US 8,137,249 B2Granted

Exercise apparatus

AssigneeCore Stix Fitness, LLC

InventorsKregg Alan Koch, Michael Shannon Kadar

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Abstract

This description is not intended to limit the scope of the claims herein. An exercise device comprising a base that can be oriented at any angle and that defines a plurality of connection interfaces, each of which is designed to carry and restrain one end of a cantilevered resilient member. Said connection interfaces can be positioned at or adjusted to a widely varying range of locations and angular orientations with respect to the base. The resilient members can be affixed to any of the connection interfaces that the user desires, so that the resilient members can be positioned in a correspondingly wide range of locations and angular orientations relative to the base to enable the user to perform a wide range of exercises on the apparatus by gripping and exerting a force on the resilient members or other handles attached to the resilient members.

Claims62

Dependent claims

A device for exercising the muscles in one's body, said device comprising:

a first base portion and a second base portion supported by a support surface, the support surface defining a normal axis that is perpendicular to the support surface;
a first set of connection interfaces supported by the first base portion comprising a first connection interface having a first axial centerline and positioned at a first angular orientation and a second connection interface having a second axial centerline and positioned at a second angular orientation that is different than the first angular orientation;
a second set of connection interfaces supported by the second base portion comprising a third connection interface having a third axial centerline and positioned at a third angular orientation and a fourth connection interface having a fourth axial centerline and positioned at a fourth angular orientation that is different than the third angular orientation;
and
at least one independently deflectable resilient member configured to produce a resistance force when a user exerts a force thereon so as to deflect at least a portion of each resilient member from the longitudinal axis of the relaxed position of each resilient member;
wherein:
each connection interface is configured to provide a removable support for each resilient member so as to support each resilient member in a cantilever disposition;
the first axial centerline and the second axial centerline define a first plane;
the third axial centerline and the fourth axial centerline define a second plane;
and
the first plane is not coplanar with the second plane.

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A device for exercising one or more muscles of the body, comprising:

a base comprising a first base member;
a plurality of connection interfaces supported by the base, at least one of the connection interfaces being supported by the first base member;
and
a plurality of resilient members, comprising:
a first resilient member configured to be supported by any one of the connection interfaces in a cantilever disposition such that a first end of the first resilient member is prevented from pivoting relative to the base;
and
a second resilient member configured to be supported by any one of the connection interfaces in a cantilever disposition such that a first end of the second resilient member is prevented from pivoting relative to the base;
wherein:
the first and second resilient members are configured to produce a resistance force when a user exerts a force thereon so as to bend at least a portion of the resilient member, effecting an exercising of one or more muscles in the user's body;
the first resilient member is stiffer than the second resilient member such that a greater force is required to bend at least a portion of the first resilient member as compared to the second resilient member;
each connection interface is configured to support any one of the plurality of resilient members;
and
the angular orientation of a centerline of at least a portion of each of the plurality of resilient members is adjustable from a first angular orientation to at least a second angular orientation different from the first angular orientation without deflecting the resilient member from the longitudinal axis of the relaxed position of the resilient member by either disengaging the resilient member from the connection interface defining the first angular orientation and supporting the resilient member in another connection interface having the second angular orientation or by adjusting an angular orientation of the connection interface defining the support for the resilient member from the first angular orientation to the second angular orientation.

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A device for exercising the muscles in one's body, said device comprising:

at least one base element supportable by a support surface, the support surface defining a normal axis that is perpendicular to the support surface;
at least one resilient member, each configured to produce a resistance force when a user exerts a force thereon so as to deflect at least a portion of the resilient member from a longitudinal axis of the relaxed position of the resilient member;
and
a first set of connection interfaces comprising a first connection interface, a second connection interface, and a third connection interface supported by the at least one base element;
wherein:
each connection interface is configured to provide a removable support for the at least one resilient member so as to support the at least one resilient member in a cantilever disposition;
the first connection interface is positioned at a different angular orientation relative to the normal axis as compared to the second connection interface;
the third connection interface is positioned at a different angular orientation relative to the normal axis as compared to the first and second connection interfaces;
the first and second connection interfaces are angled generally toward a user of the device;
the third connection interface is angled generally away from a user of the device;
and
the device is configured such that the angular orientation of the longitudinal axis of at least a portion of each resilient member is adjustable from a first angular orientation to at least a second angular orientation that is different than the first angular orientation without deflecting the resilient member from the longitudinal axis of the relaxed position of the resilient member by varying the connection interface providing the removable support for the resilient member.

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A device for exercising the muscles in one's body, said device comprising:

a first base portion and a second base portion supported by a support surface, the support surface defining a normal axis that is perpendicular to the support surface;
a first set of connection interfaces supported by the first base portion comprising a first connection interface having a first axial centerline and positioned at a first angular orientation and a second connection interface having a second axial centerline and positioned at a second angular orientation that is different than the first angular orientation;
a second set of connection interfaces supported by the second base portion comprising a third connection interface having a third axial centerline and positioned at a third angular orientation and a fourth connection interface having a fourth axial centerline and positioned at a fourth angular orientation that is different than the third angular orientation;
a fifth connection interface having a fifth axial centerline and positioned at a fifth angular orientation;
and
at least one resilient member configured to produce a resistance force when a user exerts a force thereon so as to deflect at least a portion of the at least one resilient member from the longitudinal axis of the relaxed position of the at least one resilient member;
wherein:
each connection interface is configured to provide a removable support for a one resilient member so as to support the resilient member in a cantilever disposition;
the first axial centerline and the second axial centerline define a first plane;
the third axial centerline and the fourth axial centerline define a second plane;
the fifth axial centerline is not in the first plane or the second plane;
and
the first plane is not coplanar with the second plane.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/767,767Filed 26 Apr 2010 · continuation
Priority: 29 Sep 2005
Published: US 2010/0273615 A128 Oct 2010
Granted: 20 Mar 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A63B 21/045
Using resilient force-resisters: having torsion or bending or flexion element
A63B 21/026
Using resilient force-resisters: bars; Tubes; Leaf springs
A63B 21/4035
Handles, pedals, bars or platforms: for operation by hand
A63B 21/4043
Characterised by the movements of the interface: free movement, i.e. the only restriction coming from the resistance

Family

Application60/721,669Us provisional application · filed 29 Sep 2005
Application11/533,766Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Sep 2006
US 2010/0273615 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 Oct 2010
US 7,704,199 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2007/0072752 A1Published application
US 8,137,249 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.