Reward granting exercise machine
OwnerPeter J. Edinburg, Frank S. Fountain +1inventors
InventorsPeter J. Edinburg, Frank S. Fountain, William G. Johanson
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for exercise in which a preselected work input to an exercise machine that is associated with an award-granting switch triggers a reward. The input can be a particular rate of work as measured by rotational speed or linear motion or a summation of the time during which a threshold level of work was exceeded. The reward can be turning on a TV or like electrical apparatus or it can be a change in the exercise machine and regime. An exercise machine incorporating the award-granting switch is disclosed in which the reward is a change in the angle to horizontal at which the exercise is performed. This change can make the exercise harder or easier depending on the exercise protocol desired.
Claims21
An exercise machine comprising means upon which a user performs work;
- means to measure said work;
- and means responsive to a preselected condition of said measured work to initiate a rewarding action and
- said preselected condition is selected from the group consisting of a level of said measured work;
- and, there being summing means, a preselected sum of the time at which said level is exceeded;
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- wherein the means upon which work is performed comprises means for selective-level resistance to limb extension and retraction by a user performing work upon said exercise machine;
- said exercise machine providing a support for said user and said user, so supported, exercises at a selected angle to horizontal;
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- said reward is a change in said selected angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.