Training apparatus with progress indicator and unified base for different apparatus types
AssigneeVision 8 GmbH
InventorMarkus Hammer
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Abstract
A training apparatus having a progress indicator and unified base for different apparatus types, such as for an ergometer, speed bike, recumbent bike, home training bike, rowing apparatus, elliptical trainer, cross-trainer or treadmill. The fitness apparatus of every apparatus type is based on a structure which is unified in terms of technical design, according to which the frame or pedestal of the fitness apparatus has rollers which are arranged on the frame or pedestal such that a tilt-stable positioning of the frame with respect to the subsurface and a longitudinal displacement of the frame or of the frame together with the pedestal relative to the subsurface is enabled by means of an actuator depending on the measure of success of the user training.
Claims21
A fitness apparatus (1) comprising:
- a drive device (27) for receiving a training performance generated by a user;
- a force transmission device (21) for transmitting the performance generated by the user during the training to the drive device (27);
- a frame (2, 2a, 2b), on which the drive device (27) and a force transmission device (21) are arranged, wherein the frame (2, 2a, 2b) is further designed to support the user of the fitness apparatus (1) while performing fitness exercises;
- a pedestal (3, 3′) supporting the frame (2, 2a, 2b) for resting on a subsurface;
- at least one sensor (26) for determining the training performance generated by the user;
- a control device (6), which is formed to receive data from the at least one sensor (26), wherein the control device (6) cooperates with:
- a processing unit (7), which is formed to determine a measure of success from the training performance generated by the user, and
- a signal unit (8), which is formed to generate a signal (80) for a progress indicator, based on the determined measure of success,
- characterized in that
- the frame (2, 2a, 2b) or the pedestal (3′) of the fitness apparatus (1) has rollers (47, 48, 49, 48′, 49′), which are arranged on the frame (2, 2a, 2b) or on the pedestal (3′) in such a way that a tilt-stable positioning of the frame (2) with respect to the subsurface as well as a longitudinal displacement of the frame (2) or of the frame (2) together with the pedestal (3′) relative to the subsurface is made possible, and wherein
- the fitness apparatus (1) further has at least one actuating drive (9), which is formed
- to displace the frame (2) relative to the pedestal (3) or
- the frame (2) together with the pedestal (3′) relative to the subsurface in the longitudinal direction as a function of the signal (80) by means of the rollers (47, 48, 49, 48′, 49′) in a motorized manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.