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US Patent 6811521 - Sporting apparatus to carry out exercises according to the natural physiological trajectory of each person
US Patent Issued on November 2, 2004
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October 2, 2020Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
October 2, 2020Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractThe invention relates to a sporting apparatus (1) to carry out exercises according to the natural physiological trajectory of each person, comprising a support structure (2), or frame, provided with lateral elements (11), with base or resting elements (4) for said lateral elements (11), and with at least a transverse element (19) for fixing said lateral elements (11), the sporting apparatus (1) further providing two sliding elements (3), or poles, substantially vertically provided in correspondence of said lateral elements (11) of the frame (2), said sliding elements (3) being hinged above the same lateral elements (11), and being freely oscillating along said base (4) or resting elements of said lateral elements (11), and provided with guide means (6, 7) to guide the sliding of a weight (9) bearing bar (8); and a counterweight transverse element (10), provided above said sliding elements (3), in such a way to join the same, thus creating a single oscillating structure. | InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 10089767 filed on 10/02/2000US Classes:482/104, Barbell support482/98, Having guide around or through weight482/135, Including single, movable, interface element following predetermined path482/137, About a horizontal axis482/94Including stationary support for weightField of Search482/93, Utilizing weight resistance482/94, Including stationary support for weight482/97, Having lever carrying the weight482/98, Having guide around or through weight482/100, Pivoted user interface element482/101, Track or way guided user interface element482/104, Barbell support482/106, Handheld bar with weight at each end (e.g., barbell, dumbbell, etc.) or component thereof482/135, Including single, movable, interface element following predetermined path482/136, Rotatably movable482/137, About a horizontal axis482/138Including plural, movable, interface elements for multiple exercisesExaminersPrimary: Lucchesi, Nicholas D.Assistant: Hwang, Victor K. Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References3235255, 3612523, 4635934, Exercise tower and benchIssued on: 01/13/1987 Inventor: Roethke4795149, Lunge training machine for body builders Issued on: 01/03/1989 Inventor: Pearson4836535, Upper body building machine Issued on: 06/06/1989 Inventor: Pearson5044629, Wheelchair accessible weight training apparatus Issued on: 09/03/1991 Inventor: Ryan, et al.5050868, Leg training machine for body builders Issued on: 09/24/1991 Inventor: Pearson5116297, Weight-lifting machine Issued on: 05/26/1992 Inventor: Stonecipher5215510, Dual-guided exercise apparatus Issued on: 06/01/1993 Inventor: Baran5529558, Exercise apparatus Issued on: 06/25/1996 Inventor: Koenig5669859Weightlifting apparatus Issued on: 09/23/1997 Inventor: Liggett, et al. Foreign Patent References
International ClassesA63B 21072A63B 2108 A63B 2100 A63B 2106 A63B 2300 |
