Exercise machine arm with single-handed adjustment

US12005295B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TONAL SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Mark Peter McNally · San Francisco, US
• Michael Valente · San Francisco, US
• Anya Richardson Quenon · San Francisco, US
• Patricia Howes · Chicago, US
• Scott Thomas Rider · Pleasant Hill, US
• Daniel Jordan Kayser · Mill Valley, US
• David Mallard · Mill Valley, US
• David Jonathan Zimmer · Exeter, US
• Maxwell W. Davis · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 18, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63B21/4047
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An exercise device includes a resistance unit having a connecting gear. It further includes a cable. It further includes an arm that routes the cable to an actuator. The arm is rotatable relative to the resistance unit about the connecting gear, the arm having a central axis. The arm includes a control that mechanically disengages a locking mechanism from the connecting gear. The control is activated by an activation force substantially directed either toward the central axis of the arm, along a length of the arm, or about the central axis. The activation force is mechanically converted into linear force along the arm that disengages the locking mechanism from the connecting gear.