Differential air pressure (DAP) system, related devices and methods
AssigneeBoost Treadmills, LLC
InventorsSean Tremaine Whalen, Thomas Jack Waldo Allen, Robert Tremaine Whalen, Jan R. Black, Nicole Pasdera
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AssigneeBoost Treadmills, LLC
InventorsSean Tremaine Whalen, Thomas Jack Waldo Allen, Robert Tremaine Whalen, Jan R. Black, Nicole Pasdera
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A Differential Air Pressure (DAP) disguised as an amusement system is provided for motivating user participation in exercise session activities of the DAP system. The DAP system has a support platform with a treadmill integrated therein, and includes an inflatable enclosure secured at a base end to the support platform that extends upward therefrom in an inflated state to a vertical height for the exercise session, which has shape features corresponding with the amusement system disguise. A restraint securely connected to the support platform at a base portion and connected to a top opening defined through an upper region of the inflatable enclosure restrains the top opening at a vertical height in an inflated state. A control computer controls the DAP system to perform operations corresponding with the disguised appearance and further include operations for at least partially unweighting the user for the exercise session.
An assistive amusement system adapted to enable and motivate user participation in exercise session activities of a Differential Air Pressure (DAP) system substantially disguised as a play system, the DAP system having a support platform with a treadmill integrated therein, the assistive amusement system comprising:
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