IP Library Granted Patent US 12,251,599
Granted Patent B2
US 12,251,599 · App. 17/971,020 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Elliptical cycle

Inventor: Kevin Lawrence Colburn (Windsor, CO)
Assignee: CKNAPP SALES, INC.
A63B22/0664A63B21/00069A63B21/225A63B22/0046A63B22/04A63B22/0694A63B2022/0676A63B2208/0204
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Patent No.
US 12,251,599
App. No.
17/971,020
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable elliptical exercise apparatus where movement of the right pedal or left pedal defines an ellipse having an ellipse width and ellipse height, where the ellipse height can be incrementally varied according to the pedal surface location of a left foot or right foot on a corresponding left pedal or right pedal.

Claims (18)

1. An elliptical exercise apparatus, comprising:

a chassis, wherein the chassis comprises:

a first frame panel, wherein the first frame panel is coupled to a rear frame support at a first end of the first frame panel, is coupled to a front frame support at a second end of the first frame panel, and has a portion which defines a first recess, and

a second frame panel, wherein the second frame panel is coupled to the rear frame support at a first end of the second frame panel, is coupled to the front frame support at a second end of the second frame panel, and has a portion which defines a second recess; and

an axle, wherein the axle includes:

a medial portion disposed at the first recess and the second recess,

a first end portion extending outwardly from the first recess, and

a second end portion extending outwardly from the second recess; and

a first member coupled to the first end portion;

a first pedal connected to the first member;

a second member coupled to the second end portion; and

a second pedal connected to the second member;

wherein rotation of the axle generates rotating elliptical movement of the first pedal defining an ellipse having an ellipse width and an ellipse height.

2. The elliptical exercise apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a timer device.

3. The elliptical exercise apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a resistance assembly configured for providing resistance to movement of the first pedal.

4. The elliptical exercise apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:

a resistance control device operatively coupled to the resistance assembly for adjusting resistance provided by the resistance assembly to movement of the first pedal.

