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US5562575A
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Recoiling exercise bench
Assignee: KOR-ONE Ltd
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Filing: 1994-11-29
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Granted: 1996-10-08
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Expires: 2014-11-29
Abstract
Abstract An adjustable, recoiling aerobic exercise bench which reduces the generation and transmission of impaction forces on a user's joints while performing conventional and power step exercises includes a resilient platform slidingly disposed in left and right housings which function to support the platform above and relative to an exercise floor surface. Lateral platform recoiling assemblies are disposed between the platform ends and inside lateral walls of the housings and are adapted to generate lateral, resistive, restoring forces when the platform is moved downward during operation of the device. A vertical platform recoiling assembly which includes a plurality of rigid tubular spring retainers and telescoping springs, is mounted beneath the undersurface of the platform and is of sufficient length so as to make contact with the exercise floor surface to generate a vertical platform resistive restoring force when the platform is downwardly compressed. The ends of the platform are freely movably mounted within the housings to permit longitudinal movement of the platform ends therein when a vertical force is applied to the platform.
Inventors
- 👤 Ned Gvoich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 11:57
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B5/00; A63B5/08; A63B21/00; A63B21/40; A63B21/4027; A63B21/4029; A63B21/02; A63B21/023; A63B23/00; A63B23/035; A63B23/04; A63B23/0405; A63B23/0458
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
An exercise device comprising: an arcuate flexible platform having a top surface and a pair of ends, said platform being movable between an at-rest flexed position and an elongated position when a vertical force is applied on the top surface of the platform; first and second end members, each of said end members having a housing with a flat bottom wall for supporting the device on a support surface, an inner wall, a pair of spaced end walls, and a slot formed in the inner wall and extending laterally between the end walls for slidably receiving the ends of the platform therein, each of the housing slots terminating prior to said end walls and defining end members for preventing lateral movement of the platform ends within said slots, said slots having a depth sufficient to permit the ends of the platform to move longitudinally into said slots when the vertical force is applied to said platform.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
An exercise device comprising: an arcuate flexible platform having a top surface and a pair of ends, said platform being movable between an at-rest flexed position and an elongated position when a vertical force is applied on the top surface of the platform; first and second end members, each of said end members having a housing with a flat bottom wall for supporting the device on a support surface, an inner wall, a pair of spaced end walls, and a slot formed in the inner wall and extending laterally between the end walls for slidably receiving the ends of the platform therein, each of the housing slots terminating prior to said end walls and defining end members for preventing lateral movement of the platform ends within said slots, said slots having a depth sufficient to permit the ends of the platform to move longitudinally into said slots when the vertical force is applied to said platform.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 1 in which vertical recoil assembly means is positioned below the platform for resisting vertical forces acting on the top surface of said platform.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 2 in which stretcher means extends between the end members for stabilizing the device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 3 in which the stretcher means is a bar which extends through an aperture formed in the vertical recoil assembly means; and in which the vertical recoil assembly means is positioned intermediate said end members.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 2 in which the vertical recoil assembly means includes a leg and spring member positioned intermediate said leg and said platform.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 5 in which the spring member includes a foam pad.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 1 in which the platform further includes a pair of side edges; and in which said side edges are beveled away from the top surface substantially along the entire distance between said housings.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 1 further comprising riser means for increasing the overall height of the exercise device; and in which the bottom wall of both the end members releasably engage said riser means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 1 in which the platform is a one-piece member having a longitudinal length approximately two and one-half times its transverse width.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
An exercise device as defined in claim 1 in which the platform is a single rectangular piece of laminated wood.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
120 words
An exercise device comprising: first and second end members; an arcuate flexible platform having a top surface and a pair of ends; retention means for retaining each of the platform ends within a respective one of the end members and for permitting outward movement of said platform ends within said end members when a vertical force is applied on the top surface of said platform; vertical recoil assembly means positioned below the platform and intermediate the end members for resisting vertical forces acting on the top surface of said platform; and stretcher means extending between the end members for stabilizing the device, said stretcher means including a bar which extends through an aperture formed in the vertical recoil assembly means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
120 words
An exercise device comprising: first and second end members; an arcuate flexible platform having a top surface and a pair of ends; retention means for retaining each of the platform ends within a respective one of the end members and for permitting outward movement of said platform ends within said end members when a vertical force is applied on the top surface of said platform; vertical recoil assembly means positioned below the platform and intermediate the end members for resisting vertical forces acting on the top surface of said platform; and stretcher means extending between the end members for stabilizing the device, said stretcher means including a bar which extends through an aperture formed in the vertical recoil assembly means.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1999-10-08 | 2000-04-08 | 2000-10-08 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2003-10-08 | 2004-04-08 | 2004-10-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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