US 12,485,317 B2
Exercise systems and related methods
Matthew Currier, Cypress, TX (US); and James Youngblood, Richmond, TX (US)
Assigned to True Wellness, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/700,804
Filed by OSTEOSTRONG FRANCHISING, INC., Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 13, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/078062
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/064869, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 20, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,344, filed on Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,351, filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0416183 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/002 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 24/0087 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0023 (2013.01); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 2208/0233 (2013.01); A63B 2220/13 (2013.01); A63B 2220/51 (2013.01); A63B 2225/096 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
adjusting, using an actuator of a load-bearing mechanism, a relative distance between a user support and a loading interface of an exercise apparatus to thereby accommodate a user;
determining, using a position sensor of the load-bearing mechanism, the relative distance while the actuator adjusts the relative distance; and
after the actuator adjusts the relative distance, supporting the user using the user support while the user applies a first load to the loading interface to perform an exercise;
wherein adjusting, using the actuator of the load-bearing mechanism, the relative distance comprises:
extending or retracting the relative distance in response to the user:
entering an input into a user interface of a control unit, which control unit communicates control signals to the actuator of the load-bearing mechanism; or
applying a second load to the loading interface;
and
wherein adjusting, using the actuator of the load-bearing mechanism, the relative distance comprises:
extending or retracting the relative distance in response to:
the user applying the second load to the loading interface; and
determining, using a force sensor of the load-bearing mechanism, that the second load applied to the loading interface by the user has exceeded a threshold.