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US 2025/0352849 A1Published application
Exercise and training apparatus
OwnerRon C. Bullochinventor
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Abstract
An exercise and training apparatus that includes a pair of interconnected diverging track sections, a pair of trucks for supporting the feet of a user and traveling along the track sections, and a latching mechanism operable for automatically and repetitively effecting alternating latching of a released truck and releasing of a latched truck as the released truck arrives proximate the apex of the apparatus. Each of the trucks is engageable with right and left rails on an associated track section via at least pulley-style road wheels and a pulley-style friction wheel on a right side wheel assembly and at least pulley-style road wheels and a pulley-style friction wheel on a left side wheel assembly.
Claims40
An exercise and training apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a pair of interconnected track sections each having first and second longitudinal ends and right and left laterally spaced rails, and extending at a divergent angle relative to each other from the first longitudinal ends,
- (b) a pair of trucks, each engageable with the right and left rails on an associated one of the pair of track sections for longitudinal reciprocating travel along the associated track section, with each truck including at least a right side wheel assembly, a left side wheel assembly, and a foot platform for supporting a foot of an exerciser atop the right and left wheel assemblies, and
- (c) a latching mechanism operable for automatically and repetitively effecting alternating latching of a released truck and releasing of a latched truck as the released truck arrives at an exchange point along the longitudinal length of the associated track section.
An exercise and training apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a pair of interconnected track sections each having first and second longitudinal ends, right and left laterally spaced sides interconnected and extending upward from one or more cross members, an upwardly open T-slot extending along the longitudinal length of the track section intermediate the right and left sides of the track section upward from the one or more cross members, the track sections extending at a divergent angle relative to each other from the first longitudinal ends,
- (b) a pair of trucks, each engageable with the right and left rails on an associated one of the pair of track sections for longitudinal reciprocating travel along the associated track section, with each truck including at least a right side wheel assembly, a left side wheel assembly, and a foot platform for supporting a foot of an exerciser atop the right and left wheel assemblies, and
- (c) a latching mechanism operable for automatically and repetitively effecting alternating latching of a released truck and releasing of a latched truck as the released truck arrives at an exchange point along the longitudinal length of the associated track section.
An exercise and training apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a pair of interconnected track sections each having first and second longitudinal ends, right and left laterally spaced sides, an upwardly open slot extending along the longitudinal length of the track section laterally outside each of the right and left sides of the track section, and extending at a divergent angle relative to each other from the first longitudinal ends,
- (b) a pair of trucks, each engageable with the right and left rails on an associated one of the pair of track sections for longitudinal reciprocating travel along the associated track section, with each truck including at least a right side wheel assembly, a left side wheel assembly, and a foot platform for supporting a foot of an exerciser atop the right and left wheel assemblies, and
- (c) a latching mechanism operable for automatically and repetitively effecting alternating latching of a released truck and releasing of a latched truck as the released truck arrives at an exchange point along the longitudinal length of the associated track section.
An exercise and training apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a pair of interconnected track sections cooperatively defining a medial plane and each having first and second longitudinal ends, right and left laterally spaced sides and extending at a divergent angle relative to each other from the first longitudinal ends,
- (b) a pair of trucks, each engageable with the right and left rails on an associated one of the pair of track sections for longitudinal reciprocating travel along the associated track section, with each truck including at least a right side wheel assembly, a left side wheel assembly, and a foot platform for supporting a foot of an exerciser atop the right and left wheel assemblies,
- (c) a pair of raised platforms, each secured atop a respective foot platform and having an uppermost supporting surface having a downward lateral angle towards the medial plane defined by the interconnected track sections for supporting the foot of an exerciser at an everted angle, and
- (d) a latching mechanism operable for automatically and repetitively effecting alternating latching of a released truck and releasing of a latched truck as the released truck arrives at an exchange point along the longitudinal length of the associated track section.
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