IP Library Granted Patent US 12,350,546
Granted Patent B2
US 12,350,546 · App. 17/550,753 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Floor-based exercise machine configurations

Inventors: Michael Valente (San Francisco, CA); Robin Barata (San Francisco, CA); David Mallard (Mill Valley, CA); Thomas Kroman Watt (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
A63B21/4033A63B23/0458A63B2024/0093A63B2071/065A63B2208/0204A63B2225/50
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Patent No.
US 12,350,546
App. No.
17/550,753
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exercise system includes an exercise platform comprising an internal motor coupled to a cable exiting the exercise platform via a portal in an exit direction to transmit force to a remote handle. It further includes an auxiliary pulley external to the exercise platform that redirects the cable from the exit direction to facilitate a direction of an exercise motion.

Claims (14)

1. An exercise system, comprising:

an exercise platform comprising an internal motor coupled to a cable exiting the exercise platform via a cable guiding wrist in an exit direction to transmit force to a remote handle, wherein the exercise platform comprises a track, wherein the cable guiding wrist is translatable along the track, and wherein the cable guiding wrist is rotatable on a horizontal plane of the exercise platform; and

a detachable component comprising a pulley that redirects the cable from the exit direction to facilitate a direction of an exercise motion, wherein the detachable component comprising the pulley is attachable to a plurality of different mounting points.

2. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the exercise platform comprises a spool.

3. The exercise system of claim 2 , wherein the spool is horizontally oriented.

4. The exercise system of claim 3 , wherein the exercise platform comprises a tensioner to maintain tension on the cable within the exercise platform.

5. The exercise system of claim 3 , wherein the exercise platform comprises a roller on the spool.

6. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the exercise platform comprises one or more processors configured to anticipate instability.

7. The exercise system of claim 6 , wherein instability is anticipated based at least in part on an inertial model of the exercise platform.

8. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the exercise platform comprises two or more cables and the cable is one of the two or more cables.

9. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the internal motor is mounted horizontally.

10. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the internal motor is mounted vertically.

11. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the exercise platform comprises an exit portal on a face of the exercise platform.

12. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the cable guiding wrist further comprises at least two pulley sheaves.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: TONAL SYSTEMS, INC.
To: HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 075306/0212 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2025
From: TONAL SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CUSTOMERS BANK
Reel/Frame 073255/0161 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2022
From: VALENTE, MICHAEL; BARATA, ROBIN; MALLARD, DAVID; WATT, THOMAS KROMAN
To: TONAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059063/0037 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63125923 · Dec 15, 2020
Related Publication 20220184452A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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