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US 8,979,709 B2Granted
Exercise apparatus
AssigneeSproing Fitness LLC
InventorsPaul Toback, Steve Lenz
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus including a frame, and a cushion adjacent to the frame having a surface. The exercise apparatus further includes a harness wearable by the user and a resistance member extending between the harness and the frame and where the tension within the resistance member is variable.
Claims16
An exercise apparatus comprising:
- a cushion having a surface;
- a frame adjacent to the cushion;
- a tension adjuster coupled to the frame;
- a harness wearable by a user;
- and
- a tensionable resistance member extending between the harness and the tension adjuster, wherein the tension adjuster permits variation of the tension within the resistance member, wherein the tension adjuster comprises a plate, a pair of guide rods along which the plate moves, and a jackscrew threadably coupled to the plate.
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An exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a cushion adjacent the frame and having a surface;
- one or more footfall sensors adjacent the surface to detect when a user's foot impacts the surface, wherein the one or more footfall sensors includes a pressure sensor to detect changes in pressure in the fluid in the cushion;
- a harness wearable by the user;
- and
- a resistance member extending between the harness and the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.