US 12,440,721 B2
Training apparatus with progress indicator and unified base for different apparatus types
Markus Hammer, Gräfelfing (DE)
Assigned to VISION 8 GMBH, Gräfelfing (DE)
Appl. No. 18/546,771
Filed by VISION 8 GmbH, Gräfelfing (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/051410
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/175857, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21157617 (EP), filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0131391 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0226651 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 22/08 (2006.01); A63B 21/005 (2006.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/02 (2006.01); A63B 22/06 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 22/0046 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0058 (2013.01); A63B 22/025 (2015.10); A63B 22/06 (2013.01); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0068 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0093 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fitness apparatus (1) comprising:
a drive device (27) for receiving a training performance generated by a user;
a force transmission device (21) for transmitting the performance generated by the user during the training to the drive device (27);
a frame (2, 2a, 2b), on which the drive device (27) and a force transmission device (21) are arranged, wherein the frame (2, 2a, 2b) is further designed to support the user of the fitness apparatus (1) while performing fitness exercises;
a pedestal (3, 3′) supporting the frame (2, 2a, 2b) for resting on a subsurface;
at least one sensor (26) for determining the training performance generated by the user;
a control device (6), which is formed to receive data from the at least one sensor (26), wherein the control device (6) cooperates with:
a processing unit (7), which is formed to determine a measure of success from the training performance generated by the user, and
a signal unit (8), which is formed to generate a signal (80) for a progress indicator, based on the determined measure of success,
characterized in that
the frame (2, 2a, 2b) or the pedestal (3′) of the fitness apparatus (1) has rollers (47, 48, 49, 48′, 49′), which are arranged on the frame (2, 2a, 2b) or on the pedestal (3′) in such a way that a tilt-stable positioning of the frame (2) with respect to the subsurface as well as a longitudinal displacement of the frame (2) or of the frame (2) together with the pedestal (3′) relative to the subsurface is made possible, and wherein
the fitness apparatus (1) further has at least one actuating drive (9), which is formed
to displace the frame (2) relative to the pedestal (3) or
the frame (2) together with the pedestal (3′) relative to the subsurface in the longitudinal direction as a function of the signal (80) by means of the rollers (47, 48, 49, 48′, 49′) in a motorized manner.