# US 12,179,061 B2 · Sensor enabled exercise slider

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- Number: US 12,179,061 B2
- Document ID: US12179061B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/722,293
- Filed: 2022-04-15
- Published: 2022-10-20
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2021-04-16
- Applicants: Trent Zimmer
- Inventors: Trent Zimmer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179061B2

## CPC

- A63B 22/20: using rollers, wheels, castors or the like, {e.g. gliding means,} to be moved over the floor or other surface, {e.g. guide tracks,} during exercising
- 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 2071/0655: {Tactile feedback}
- A63B 2220/13: Relative positions
- A63B 2220/51: Force
- A63B 2220/53: Force of an impact, e.g. blow or punch
- A63B 2220/801: Contact switches
- A63B 2220/805: Optical or opto-electronic sensors
- A63B 2220/833: Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
- A63B 2225/20: with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
- 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

Disclosed are implementations of a sensor enabled exercise slider configured to detect movement and applied force. A sensor enabled exercise slider is a limb-actuated, linearly and circularly moveable, apparatus configured to facilitate a variety of exercises. An example limb-actuated exercise slider comprises: a housing that is smoothly slidable across a contacted surface in contact with an undersurface of the housing; and an electronic circuit carried by the housing. The electronic circuit is configured to detect movement of the housing and to detect force applied to a top surface of the housing. In some implementations, the undersurface in contact with the contacted surface has a friction coefficient permitting the sliding.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A limb-actuated exercise slider configured to detect movement and applied force, the limb-actuated exercise slider comprising:
a housing that is smoothly slidable across a contacted surface in contact with an undersurface of the housing; and
an electronic circuit carried by the housing;
wherein:
the electronic circuit includes an optical sensor configured to detect movement of the housing; and
the electronic circuit includes at least one compression force sensor configured to detect force applied to a top surface of the housing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The limb-actuated exercise slider of claim 1, wherein the optical sensor is exposed to the contacted surface through an opening in the undersurface of the housing, and the at least one compression force sensor is positioned underneath the top surface of the housing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The limb-actuated exercise slider of claim 2, wherein, while a downward force is being applied to the top surface of the housing, the top surface is configured to resiliently deform and make contact with the at least one compression force sensor.

### Claim 4

A limb-actuated exercise slider configured to detect movement and applied force, the limb-actuated exercise slider comprising:
a housing that is smoothly slidable across a contacted surface in contact with an undersurface of the housing, the undersurface in contact with the contacted surface has a friction coefficient permitting the sliding; and
an electronic circuit carried by the housing;
wherein:
the electronic circuit includes an optical sensor configured to detect movement of the housing; and
the electronic circuit includes four compression force sensors configured to detect force applied to a top surface of the housing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The limb-actuated exercise slider of claim 4, wherein the optical sensor is exposed to the contacted surface through an opening in the undersurface of the housing, and the four compression force sensors are positioned underneath the top surface of the housing.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The limb-actuated exercise slider of claim 5, wherein, while a downward force is being applied to the top surface of the housing, the top surface is configured to resiliently deform and make contact with underlying compression force sensors.

### Claim 7

A limb-actuated exercise slider configured to detect movement and applied force, the limb-actuated exercise slider comprising:
a housing that is smoothly rotatable on, and smoothly slidable across, a contacted surface in contact with an undersurface of the housing, the undersurface in contact with the contacted surface has a friction coefficient permitting the rotation and sliding; and
an electronic circuit carried by the housing;
wherein:
the electronic circuit includes an optical sensor configured to detect movement of the housing; and
the electronic circuit includes at least one compression force sensor configured to detect force applied to a top surface of the housing.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The limb-actuated exercise slider of claim 7, wherein the optical sensor is exposed to the contacted surface through an opening in the undersurface of the housing, and the at least one compression force sensor is positioned underneath the top surface of the housing.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The limb-actuated exercise slider of claim 8, wherein, while a downward force is being applied to the top surface of the housing, the top surface is configured to resiliently deform and make contact with the at least one compression force sensor.