Fitness devices
AssigneeSpine Care Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRoland Kiser, David Cuccia, Alan Squillante
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Abstract
A fitness device includes a base assembly, a table coupled to the base assembly, and a foot restraint coupled to the base assembly. The foot restraint is configured, responsive to a change in a relative position of the foot restraint with respect to the table, to apply a resistive force to at least one of one or more feet and one or more ankles of a user positioned in the fitness device. The fitness device may also include a controller that is configured to adjust at least one of (i) a height of the table utilizing one or more height actuators of the fitness device, and (ii) a rotation of the table utilizing one or more rotation actuators of the fitness device.
Claims38
A fitness device, comprising:
- a base assembly;
- a table coupled to the base assembly;
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- a foot restraint coupled to the base assembly, the foot restraint permitting movement relative to a platform of the base assembly;
- wherein the foot restraint, responsive to a change in a relative position of the foot restraint with respect to the table, is configured to apply a resistive force to at least one of one or more feet and one or more ankles of a user positioned in the fitness device, the resistive force providing a resistance to the movement;
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- wherein the foot restraint comprises a base plate, a peg interconnection coupled to the base plate, and a set of parallel bars coupled to the peg interconnection, the peg interconnection comprising a wire connected to a force application system configured to apply the resistive force during elevation and rotation of the base plate relative to the platform of the base assembly.
A method of operating a fitness device comprising:
- detecting, by a controller of the fitness device, a change in a relative position of a foot restraint with respect to a table of the fitness device, the foot restraint being coupled to a base assembly of the fitness device, the foot restraint permitting movement relative to a platform of the base assembly;
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- responsive to detecting the change in the relative position of the foot restraint with respect to the table, adjusting, using the controller of the fitness device, at least one of (i) a height of the table and (ii) a rotation of the table to apply a resistive force with the foot restraint to at least one of one or more feet and one or more ankles of a user positioned in the fitness device, the resistive force providing a resistance to the movement;
- wherein the foot restraint comprises a base plate, a peg interconnection coupled to the base plate, and a set of parallel bars coupled to the peg interconnection, the peg interconnection comprising a wire connected to a force application system configured to apply the resistive force during elevation and rotation of the base plate relative to the platform of the base assembly.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by a controller of a fitness device causes the controller to perform steps of:
- detecting a change in a relative position of a foot restraint with respect to a table of the fitness device, the foot restraint being coupled to a base assembly of the fitness device, the foot restraint permitting movement relative to a platform of the base assembly;
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- responsive to detecting the change in the relative position of the foot restraint with respect to the table, adjusting at least one of (i) a height of the table and (ii) a rotation of the table to apply a resistive force with the foot restraint to at least one of one or more feet and one or more ankles of a user positioned in the fitness device, the resistive force providing a resistance to the movement;
- wherein the foot restraint comprises a base plate, a peg interconnection coupled to the base plate, and a set of parallel bars coupled to the peg interconnection, the peg interconnection comprising a wire connected to a force application system configured to apply the resistive force during elevation and rotation of the base plate relative to the platform of the base assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.