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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2007
A. Buell Ish, Iii, Redmond, WA (US);
L. Kent Lines, Carnation, WA (US);
Jose L. Sanchez, Bothell, WA (US);
Robert A. Rasmussen, Bellevue, WA (US);
A. Buell Ish, III, Redmond, WA (US);
L. Kent Lines, Carnation, WA (US);
Jose L. Sanchez, Bothell, WA (US);
Robert A. Rasmussen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vectra Fitness, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Exercise apparatus and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an exercise assembly includes a load, a support assembly, a force-transferring assembly operatively coupled to the load and to the support assembly, and an exercise station operatively coupled to the force-transferring assembly. The exercise station includes a user interface, at least one adjustment assembly configured to adjust a position of the user interface, and an actuator assembly selectively engageable with the at least one adjustment assembly. The actuator assembly is configured to approximately simultaneously enable vertical and horizontal adjustment of the user interface when the actuator assembly is actuated to release the at least one adjustment assembly, and to approximately simultaneously disable adjustment of the user interface when the actuator assembly is actuated to lock the at least one adjustment assembly. Thus, movements of the user interface may be easily and efficiently performed using a single-touch actuation assembly.