Rotating exercise device
AssigneePlaypower, Inc.
InventorsRichard Alan Clark, Glenn David Ross
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Abstract
A rotating exercise device is provided. In various embodiments, the rotating exercise device includes a stationary pedestal and a gearbox rotatably mounted to the pedestal such that the gearbox is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the pedestal. The rotating exercise device additionally includes a user seat mounted to a top of the gearbox and a user operable drive mechanism that is operably connected to the gear box. The user operable drive mechanism is structured and operable to, via control and operation of a user sitting on the seat, impart rotational force on the stationary pedestal to cause the gear box, seat and user to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the pedestal as the user operates the user operable drive mechanism.
Claims19
A rotating exercise device comprising:
- a stationary pedestal;
- a gearbox rotatably mounted to the stationary pedestal substantially axially concentric with the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal such that the gearbox is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal;
- a user seat connected to a top of the gearbox substantially axially concentric with the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal;
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- a user operable drive mechanism operably connected to the gearbox that is structured and operable, via control and operation of a user sitting on the seat, to impart rotational force on the stationary pedestal to cause the gearbox, seat, user operable drive mechanism and user to rotate about, and substantially axially concentrically with, the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal as the user operates the user operable drive mechanism.
A method for exercising while sitting on a rotating exercise device, said method comprising:
- sitting in a user seat connected to a top of a gearbox of the rotating exercise device such that the user seat is substantially axially concentric with a longitudinal axis of a stationary pedestal of the rotating exercise device, the gearbox rotatably mounted the stationary pedestal substantially axially concentric with the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal such that the gearbox and seat are substantially concentrically rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal;
- operating a user operable drive mechanism operably connected to the gearbox to impart rotational force on the stationary pedestal that causes the gearbox, user operable drive mechanism, a user and seat to substantially concentrically rotate about the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal, wherein the operation of the user operable drive mechanism is designed to provide exercise focused on at least one of particular muscle groups, movements, physical coordination and cardiovascular health.
A rotating exercise device comprising:
- a stationary pedestal;
- a gearbox rotatably mounted to the stationary pedestal substantially axially concentric with the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal such that the gearbox is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal, wherein the gearbox comprises:
- a base;
- a first gear fixedly mounted to a stationary pedestal shaft having the base rotatably mounted thereto such that the gearbox and user seat are rotatably supported on the stationary pedestal to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal;
- a drive shaft rotatably mounted within the gearbox to rotate about a transverse axis that is transverse to the stationary pedestal shaft and longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal;
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- a second gear fixedly mounted to the drive shaft and cooperatively engaged with the first gear;
- a user seat connected to a top of the gearbox axially concentric with the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal;
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- a user operable drive mechanism operably connected to the gearbox that is structured and operable, via control and operation of a user sitting on the seat, to impart rotational force on the stationary pedestal to cause the gearbox, seat, user operable drive mechanism and user to rotate about, and substantially axially concentrically with, the longitudinal axis of the stationary pedestal as the user operates the user operable drive mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.