Patent ID: 6409631
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
An exercise machine with a variable configuration, comprising:a posture portion; a machine portion including a movement device and a resisting portion, the movement device being connected to the resisting portion, which provides a resisting force to the movement device, when using the exercise machine, a user applies a force to the movement device, the force being against the resisting force provided to the movement device; a reader to read a portable medium that constitutes a data storage device with a memory to store data relative to at least one physical measurements of the user and an exercise; at least one motor-driven adjuster being connected to posture portion, to adjust a relative position between the posture portion and the machine portion; a controller, connected to the reader and to the motor-driven adjuster, to activate, independently and in a self adjusting manner, the motor-driven adjuster to move the posture portion along at least one direction so as to change the relative position between the posture portion and the machine portion based only on the data stored in the memory of the storage device of the portable medium; and a load adjuster to adjust the resisting force provided to the movement device by changing a load in accordance with the exercise to be performed, the load adjuster being connected to the controller and being configured to change the resisting force provided to the movement device in accordance with the data stored in the portable medium.