US 12,121,768 B2
Exercise device having a linear arm portion
Samuel Adam Miller, Brooklyn, NY (US); Michael Anthony Charpin, Brooklyn, NY (US); Michael Tinker, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Paul Joseph Vizzio, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Proteus Motion Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Proteus Motion Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,394.
Application 17/969,394 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/205,183, filed on Mar. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,529,543.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,057, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/991,875, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082469 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/015 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/4045 (2015.10) [A63B 21/015 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exercise apparatus comprising:
a linear arm portion including an elongate arm member having proximal and distal ends and an elongate support member having proximal and distal ends, the arm member slidably mounted to the support member by a sliding joint positioned at the distal end of the support member, the arm member being movable along a first axis between retracted and extended positions relative to the support member;
a linear arm brake assembly coupled to the arm member for resisting linear motion of the arm member, the linear arm brake assembly comprising a flexible loop transmission secured to the arm member, and an arm brake that is rotatably coupled to the flexible loop transmission, a flexible loop of the flexible loop transmission engages a first support member rotary member at the proximal end of the support member and a second support member rotary member located at the sliding joint, the flexible loop being secured to the arm member by a connecting member; and
a torso portion to which the linear arm portion is rotatably mounted about a second axis by a rotary shoulder joint.