the exercise device, and wherein the angle of the exercise deck is determined with a sensor incorporated into the console, the console and the exercise deck being supported by the base of the exercise device;
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- adjusting a physical height of the console of the exercise device to a correlated height based at least in part on the angle of the exercise deck.
A method for positioning a console of an exercise device comprising a base, an exercise deck, at least one telescopic post and the console, wherein the exercise deck is adjustably attached to the base and the console is attached to the base through the at least one telescopic post, the method comprising:
- measuring a distance between the console and the exercise deck using a sensor incorporated into the console, the console and the exercise deck being supported by the base of the exercise device;
- determining an angle of the exercise deck of the exercise device, wherein the angle of the exercise deck is formed between the exercise deck and the base of the exercise device, wherein the angle of the exercise deck is determined based on the distance between the console and the exercise deck;
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- adjusting a physical height of the console of the exercise device to a correlated height based at least in part on the angle of the exercise deck and a user preference.
A method for positioning a console of an exercise device comprising a base, an exercise deck, at least one telescopic post and the console, wherein the exercise deck is adjustably attached to the base and the console is attached to the base through the at least one telescopic post, the method comprising:
- determining an angle of the exercise deck of the exercise device, wherein the angle of the exercise deck is formed between the exercise deck and the base of the exercise device in response to a change in an incline angle of the exercise deck, wherein the angle of the exercise deck is determined using a sensor incorporated into the console, the console and the exercise deck being supported by the base of the exercise device the exercise device;
- multiplying a change in the angle of the exercise deck by a proportionality constant to determine a proportional height:
- determining a correlated height from the proportional height based on at least one user preference and a location of a load applied to the exercise deck by a user during a performance of an exercise;
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- adjusting a physical height of the console of the exercise device to the correlated height based at least in part on the angle of the exercise deck and a user preference when the physical height is determined to be out of alignment with the correlated height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.