Patent ID: 9144705
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise apparatus comprising: a foot support suspended from above by a suspension assembly on a frame, and interconnected to a resistance assembly that exerts a resistance to movement of the foot support by a user, the foot support being adapted to support the user in an upright position with the user's foot disposed on the foot support, a user interface that includes a visual display readily visually observable and manually accessible by the user when the user's foot is disposed on the foot support, the foot support being movable by the user on the frame back and forth between a rearwardmost downward position and a forwardmost upward position through any one of a plurality of complete, reproducible and different arc segments of a master arcuate path that is the same path from the rearwardmost downward position to the forwardmost upward position and back to the rearwardmost downward position, each different arc segment being individually selectable by the user, each said different arc segment being defined by movement of the foot support between a corresponding different forwardmost upward position and different rearwardmost downward position, each of said different arc segments having a different degree of incline corresponding to each different forwardmost upward and rearwardmost downward position of the foot support, wherein movement of the foot support between the rearwardmost downward position and the forwardmost upward position and back to the rearwardmost downward position defines a complete exercise cycle, the foot support being interconnected to a selection device that enables the user to select any one of the plurality of arc segments, one or more detectors adapted to detect one or more of force, energy or power exerted by the user over time on the foot support or to detect distance or velocity of travel of the foot support or of the resistance assembly during the course of the user's performance of all or a portion of an exercise cycle, the one or more detectors sending signals that are indicative of one or more of the detected force, energy, power, time, distance or velocity to a processor, the processor receiving the signals from the one or more detectors and processing the signals according to a predetermined algorithm to generate a visually recognizable output format of one or more of said force, energy, power, time, distance, velocity or other result calculable from said signals, the processor being interconnected to and sending the processed signals to the visual display, the visual display being arranged and displaying the processed signals to the user in the visually recognizable output format in a location on the apparatus that is readily observable by the user, wherein the processor includes control instructions that instruct the processor to send processed signals to the visual display that are indicative of one or more of instantaneous power and rate of back and forth movement of the foot support exerted by the user in response to movement of the foot support by the user's foot.