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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2020
Applicants:

Robert C Burck, Middleton, WI (US);

Michael J Fidler, Madison, WI (US);

Alexander E Hanson, Sun Prairie, WI (US);

Noel R Johnson, Stoughton, WI (US);

Mark J Kannel, Oconomowoc, WI (US);

Inventors:

Robert C Burck, Middleton, WI (US);

Michael J Fidler, Madison, WI (US);

Alexander E Hanson, Sun Prairie, WI (US);

Noel R Johnson, Stoughton, WI (US);

Mark J Kannel, Oconomowoc, WI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 22/04 (2006.01); A63B 21/005 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/22 (2006.01); A63B 71/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/012 (2006.01); A63B 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 22/04 (2013.01); A63B 21/0051 (2013.01); A63B 21/0052 (2013.01); A63B 21/00192 (2013.01); A63B 21/157 (2013.01); A63B 21/012 (2013.01); A63B 21/015 (2013.01); A63B 21/225 (2013.01); A63B 24/0087 (2013.01); A63B 69/0057 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0081 (2013.01); A63B 2230/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A stair exerciser apparatus for simulating stair climbing includes a frame, a lower shaft and an upper shaft mounted rotatably on the frame, a conveyor operatively engaged with the upper shaft and the lower shaft, a plurality of steps, a flywheel and a one-way clutch mechanism. The plurality of steps are joined to the conveyor for movement with the conveyor. The flywheel is operatively engaged with the conveyor. The one-way clutch mechanism is operatively engaged with the conveyor and the flywheel. The one-way clutch mechanism is configured to selectively couple the conveyor with the flywheel such that motion of the plurality of steps in a first step direction drives rotation of the flywheel when the one-way clutch mechanism is engaged, and the one-way clutch mechanism decouples the conveyor from the flywheel when the one-way clutch mechanism is disengaged.


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