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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:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
John J Ronan, Newburyport, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
482104 ; 482-1 ;
Abstract
A weightlifting apparatus including a support structure for supporting a weight to be lifted, and a monitoring system for monitoring the position of the weight within a range of movement. The monitoring system includes sensors positioned within the range of movement, assisting unit for intermittently providing assistance, and a control unit for continuously controlling the assisting unit responsive to the outputs of the sensors. The apparatus is further capable of providing variable amounts of assistance.