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US 9,409,050 B2Granted
Combined exercise apparatus
OwnerHagay Mintzinventor
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Abstract
A treadmill assembly, respective kit-of-parts and method of assembling combined exercise apparatus are described. The treadmill assembly includes a couple of vertical struts, a couple of support tabs including a fastener affixable to the vertical struts, at least one structural element configured to sustain rotation relatively to the support tabs, a couple of add-on members including a driven subpart and a weight loading subpart.
Claims18
A combined exercise apparatus comprises:
- (a) a treadmill assembly comprising an upper portion supported by at least:
- a first vertical strut and a second vertical strut;
- (b) a first support tab and a second support tab, said support tabs comprising:
- (I) a fastener rendering said support tabs affixable to said vertical struts;
- (II) at least one structural element configured to sustain rotation relative to said support tabs;
- wherein said fastener of said first support tab is affixable to said first vertical strut whereas said fastener of said second support tab is affixable to said second vertical strut;
- (c) a first add-on member and a second add-on member, said add-on members comprising:
- (I) a driven subpart, extending essentially towards a person undertaking exercise on said apparatus;
- (II) a weight loading subpart, extending essentially away from said person undertaking exercise on said apparatus;
- (III) a gripping handle attached to said driven subpart;
- (IV) a respective structural element matching said structural element of said support tabs and configured to sustain rotation relative thereto;
- (V) at least one dedicated structural element, configured for affixing at least one weight to said weight loading subpart;
- (d) wherein said respective structural element of said first add-on member is rotatably connectable to said first support tab whereas said respective structural element of said second add-on member is rotatably connectable to said second support tab;
- (e) at least one weight affixable to said at least one dedicated structural element on said weight loading subparts;
- said combined exercise apparatus is capable of assuming at least two different configurations wherein:
- (I) in first configuration said add-on members are oriented essentially vertically, thereby providing for a Nordic walk exercise, and
- (II) in second configuration said add-on members are oriented essentially horizontally, thereby providing for a weight lifting exercise;
- said combined exercise apparatus is characterized by that said weight loading subpart of said first add-on member is loadable with a different weight than said weight loading subpart of said second add-on member.
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A kit-of-parts configured for assembling a combined exercise apparatus from a treadmill comprising at least a first vertical strut and a second vertical strut, said kit-of-parts comprises:
- (a) a first support tab and a second support tab, said support tabs comprising:
- (I) a fastener rendering said support tabs affixable to said vertical struts;
- (II) at least one structural element configured to sustain rotation relative to said support tabs;
- wherein said fastener of said first support tab is affixable to said first vertical strut whereas said fastener of said second support tab is affixable to said second vertical strut;
- (b) a first add-on member and a second add-on member, said add-on members comprising:
- (I) a driven subpart, extending essentially towards a person undertaking exercise on said apparatus;
- (II) a weight loading subpart;
- extending essentially away from said person undertaking exercise on said apparatus;
- (III) a gripping handle attached to said driven subpart;
- (IV) a respective structural element matching said structural element of said support tabs and configured to sustain rotation relative thereto;
- (V) at least one dedicated structural element, configured for affixing at least one weight to said weight loading subpart;
- wherein said respective structural element of said first add-on member is rotatably connectable to said first support tab whereas said respective structural element of said second add-on member is rotatably connectable to said second support tab;
- said combined exercise apparatus is capable of assuming at least two different configurations wherein:
- (I) in first configuration said add-on members are oriented essentially vertically, thereby providing for a Nordic walk exercise, and
- (II) in second configuration said add-on members are oriented essentially horizontally, thereby providing for a weight lifting exercise;
- said combined exercise apparatus is characterized by that said weight loading subpart of said first add-on member is loadable with a different weight than said weight loading subpart of said second add-on member.
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A method of assembling a combined exercise apparatus, said method comprises:
- (a) providing a treadmill comprising at least a first vertical strut and a second vertical strut;
- (b) providing a kit-of-parts comprising:
- (I) a first support tab and a second support tab;
- said support tabs comprising:
- (i) a fastener rendering said support tabs affixable to said vertical struts;
- (ii) at least one structural element configured to sustain rotation relative to said support tabs;
- (II) a first add-on member and a second add-on member, said add-on members comprising:
- (i) a driven subpart, extending essentially towards a person undertaking exercise on said apparatus;
- (ii) a weight loading subpart, extending essentially away from said person undertaking exercise on said apparatus;
- (iii) a gripping handle attached to said driven subpart;
- (iv) a respective structural element matching said structural element of said support tabs and configured to sustain rotation relative thereto;
- (v) at least one dedicated structural element, configured for affixing at least one weight to said weight loading subpart;
- (c) affixing said fastener of said first support tab to said first vertical strut said and affixing fastener of said second support tab to said second vertical strut;
- (d) rotatably connecting said respective structural element of said first add-on member to said first support tab and rotatably connecting said respective structural element of said second add-on member to said second support tab;
- wherein said combined exercise apparatus is capable of assuming at least two different configurations wherein:
- (I) in first configuration said add-on members are oriented essentially vertically, thereby providing for a Nordic walk exercise, and
- (II) in second configuration said add-on members are oriented essentially horizontally, thereby providing for a weight lifting exercise;
- said combined exercise apparatus is characterized by that said weight loading subpart of said first add-on member is loadable with a different weight than said weight loading subpart of said second add-on member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.