US 12,337,209 B2Granted

Movably supported exercise device

AssigneeSaris Equipment, LLC

InventorsBenjamin Raymond Bass, Dustin Lee Kohl, Andrew Haala, Ryan Lutzen

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Abstract

An item of exercise equipment with a movable support that is movable in a fore-aft direction and simultaneously movable laterally, e.g. about a tilt axis. The exercise equipment may be a cycle mounted to a base. A roller and track arrangement may be provided between the cycle and base, to provide movement of the cycle in the axial direction and in a tilt direction relative to the base. The roller and track arrangement may be one or more curved roller and track engagement surfaces that extend in the axial direction and provide a gravity bias of the platform toward an axial neutral position. The cycle and base include a tilt biasing arrangement for biasing the cycle toward a tilt neutral position relative to the base.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An item of exercise equipment, comprising:

a frame configured to support a user;
a user input arrangement movably mounted to the frame for enabling a user to apply input forces during exercise;
a support arrangement with which the frame is engaged and that supports the frame above a support surface, wherein the support arrangement is configured to provide movement of the frame in a fore-aft direction in response to input forces applied to the frame by the user, wherein the support arrangement is further configured to provide tilting movement of the frame about a tilt axis that extends primarily in the fore-aft direction;
and
a neutral biasing arrangement for biasing the frame toward a fore-aft neutral position and a tilting neutral position,
wherein the frame is engaged with the support arrangement via engagement of a roller and track arrangement, wherein the roller and track arrangement provides fore-aft movement of the frame relative to the support arrangement.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/674,375Filed 24 May 2024 · continuation
Priority: 17 Aug 2017
Published: US 2025/0001246 A12 Jan 2025
Granted: 24 Jun 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

A63B 22/0605
With support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movement: performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
A63B 22/0023
With an adjustable movement path of the support elements: the inclination of the main axis of the movement path being adjustable, e.g. the…
A63B 22/16
Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements: platforms…
A63B 26/003
Exercising apparatus not covered by groups A63B1/00 - A63B25/00: for improving balance or equilibrium

Family

Application62/546,748Us provisional application · filed 17 Aug 2017
Application62/637,003Us provisional application · filed 1 Mar 2018
Application15/999,259Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Aug 2018
Application16/819,956Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Mar 2020
US 10,974,118 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 Apr 2021
Application17/724,086Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Apr 2022
US 11,400,339 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Aug 2022
US 11,992,725 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 28 May 2024
US 2025/0001246 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Jan 2025
Application16/819,956Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2019/0070476 A1Published application
US 2020/0215381 A1Published application
US 2022/0249905 A1Published application
US 12,337,209 B2This patent

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