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US 2022/0016477 A1Published application
Climbing exercise machine
AssigneeClmbr1, LLC.
InventorsNathaniel Carruthers, Joe Ellis
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Abstract
An exercise machine creates a simulated continuous resisted climbing motion. The machine includes a floor- or ground-contacting base frame and two or more substantially vertically oriented uprights, wherein at least one upright is rigidly connected to the base frame. The machine further includes two handles and two foot pedals, each handle and each foot pedal being movably engaged with an upright for linear reciprocating motion along the upright. The handles and foot pedals are interconnected so that they move concurrently. An adjustable resistance mechanism may be operatively connected to the interconnection of the handles and foot pedals to provide adjustable resistance for the simulated continuous climbing motion.
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A climbing exercise machine, comprising:
- a base support frame configured to contact a floor or ground surface;
- a first elongate upright, rigidly connected to the base support frame at an obtuse angle relative to the floor or ground surface;
- a second elongate upright, horizontally spaced apart from and parallel to the first upright and rigidly connected to the base support frame at an obtuse angle relative to the floor or ground surface;
- a first movable handle and a first movable foot pedal, vertically spaced apart from each other and each being slidably engaged with the first upright to enable reciprocating linear movement along the first upright;
- a second movable handle and a second movable foot pedal, vertically spaced apart from each other and each being slidably engaged with the second upright to enable reciprocating linear movement along the second upright;
- an adjustable resistance mechanism, mounted on a stationary portion of the machine;
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- a linkage assembly, interconnecting and synchronizing the first movable handle, the first movable foot pedal, the second movable handle, the second movable foot pedal, and the adjustable resistance mechanism,
- wherein the interconnection and synchronization provided by the linkage assembly enables reciprocating concurrent movement of the first handle, the first foot pedal, the second handle, the second foot pedal, and the adjustable resistance mechanism to simulate a resisted continuous climbing motion for a user, and
- wherein the linkage assembly comprises multiple flexible components, each guided by pulleys.
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A climbing exercise machine, comprising:
- a base support frame configured to contact a floor or ground surface;
- a first elongate upright having a first end and second end, wherein the first end is rigidly connected to the base support frame at an obtuse angle relative to the floor or ground surface;
- an elongate or V-shaped crossbar having a first end and a second end, wherein a central portion of the crossbar is rigidly connected to the second end of the first upright to form a T or Y shape;
- a second elongate upright having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is rigidly connected to the first end of the crossbar such that the first upright and the second upright are in substantially parallel planes on opposing vertical sides of the crossbar;
- a third elongate upright having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is rigidly connected to the second end of the crossbar such that the first upright and the third upright are in substantially parallel planes on opposing vertical sides of the crossbar;
- first and second movable foot pedals, operatively engaged with opposing lateral sides of the first upright to enable reciprocating linear movement along the first upright;
- a first movable handle, operatively engaged with the second upright to enable reciprocating linear movement along the second upright;
- a second movable handle, operatively engaged with the third upright to enable reciprocating linear movement along the third upright;
- an adjustable resistance mechanism, mounted on a stationary portion of the machine;
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- a linkage assembly, interconnecting and synchronizing the first movable handle, the first movable foot pedal, the second movable handle, the second movable foot pedal, and the adjustable resistance mechanism,
- wherein the interconnection and synchronization provided by the linkage assembly enables reciprocating concurrent movement of the first handle, the first foot pedal, the second handle, the second foot pedal, and the adjustable resistance mechanism to simulate a resisted continuous climbing motion for a user, and
- wherein the linkage assembly comprises multiple flexible components, each guided by pulleys.
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