Patent ID: 9162102
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A63B,E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mechanically linking an amount of weight in a fitness machine to at least one flexible, elongated thread mounted at one end to a human interface and at an opposite end to a device that is attachable to various quantities of weight for raising a quantity of weight against the force of gravity using the human interface, the apparatus comprising: (a) at least first and second stacked weights through which a rod extends, the rod having at least first and second apertures formed therethrough, wherein the first rod aperture is aligned with an aperture formed between the first and second weights and the second rod aperture is aligned with an aperture formed below the second weight; (b) a pin insertion assembly disposed adjacent the weights, the assembly including: (c) a dial on a visible region of the fitness machine, the dial being rotatable about an axis and having a display perceptible by a human user; and (d) a computer connected to the dial and said first, second and third prime movers for receiving information from the dial regarding dial orientation, for sending display information to the dial, and for actuating one of the first and second prime movers to insert one of said at least first and second pins into a respective one of the apertures.