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US 4,932,650 AGranted
Semi-recumbent exercise cycle
AssigneeProform Fitness Products, Inc.
InventorsCurt G. Bingham, William T. Dalebout
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Abstract
An exercise cycle having a frame, a pedal actuated gear arrangement and an impeller, mechanically associated with that gearing arrangement, is disclosed. The impeller is housed within a chamber defined within a housing mounted on the frame. The chamber includes an inlet opening for introducing a stream of environmental air into the chamber and an outlet opening adapted for directing a flow of pressurized air generated by the impeller's rotation over the body of the user.
Claims16
An exercise cycle comprising:
- a frame;
- a shaft rotatably mounted on said frame;
- a pair of pedals mounted on said shaft;
- an impeller rotatably mounted on said frame;
- gearing means for mechanically cooperating said shaft with said impeller whereby a rotation of said shaft effects a rotation of said impeller;
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- a housing mounted on said frame, said housing defining a hollow chamber which encases said impeller, said housing defining an inlet opening communicating said chamber with the environment;
- an elongate guide track mounted on said frame, said guide track having a length;
- a vent means, mounted within said quick track, which communicates with said hollow chamber for directing a flow of air, generated by a rotation of said impeller;
- a carriage mounted on said guide track, said carriage being displaceable along said length of said guide track, said carriage being adjustably disposable over and atop said vent means to deflect a portion of said flow of air exiting said vent means away from said user's body;
- said carriage functioning as an adjustable means of controlling the quantity of said air flow over a body of a user positioned on said seat during said cycle's operation;
- a seat mounted on said carriage.
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An exercise cycle comprising:
- an elongate frame having a first end and an opposing second end;
- a wheel rotatably mounted to said frame on said frame's first end;
- a pair of supports mounted on said frame second end to extend laterally therefrom in opposite directions;
- a shaft rotatably mounted on said frame;
- a pair of pedals mounted on said shaft;
- an impeller, rotatably mounted on said frame;
- gearing means for mechanically associating said shaft with said impeller whereby a rotation of said shaft effects a rotation of said impeller, thereby creating a flow of air;
- a housing method on said frame to define a hollow chamber about said impeller, said housing having an inlet opening which communicates said chamber with the environment;
- an elongate guide track mounted on said frame, said guide track having a length;
- a vent means mounted within said guide track which communicates with said hollow chamber for directing a flow of air generated by a rotation of said impeller over the frontal portion of a user's body, who is positioned on said frame during said cycle's operation;
- a carriage mounted on said guide track for sliding displacement along said guide track's length, said carriage being selectively positionable over and atop said vent means to adjust the quantity of air being directed over said user's body;
- a seat mounted on said carriage;
- wherein to direct said flow of air outwardly from said housing and over the front of a user positioned on said seat and wherein said quantity of air being directed over said user is adjustable by adjusting the location of said carriage along said guide track;
- wherein said exercise cycle may be transported by lifting said supports of said second end and by rolling said cycle along on said wheel mounted on its first end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.