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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1992
R Lee Rawls, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jeffrey T Prince, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Stairmaster Sports/Medical Products, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
An exercise device having a coupling member movable by the user between rest and end limit of travel positions, a constant weight, and a weight-lifting arm operatively connected to the weight and movable through a vertical plane to move the weight between rest and elevated positions corresponding to the rest and end limit positions of the coupling member. The device further includes a pivot arm pivotally movable through a pivot arm plane having a user-selectable angular orientation to transmit a selectable force between the coupling member and weight dependent upon the selected angular orientation. A link arm is connected between the pivot arm and the weight-lifting arm to transmit force therebetween. The pivot arm is pivotally attached to a rotatable pivot arm support which is selectively rotated by a lever arm moved by an electric motor and screw arrangement to selectively change the angular orientation of the pivot arm plane. The exercise device provides infinitely variable adjustment of the loading on the coupling member within the range of possible weight settings even while an exercise is in progress. Using sensors and a microprocessor, the exercise device selects appropriate weight settings and changes the weight setting automatically during the course of an exercise program.