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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Tonal Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Perry, San Jose, CA (US);
David Jonathan Zimmer, Exeter, CA (US);
Anya Richardson Quenon, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Mallard, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Colin Russell Parker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tonal Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 21/153 (2013.01); A63B 21/0058 (2013.01); A63B 21/154 (2013.01);
Abstract
A weight training machine comprises: a motor; a line that is tensioned by the motor; a spool that takes up the line, wherein the spool includes a flange wherein the flange defines a capture region for the line; and a line guide adjacent to the spool, wherein the line guide prevents the line from persistently escaping from the capture region for the line.