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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Baylor University, Waco, TX (US);
Inventor:
Brian A. Garner, Waco, TX (US);
Assignee:
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, Waco, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63G 19/20 (2006.01); A63B 69/04 (2006.01); F16H 21/50 (2006.01); F16H 25/08 (2006.01); A63B 21/005 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 21/50 (2013.01); A63B 21/0058 (2013.01); A63B 21/154 (2013.01); A63B 69/04 (2013.01); A63G 19/20 (2013.01); F16H 25/08 (2013.01); Y10T 74/18152 (2015.01);
Abstract
A platform is provided, which platform is adapted to engage a base through a multiplicity of pulley engaging cables. A first end of each cable is attached to a cam follower assembly located on the base and a second portion of the cable is attached to the platform. A motor driving the multiplicity of cams, cam followers, and cables will move the platform, the platform typically being suspended above the base on the cables or the cables and compression springs.