US 12,280,288 B2
Low joint strain fitness system
James Brent Klassen, Osoyoos (CA); David Michael Bernhardt, White Rock (CA); and Javier Peter Fernandez-Han, Burnaby (CA)
Assigned to Genesis Advanced Technology Inc., Surrey (CA)
Filed by Genesis Advanced Technology Inc., Surrey (CA)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/503,178.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/477,174, filed on Dec. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/422,922, filed on Nov. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0149101 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/055 (2006.01); A63B 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/156 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0552 (2013.01); A63B 21/169 (2015.10)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exercise apparatus comprising:
a support structure including a wall plate and a hinged portion, the wall plate configured to be mounted to a wall;
one or more forward pulleys arranged to be connected to the support structure;
one or more overhead pulleys arranged to be supported by the hinged portion;
the hinged portion hingedly connecting to the wall plate below a height of the one or more overhead pulleys, the hinged portion having a slidable member arranged to extend the hinged portion in length to adjust a distance between the one or more overhead pulleys and the hinged connection of the hinged portion to the wall plate;
the one or more overhead pulleys being arranged to be supported in use of the exercise apparatus in an overhead pulley position displaced horizontally 16″ or more, 17″ or more, 18″ or more, 19″ or more, 20″ or more, 21″ or more, 22″ or more, 23″ or more, 24″ or more, 25″ or more, 26″ or more, 27″ or more, 28″ or more, or 29″ or more from the one or more forward pulleys, the position of the one or more forward pulleys being 16″ or more, 17″ or more, 18″ or more, 19″ or more, 20″ or more, 21″ or more, 22″ or more, 23″ or more, 24″ or more, 25″ or more, 26″ or more, 27″ or more, 28″ or more, or 29″ or more vertically lower than the one or more overhead pulleys;
one or more forward user interfacing elements each connected to a respective forward pulley cord carried by a respective forward pulley of the one or more forward pulleys, each of the one or more forward user interfacing elements being biased in use of the exercise apparatus towards the respective forward pulley by tension of the respective forward pulley cord; and
one or more overhead user interfacing elements each connected to a respective overhead pulley cord carried by a respective overhead pulley of the one or more overhead pulleys, each of the one or more overhead user interfacing elements being biased in use of the exercise apparatus towards the respective overhead pulley by tension of the respective overhead pulley cord.