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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:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kando Kobayashi, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
482 51 ; 482 57 ; 482 70 ; 601 36 ;
Abstract
A sprint training machine including a pair of backward and forward movable pedestals respectively provided with a pedal, an arm and a crank and operable independently from each other; a power engine for shifting the movable pedestals by a predetermined distance; a power transmitting portion; and a load controlling means for controlling a resistive load during a pedaling exercise such that a resistive load is applied to the operator when the pedal is located lower than a horizontal position of the pedal arm while no resistive load is applied to the operator when the pedal is located higher than the horizontal position of the pedal arm.