System of impeding and discouraging the use of exercise equipment by unauthorized users
OwnerTomasz Wojciech Jaworski, Brent Thomas Browninventors
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Abstract
Exercise equipment having the control system capable to switch the equipment in its existing highest resistance mode in order to impede and thus discourage the usage of this equipment by an unauthorized user. Exercise equipment capable to detect unauthorized use and activating an alarm in order to discourage the usage of this equipment by an unauthorized user.
Claims18
A control system comprising an authorization device and a control device configured to hook into, take over control of and set the resistance mechanism internal to standalone exercise equipment selected from a group comprising, exercise bikes, cross trainers, steppers, rowers, in its high resistance mode in order to impede use of said equipment by an unauthorized user.
Exercise equipment comprising an authorization device and a control device configured to use a sensor, selected from a group comprising, a speed sensor, a motion sensor, a presence sensor, to detect any use of said equipment by an unauthorized user and to activate an alarm in order to discourage use of said equipment by said unauthorized user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.