US 2017/0246491 A1Published application

Pilates Machine Tension Device Support System

AssigneeLagree Technologies, Inc.

InventorsSebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, John C. Hamilton

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Abstract

A Pilates machine tension device support system for efficiently providing a tension force to a movable platform of an exercise machine. The Pilates machine tension device support system generally includes a frame, a platform movably positioned upon the frame and a tension assembly connected between the frame and the platform to provide selective tension upon the platform in a first direction. The tension assembly is comprised of a plurality of pulleys and a plurality of tension devices positioned upon the pulleys, wherein the tension devices are attached between a frame and the platform. The tension members are selectively engaged to the platform to increase or decrease the tension applied to the platform for varying levels of workouts.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An exercise machine, comprising:

a frame having a first end and a second end;
a first end platform attached to the frame near the first end;
a second end platform attached to the frame near the second end;
a platform movably positioned upon the frame, wherein the platform is adapted to be movable in a reciprocating manner along at least a portion of an axis extending between the first end and the second end;
a selection device attached to the platform, wherein the selection device includes a first slot and a second slot;
a first tension device connected to the frame, wherein the first tension device includes a first knob, wherein the first knob has a width greater than the first slot, wherein the first knob is adapted for selectively connecting to the selection member in a first selected position, and wherein a portion of the first tension device is received by the first slot when in the first selected position;
and
a second tension device connected to the frame, wherein the second tension device includes a second knob, wherein the second knob has a width greater than the second slot, wherein the second knob is adapted for selectively connecting to the selection member in a second selected position, and wherein a portion of the second tension device is received by the second slot when in the second selected position.

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An exercise machine, comprising:

a frame having a first end and a second end;
a first end platform attached to the frame near the first end;
a second end platform attached to the frame near the second end;
a platform movably positioned upon the frame, wherein the platform is adapted to be movable in a reciprocating manner along at least a portion of an axis extending between the first end and the second end;
a selection device attached to the platform, wherein the selection device includes a first slot and a second slot, and wherein the slots are vertically orientated and parallel to one another;
wherein the selection device includes a vertical portion that extends downwardly from the platform and an angled portion extending from the vertical portion, wherein the angled portion extends away from the tension devices, and wherein the slots extend upwardly from a lower end of the angled portion and into a portion of the vertical portion;
a first tension device connected to the frame, wherein the first tension device includes a first knob, wherein the first knob has a width greater than the first slot, wherein the first knob is adapted for selectively connecting to the selection member in a first selected position, and wherein a portion of the first tension device is received by the first slot when in the first selected position;
and
a second tension device connected to the frame, wherein the second tension device includes a second knob, wherein the second knob has a width greater than the second slot, wherein the second knob is adapted for selectively connecting to the selection member in a second selected position, and wherein a portion of the second tension device is received by the second slot when in the second selected position.

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An exercise machine, comprising:

a frame having a first end and a second end;
a first end platform attached to the frame near the first end;
a second end platform attached to the frame near the second end;
a platform movably positioned upon the frame, wherein the platform is adapted to be movable in a reciprocating manner along at least a portion of an axis extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the platform includes a first edge directed towards the first end platform and a second edge directed towards the second end platform;
a selection device attached to the platform near the second edge of the platform, wherein the selection device extends downwardly from the platform, wherein the selection device includes a first slot and a second slot, and wherein the slots are vertically orientated and parallel to one another;
wherein the selection device includes a vertical portion that extends downwardly from the platform and an angled portion extending from the vertical portion, wherein the angled portion extends away from the tension devices, and wherein the slots extend upwardly from a lower end of the angled portion and into a portion of the vertical portion;
a first tension device connected to the frame, wherein the first tension device includes a first knob, wherein the first knob has a width greater than the first slot, wherein the first knob is adapted for selectively connecting to the selection member in a first selected position, and wherein a portion of the first tension device is received by the first slot when in the first selected position;
a second tension device connected to the frame, wherein the second tension device includes a second knob, wherein the second knob has a width greater than the second slot, wherein the second knob is adapted for selectively connecting to the selection member in a second selected position, and wherein a portion of the second tension device is received by the second slot when in the second selected position;
and
a reserve device connected to the frame, wherein the reserve device includes a first reserve slot and a second reserve slot, wherein the first reserve slot is adapted to receive the first tension device and wherein the second reserve slot is adapted to receive the second tension device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/595,429Filed 15 May 2017
Priority: 29 Oct 2012
Published: 31 Aug 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A63B 21/00065
Mechanical means for varying the resistance: by increasing or reducing the number of resistance units
A63B 21/023
Using resilient force-resisters: wound springs
A63B 21/0428
Anchored at two end points, e.g. installed within an apparatus: the ends moving relatively by linear reciprocation
A63B 21/0442
Attached to static foundation , e.g. a user: anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user

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