US 11,097,151 B2Granted

Locking device for recumbent stepper

AssigneeNuStep, Inc.

InventorsMatthew P. Weber, Neil M. Cole, Daniel C. Shnidman, Robert A. Law, Douglas R. Hennigar, Walter N. Cole

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Abstract

A locking device for an exercise system may include a locking member having a contact portion and configured to move between a first position and a second position. When in the first position, the contact portion of the locking member is not in mechanical communication with the resistance mechanism of the exercise system, thereby allowing movement of the at least one moveable assembly. When in the second position, the contact portion of the locking member is in mechanical communication with the resistance mechanism of the exercise system, thereby preventing movement of the at least one moveable assembly.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A locking device for an exercise system, the locking device comprising:

a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a length extending perpendicularly from the first portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are fixedly attached to one another;
an axle extending through the first portion and defining an axis of rotation, the axle being separate and spaced from the second portion;
the second portion having a contact portion that extends along the length of the second portion and is configured to selectively engage a resistance mechanism of the exercise system and configured to move between a first position to allow movement of the exercise system and a second position to lock movement of the exercise system about the axis of rotation defined by the axle;
and
an actuator for selectively engaging the first portion and moving the contact portion between the first position and the second position.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/180,355Filed 5 Nov 2018 · continuation
Priority: 24 Jan 2014
Published: US 2019/0126094 A12 May 2019
Granted: 24 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification66 codes

A63B 22/0664
With support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movement: performing an elliptic movement
A63B 21/0125
Using frictional force-resisters: with surfaces rolling against each other without substantial slip
A63B 21/153
Using flexible elements for reciprocating movements, e.g. ropes or chains: wound-up and unwound during exercise, e.g. from a reel
A63B 22/0056
With cantilevered support elements pivoting about an axis: the pivoting movement being in a vertical plane, e.g. steppers with a horizontal axis

Family

Application61/931,099Us provisional application · filed 24 Jan 2014
Application61/952,529Us provisional application · filed 13 Mar 2014
Application14/603,830Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jan 2015
Application15/691,907Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Aug 2017
US 9,757,612 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Sep 2017
US 2019/0126094 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 May 2019
US 10,150,000 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2015/0217159 A1Published application
US 2018/0028859 A1Published application
US 11,097,151 B2This patent

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