Exercise Machine Carriage Handle System
AssigneeSPX Fitness, Inc.
InventorsSebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, John C. Hamilton
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Abstract
An exercise machine carriage handle system for providing handles for an exerciser to grasp with their hands thereby expanding the type of exercises that may be performed. The exercise machine carriage handle system generally includes a frame having a track, a carriage movably connected to the track, a bias member connected between the frame and the carriage, a first handle connected to the carriage near the first side, and a second handle connected to the carriage near the second side. The first handle and second handle are adapted for grasping with a first hand and a second hand respectively of a user during the performance of an exercise on the exercise machine.
Claims20
An exercise machine, comprising:
- a frame having a track, a first end and a second end, wherein the track has a longitudinal axis;
- a carriage having an upper surface, a first end, a second end opposite of the first end, a first side and a second side opposite of the first side, wherein the carriage is movably connected to the track and adapted to be movable along a portion of the longitudinal axis of the track;
- a bias member connected between the frame and the carriage, wherein the bias member provides a biasing force to the carriage;
- a first handle connected to the carriage near the first side, wherein the first handle is adapted for grasping with a first hand of a user;
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- a second handle connected to the carriage near the second side, wherein the second handle is adapted for grasping with a second hand of the user.
An exercise machine, comprising:
- a frame having a track, a first end and a second end, wherein the track has a longitudinal axis;
- a carriage having an upper surface, a first end, a second end opposite of the first end, a first side and a second side opposite of the first side, wherein the carriage is movably connected to the track and adapted to be movable along a portion of the longitudinal axis of the track;
- a bias member connected between the frame and the carriage, wherein the bias member provides a biasing force to the carriage;
- a first handle connected to the carriage near the first side, wherein the first handle is adapted for grasping with a first hand of a user;
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- a second handle connected to the carriage near the second side, wherein the second handle is adapted for grasping with a second hand of the user;
- wherein the first handle and the second handle are substantially parallel with respect to one another, the upper surface of the carriage and the longitudinal axis of the frame;
- wherein the first handle and the second handle are each comprised of an elongated structure having a cylindrical shape;
- wherein the first handle and the second handle each have an upper surface that is near a plane of the upper surface of the carriage;
- wherein the carriage includes a first pair of extended portions that extend outwardly from the first side of the carriage and wherein the first handle is attached between the first pair of extended portions forming a first opening between the first handle and the carriage;
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- wherein the carriage includes a second pair of extended portions that extend outwardly from the second side of the carriage and wherein the second handle is attached between the second pair of extended portions forming a second opening between the second handle and the carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.