Ergometer for ski training
OwnerYifeng Zhou, Grayson Hugh Bourneinventors
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Abstract
A ski-simulation assembly includes a vertical member with a first portion coupled to a base and a second portion extending upwardly from the base, a first cable portion slidably engaged with the vertical member at the second portion of the vertical member, a second cable portion slidably engaged with the vertical member at the second portion of the vertical member, and a resistance-producing assembly physically coupled to the first cable portion and the second cable portion, where the resistance-producing assembly operable to apply a selective resistance to the first cable portion independent of movement of the second cable portion and apply a selective resistance to the second cable portion independent of movement of the first cable portion.
Claims20
A ski-simulation assembly comprising:
- a first ski-pole simulation handle;
- a second ski-pole simulation handle;
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- a single cable defined by a first cable, a second cable, and a stretchable elastic cable, the stretchable elastic cable being fixedly connected to the first and second cables via non-spooling couplers, the single cable having a portion with a stretchable elastic property along its length and having a portion without a stretchable elastic property along its length;
- a resistance-producing assembly physically coupled through the single cable to the first ski-pole simulation handle and physically coupled through the single cable to the second ski-pole simulation handle, the resistance-producing assembly operable to:
- apply a selective resistance to the first ski-pole simulation handle independent of movement of the second ski-pole simulation handle;
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- apply a selective resistance to the second ski-pole simulation handle independent of movement of the first ski-pole simulation handle.
A ski-simulation assembly comprising:
- a vertical member having a first portion coupled to a base and a second portion extending upwardly from the base;
- a first cable slidably engaged with the vertical member at the second portion of the vertical member;
- a second cable slidably engaged with the vertical member at the second portion of the vertical member;
- a stretchable elastic-type cable fixedly connected to the first cable at a first point of connection and axially aligned with the first cable at the first point of connection and fixedly connected to the second cable at a second point of connection and axially aligned with the second cable at the second point of connection;
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- a resistance-producing assembly physically coupled to the first cable, the stretchable elastic-type cable, and the second cable, the resistance-producing assembly operable to:
- apply a selective resistance to the first cable independent of movement of the second cable;
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- apply a selective resistance to the second cable independent of movement of the first cable.
A method of training for skiing, the method comprising:
- providing a ski-simulation assembly including:
- a vertical member having a first portion coupled to a base and a second portion extending upwardly from the base;
- a first cable slidably engaged with the vertical member at the second portion of the vertical member;
- a second cable slidably engaged with the vertical member at the second portion of the vertical member;
- a stretchable elastic-type cable fixedly connected substantially end-to-end with the first cable and fixedly connected substantially end-to-end with the second cable to form a contiguous length of cable;
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- a resistance-producing assembly physically coupled to the first cable, the stretchable elastic-type cable, and the second cable, the resistance-producing assembly operable to:
- apply a resistance to the first cable independent of movement of the second cable portion;
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- apply a resistance to the second cable independent of movement of the first cable;
- grasping a handle coupled to the first cable of the ski-simulation assembly;
- grasping a handle coupled to the second cable of the ski-simulation assembly;
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- alternatively pulling the first cable and the second cable to cause the resistance-producing assembly to move and generate a resistance in response to either cable being pulled individually.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.