Patent ID: 8579770
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A gyroscopic exerciser starting dock comprising: a. a starter dock housing; b. a starter dock axle mounted within the starter dock housing; c. a driving wheel mounted to the starter dock axle; d. a retractable grip sleeve device mounted to the starter dock axle comprising: e. a pull cord, wherein the handle is a pull handle and is configured for pulling the pull cord, wherein the pull cord is attached to the handle at a pull cord first end; and further comprising a spool member fitting around and attached to the pull cord at a pull cord second end, wherein the spool member receives and stores the pull cord in a coil around the spool member; f. wherein the one-way bearing member is mounted to the spool member and the starter dock axle, and wherein the one-way bearing member allows rotation of the spool member in one direction around a longitudinal spin axis, but stops rotation of the spool member in the opposite direction, wherein the one-way bearing has a bearing housing with a bearing housing exterior surface which is mounted to the spool member; wherein the spring is a coil spring which is coiled around the starter dock axle and has a first inside end attached to either a grip sleeve housing or the spool member, and a second outside end attached to the other of the grip sleeve housing or the spool member, wherein the spring is biased when a user pulls the pull cord away from the spool member, and wherein the spring retracts the pull cord when the user releases the pull cord, whereby the spring biases the spool member to rewind the pull cord after the cord is pulled and released; and g. a stabilizer fin, wherein the stabilizer fin maintains protrusion into a groove of a gyroscopic rotor of a gyroscopic exerciser; whereby pulling the pull cord provides a positive engagement to rotate a driving wheel adapted to engage the gyroscopic rotor.