Patent ID: 7762930
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A61H,A63B

Abstract:
1. A fitness device for physical training of a person, said fitness device comprising: a housing forming a pressure chamber, said housing being adapted to contain a training pressure which differs from ambient pressure on an outside of said housing, said housing comprising a sealable opening adapted to sealingly receive said person's waist, an exercise device arranged within said pressure chamber, said exercise device having a seat for taking off the weight of said person's legs, an actuation device having a pair of movable actuation surfaces where exercise work can be introduced from said person's legs into said exercise device, and a resistance means connected to said actuation surfaces and adapted to absorb said exercise work, wherein said actuation device and said seat are arranged to be movably adjustable relative to each other and to said opening and said actuation device is adjustable along a first linear path, said seat is adjustable along a second linear path, and said first linear path is inclined with respect to said second linear path by an angle of at least 10 degrees and at most 15 degrees, and an adjustment drive system which generates an adjustment force acting on at least one of said seat and said pair of actuation surfaces and is adapted to move said at least one of said seat and said pair of actuation surfaces wherein the adjustment drive system comprises at least a first electric motor for moving said pair of actuation surfaces.