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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
A. Buell Ish, Iii, Redmond, WA (US);
A. Buell Ish, III, Redmond, WA (US);
Vectra Fitness, Inc., Kent, WA (US);
Abstract
Exercise assemblies having self-adjusting pad devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exercise assembly includes a load and a force-transferring assembly operatively coupled between the load and at least one exercise station such that a training force applied to the at least one exercise station induces an associated force on the load. The at least one exercise station includes at least one pad member slideably coupled to a support member and configured to adjust to a lateral position along the support member corresponding to a portion of the user's body. The at least one pad member may have an attachment opening that includes a first portion sized to receive a shaft portion of the support member, and a second portion sized to receive a retaining portion of the support member, the retaining portion being larger than the shaft portion of the support member.