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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott R Watterson, River Heights, UT (US);
William T Dalebout, Logan, UT (US);
Curt G Bingham, Logan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Proform Fitness Products, Inc., Logan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
482-5 ; 482-7 ; 482-8 ; 482 54 ; 482 63 ;
Abstract
A control system includes an adjustment knob to regulate the resistance of the exercise machine such as a treadmill, rowing machine, or stationary exercise cycle. Various indicia are positioned proximate the knob so the user may specifically select an exercise program and real time feedback of exercise performance through the use an ear clip supplying pulse information or other biological data which is converted and displayed for observation by the user.