US 12,285,642 B2
Exercise machine with retractable arm
Michael Valente, San Francisco, CA (US); Robin Barata, San Francisco, CA (US); David Mallard, Mill Valley, CA (US); Mickey Chad Makay, Santa Clara, CA (US); Daniel Jordan Kayser, Mill Valley, CA (US); Alex Kensil, Oakland, CA (US); Graham Philip Arrick, San Francisco, CA (US); Andrew Mello, San Francisco, CA (US); and Travis Weisberger, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Tonal Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Tonal Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,937.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/093,653, filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118301 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 21/005 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/0058 (2013.01) [A63B 21/4035 (2015.10); A63B 21/4047 (2015.10); A63B 2225/09 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A weight training machine, comprising:
a central console including a motor;
an arm having a length attached on either side of the central console by a joint that allows rotation of the arm in a substantially vertical plane; and
a cable routed from the motor through the arm to a distal end of the arm wherein the cable terminates at an attachment point;
wherein the arm comprises an outer section and an inner section arranged to telescope in a manner that changes the length of the arm; and
wherein the arm includes a control for unlocking telescoping, wherein telescoping of the arm is locked when a component coupled to the control is in a hole in the inner section, wherein in response to activation of the control by a user, the component is lifted from the hole in the inner section, unlocking the outer section from the inner section, wherein the component comprises a wheel, and wherein the wheel rolls along a track of the inner section when telescoping the arm.