Exercise device having position verification feedback
AssigneeScott & Wilkins Enterprises, LLC
InventorsLarry Wilkins, Vaughan Scott
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Abstract
An exercise device having position verification feedback capabilities. In one embodiment, the exercise device generally includes a base unit defining a support surface, at least two position sensors arranged along a sensing plane relative to the support surface for detecting the presence of the user along the sensing plane, and a controller in communication with the position sensors to determine the user's position relative to the sensing plane. In another embodiment, the exercise device is configured to simulate the activity of jumping rope. In a further embodiment, an exercise device is provided that is capable of measuring one or more parameters associated with a user's vertical jumping ability.
Claims22
-34. (canceled)
An exercise device for simulating the activity of jumping rope, comprising:
- a support surface;
- a plurality of light source bands extending across said support surface and offset from one another along an axis;
- a controller in communication with said light source bands to sequentially activate and deactivate said light source bands in a direction along said axis to simulate a jump rope passing beneath a user's feet.
-71. (canceled)
An exercise device for simulating the activity of jumping rope, comprising:
- a support surface;
- a plurality of light source bands extending across said support surface and offset from one another along an axis;
- at least two position sensors defining sensing paths and arranged to define a sensing grid located above said support surface, said at least two position sensors adapted to detect a presence of the user along said sensing grid;
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- a controller in communication with said light source bands to sequentially activate and deactivate said light source bands in a direction along said axis to simulate a jump rope passing beneath a user's feet, said controller providing a signal indicative of a location of the user's feet relative to said sensing grid.
An exercise device for simulating the activity of jumping rope, comprising:
- a support surface;
- three or more light source bands extending across said support surface and offset from one another along an axis;
- a controller in communication with said light source bands to sequentially activate and deactivate said light source bands in a direction along said axis to simulate a jump rope passing beneath a user's feet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.