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Inertial force, accommodating resistance exercise device and method

US4900017A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 20, 1984
Grant dateFeb 13, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 20, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2071/0063
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

This invention relates to an inertial force, accommodating resistance exercise device and method. The subject device includes a nonrotating structure of enhanced mass and at least one wheel connected to the nonrotating structure to permit the device to be rolled to enable a user to perform accommodating resistance exercise. The mass of the nonrotating structure may be varied according to the requirements of the exercise by substituting inertial disks of different size and/or an inertial cradle or cage member. In exercises utilizing the instant invention resistance is accommodating in direct proportion to the speed with which the mass of the nonrotating structure is translated and direction in which it is translated.

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