Source: https://patents.justia.com/patent/20040248711
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US Patent Application for Exercise apparatus that allows user varied stride length Patent Application (Application #20040248711 issued December 9, 2004) - Justia Patents Search
Justia Patents Multidirectionally Movable Bag Or PadUS Patent Application for Exercise apparatus that allows user varied stride length Patent Application (Application #20040248711)
[0001] This application claims the benefits of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/476,548 entitled “Variable Stride Elliptic Exercise Device” to Robert E. Rodgers, Jr., filed on Jun. 6, 2003; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/486,333 entitled “Variable Stride Exercise Device” to Robert E. Rodgers, Jr., filed on Jul. 11, 2003; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/490,154 entitled “Variable Stride Exercise Device” to Robert E. Rodgers, Jr., filed on Jul. 25, 2003; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/491,382 entitled “Variable Stride Exercise Device” to Robert E. Rodgers, Jr., filed on Jul. 31, 2003; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/494,308 entitled “Variable Stride Exercise Device” to Robert E. Rodgers, Jr., filed on Aug. 11, 2003; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. ______ entitled “Variable Stride Exercise Device” to Robert E. Rodgers, Jr., filed on Sep. 19, 2003; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/511,190 entitled “Variable Stride Apparatus” to Robert E. Rodgers, Jr., filed on Oct. 14, 2003; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. ______ entitled “Variable Stride Exercise Device” to Robert E. Rodgers, Jr., filed on Oct. 29, 2003.
[0016] FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1D, 1E, and 1F depict embodiments of closed paths.
[0064] Aerobic exercise apparatus may be designed to create a variable path (e.g., a closed path or a reciprocating path) in space for limb engaging devices. For example, an exercise apparatus may create an approximately elliptical or approximately circular closed path in space (e.g., as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B) for foot pedals or footpads to simulate a climbing, walking, striding, or jogging motion. In some embodiments, an exercise apparatus may create an approximately curvilinear path in space (e.g., as shown in FIG. 1C) for foot pedals or footpads to simulate a walking, striding, or jogging motion. Footpads may move in a repetitive manner along a closed path. A closed path may be defined as a path in which an object (e.g., a user's foot, footpad, or foot member) travels in a regular or irregular path around a point or an area. The shape of a closed path may depend on the generating linkage mechanism. For example, a closed path may be an elliptical path, a saddle-shaped path, an asymmetrical path (e.g., a closed path with a smaller radius of curvature on one side of the path as compared to the other side), or an ovate or egg-shaped path. Examples of closed paths are shown in FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1D, 1E, and 1F. In some embodiments, a closed path may be elliptical, orbital, or oblong. In certain embodiments, footpads may move in a repetitive manner along a curvilinear path or an arcuate path.
Publication number: 20040248711
Patent Grant number: 7244217
Application Number: 10723380
Current U.S. Class: Multidirectionally Movable Bag Or Pad (482/86); Striking (482/83)