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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1991
William T Dalebout, Logan, UT (US);
Donald J Standing, Logan, UT (US);
Scott R Watterson, River Heights, UT (US);
Dane P Brewer, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lee Robertson, Sandy, UT (US);
David R Rowley, Kearns, UT (US);
ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., Logan, UT (US);
Abstract
A control console for exercise machines such as treadmills having a microprocessor to generate signals to control the exercise. The console is operable to control an exercise program comprising a series of time segments for which the difficulty levels are individually specified, and to provide a display of the program time segments. The console is further operable to display and store user-designed programs of the type described. Optionally, the console is operable to control two difficulty parameters of an exercise machine. The console may also include preset programs selectable by a user. The preset programs may include a fitness test comprising a series of exercise time segments of increasing difficulty, in which a user's fitness level is based on the user's inability to continue exercising beyond a particular time segment.