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US 8,272,996 B2Granted
Device and method for limiting travel in an exercise device, and an exercise device including such a limiting device
AssigneeNautilus, Inc.
InventorKeith M. Weier
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Abstract
A method and/or a device may limit a distance traveled by a treadle assembly in an exercise device. For example, the distance traveled by the treadle assembly may be limited by limiting a distance that a resistance element operably coupled to the treadle assembly may travel. An exercise apparatus may include a travel-limiting device or capability.
Claims14
An exercise apparatus, comprising;
- a frame;
- a treadle assembly operably coupled to the frame to travel in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
- a resistance device resistively coupling the treadle assembly to the frame and including a piston rod that extends and retracts as the treadle travels in the first direction and the second direction;
- and a travel-limiting device configured to limit movement of the treadle assembly, the travel-limiting device comprising an element movably associated with the piston rod to limit the retracting of the piston rod;
- wherein the resistance device includes a resistive cylinder that the piston rod extends from and retracts into and the travel-limiting device is movably attachable to or detachable from the piston rod to limit the retracting of the piston rod into the resistive cylinder.
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An exercise apparatus, comprising:
- a frame including a base and at least one upright extending substantially vertically from the base;
- a treadle assembly configured to travel in an upward direction and a downward direction;
- a resistance device resistively coupling the treadle assembly to the frame at a first location and resisting travel of the treadle in the upward and downward directions;
- a travel-limiting device configured to selectively adjust a distance traveled by the treadle assembly in the upward direction during operation of the exercise apparatus, the travel-limiting device comprising an element movably associated with the resistance device while it is coupled to the frame at the first location;
- wherein the resistance device includes a piston rod that extends and retracts as the treadle assembly travels in the downward and upward directions, respectively;
- wherein the resistance device includes a resistive cylinder that the piston rod extends from and retracts into and the element of the travel-limiting device is attachable to or detachable from the piston rod to limit the retracting of the piston rod into the resistive cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.