5. The elliptical exercise apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the ellipse height is from about 6.0 inches to about 9.0 inches.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2024
From: 17 THRASIO SEVENTEEN, INC.
To: CKNAPP SALES, INC.
Reel/Frame 068899/0338 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2024
From: 12 THRASIO TWELVE, INC.; 17 THRASIO SEVENTEEN, INC.; 19 THRASIO NINETEEN, INC.; 22 THRASIO TWENTY TWO, INC.; 7 THRASIO SEVEN, INC.; APRICOT IDEAS, INC.; CALIFORNIA POPPY PROJECTS, INC.; CARAMEL CREATIONS, INC.; CHILI FLAKES, INC.; COMET CREATIONS, INC.; DARK ORANGE DESIGN INC.; EMBERGLOW IDEAS, INC.; FAINT ORANGE HORIZON, INC.; GINGER CAT CREATIONS, INC.; GOLDEN GATE SOLUTIONS, INC.; IDEAL MONARCH INC.; IDEASTREAM CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC; KHAKI TRIPS INC.; KOI CREATIONS, INC.; LIONFISH LOGISTICS, INC.; MAPLE MOVEMENTS, INC.; OCHRE ORGANIZATION, INC.; ORANGE CRUSH ORGANIZATION, INC.; ORANGE HOPE, INC.; ORANGE MARGARITA, INC.; ORANGE PEEL PROJECTS, INC.; ORANGE UMBRELLA CREATIONS, INC.; ORANGUTAN ORGANIZATION, INC.; OYSTER OASIS, INC.; PENNY ROSE SOLUTIONS, INC.; SUNNY OPERATIONS, INC.; SWEET NECTAR ENTERPRISE, INC.; TANGELO TENDENCIES, INC.; TANGERINE IDEAS, INC.; TOPAZ TRADITIONS, INC.; WILLIAMS EVANS RETAIL LTD.; AMBER IDEAS, INC.; PENTHE COMPANY
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 071380/0275 →
RELEASE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT R/F 65687/0230 Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
To: IDEASTREAM CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LLC; PENNY ROSE SOLUTIONS, INC.; 17 THRASIO SEVENTEEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 067962/0773 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2024
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
To: THRASIO, LLC; 1 THRASIO ONE, INC.; 10 THRASIO TEN, INC.; 11 THRASIO ELEVEN, INC.; 12 THRASIO TWELVE, INC.; 14 THRASIO FOURTEEN, INC.; 15 THRASIO FIFTEEN, INC.; 16 THRASIO SIXTEEN, INC.; 17 THRASIO SEVENTEEN, INC.; 18 THRASIO EIGHTEEN, INC.; 19 THRASIO NINETEEN, INC.; 2 B BOUNTIFUL, INC.; 20 THRASIO TWENTY, INC.; 21 THRASIO TWENTY ONE, INC.; 22 THRASIO TWENTY TWO, INC.; 23 THRASIO TWENTY THREE, INC.; 24 THRASIO TWENTY FOUR, INC.; 25 THRASIO TWENTY FIVE, INC.; 3 THRASIO THREE, INC.; 5 THRASIO FIVE, INC.; 6 THRASIO SIX, INC.; 7 THRASIO SEVEN, INC.; 8 THRASIO EIGHT, INC.; 9 THRASIO NINE, INC.; ALLOY IDEAS, INC.; AMBER IDEAS, INC.; AMBER OASIS, INC.; APRICOT IDEAS, INC.; APRICOT IDEAS, INC.; ASH DEVELOPMENTS, LLC; ASSASSIN BUG INDUSTRIES, INC.; AUTUMN IDEAS, INC.; BITTERSWEET BILLOWS, INC.; BRONZE PROJECTS, INC.; BURNING NEON, INC.; BURNT SUMMER CITRUS, INC.; BUTTERCUP CREATIONS, INC.; BUTTERSCOTCH BEGINNINGS, INC.; CAFE CASA, INC.; CALIFORNIA POPPY PROJECTS, INC.; CANDLELIT CREATIONS, INC.; CARAMEL CREATIONS, INC.; CARNATION CREATIONS, INC.; CARROT SOLUTIONS, INC.; CAYENNE SOLUTIONS, INC.; CHAMPAGNE PROJECTS, INC.; CHEDDAR CREATIONS, INC.; CHILI FLAKES, INC.; CHRYSANTHEMUM CREATIONS, INC.; CINNABAR CREATIONS, INC.; CITRINE SOLUTIONS, INC.; CLASSY MANGO, INC.; CLASSY TANGERINE, INC.; CLEMENTINE CREATIONS, INC.; COMET CREATIONS INC.; CORAL CHROME, INC.; CORN SNAKE SURPRISES, INC.; CRAWFISH CREATIONS, INC.; DAFFODIL DESIGN, INC.; DARK ORANGE DESIGN, INC.; DAYBREAK DEVELOPMENTS, INC.; DAYLILY DREAMS, INC.; DMD GROUP, INC.; ECOM HEIGHTS LLC; EMBERGLOW IDEAS, INC.; FAINT ORANGE HORIZON, INC.; FALL FOUNDATIONS, INC.; FAWN FOUNDATIONS, INC.; FOXY CREATIONS, INC.; FROSTY DREAM, INC.; FYER TROPICS, INC.; GINGER CAT CREATIONS, INC.; GINGER CREATIONS, INC.; GINGERSNAP SOLUTIONS, INC.; GOLDEN GATE SOLUTIONS, INC.; GOLDEN KIWIFRUIT ENTERPRISES, INC.; HABANERO PEPPER PROJECTS, INC.; HARLEY ORANGE, INC.; HARVEST CHARM, INC.; HONEY SUNSET, INC.; IDEAL MONARCH, INC.; IDEASTREAM CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LLC; JASPER GESTURE, INC.; JUPITER GESTURE, INC.; KHAKI TRIPS, INC.; KOI CREATIONS, INC.; LACE DECISIONS, INC.; LARANJA LOGISTICS, INC.; LATTE LOGISTICS, INC.; LEMUR LOGISTICS, INC.; LEVITA HOLDINGS, LLC; LIONFISH LOGISTICS, INC.; LOBSTER LOGISTICS, INC.; MAGENTA PEEL SOLUTIONS, INC.; MAHOGANY MOVEMENTS, INC.; MALT DECISIONS, INC.; MANGO MOVEMENTS, INC.; MANGO WONDER, INC.; MAPLE MOVEMENTS, INC.; MARMALADE MOVEMENTS, INC.; MELON MOVEMENTS, INC.; METEOR MOVEMENTS, INC.; MIMOSA MOVEMENTS, INC.; OCHRE ORGANIZATION, INC.; OLD RUST ORGANIZATION, INC.; ORANGE CRUSH ORGANIZATION, INC.; ORANGE HOPE, INC.; ORANGE MARGARITA, INC.; ORANGE ORGANIZATION, INC.; ORANGE PEACH PROJECTS, INC.; ORANGE PEEL PROJECTS, INC.; ORANGE UMBRELLA CREATIONS, INC.; ORANGUTAN ORGANIZATION, INC.; ORANSSI ORGANIZATION, INC.; OYSTER OASIS, INC.; PANTONE PROJECTS, INC.; PAPAYA PROJECTS, INC.; PEACH PROJECTS, INC.; PENNY ROSE SOLUTIONS, INC.; PENTHE COMPANY; PERSIAN PROJECTS, INC.; PERSIMMON PROJECTS, INC.; PIZZA PROJECTS, INC.; PORTOCALE PROJECTS, INC.; PRIMROSE PROJECTS, INC.; RADIANT ORANGE, INC.; ROSE BUD CREATIONS, INC.; ROSEWOOD WISH, INC.; SAFEREST HOLDINGS, LLC; SALMON SOLUTIONS, INC.; SANDPAPER SOLUTIONS, INC.; SANDSNAKE VENTURES, INC.; SAPPHIRE MONKEY, INC.; SCARLET SOLUTIONS, INC.; SCOTCH SOLUTIONS, INC.; SEASHELL SOLUTIONS, INC.; SHERBERT SOLUTIONS, INC.; SHORTBREAD SOLUTIONS, INC.; SOFT SPICE, INC.
Reel/Frame 068903/0293 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2024
From: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
To: ANGOR-PET THRASIO TWO, INC.; CAFE CASA, INC.; 17 THRASIO SEVENTEEN, INC.; IDEASTREAM CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 067849/0841 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2023
From: 11 THRASIO ELEVEN, INC.; 17 THRASIO SEVENTEEN, INC.; 18 THRASIO EIGHTEEN, INC.; 19 THRASIO NINETEEN, INC.; 2 B BOUNTIFUL, INC.; 25 THRASIO TWENTY FIVE, INC.; ANGOR-PET THRASIO TWO, INC.; AUTUMN IDEAS, INC.; CAFE CASA, INC.; CAYENNE SOLUTIONS, INC.; CHEDDAR CREATIONS, INC.; CHRYSANTHEMUM CREATIONS, INC.; CLASSY MANGO, INC.; CRAWFISH CREATIONS, INC.; DARK ORANGE DESIGN, INC.; DAYLILY DREAMS, INC.; FAINT ORANGE HORIZON, INC.; FROSTY DREAM, INC.; FYER TROPICS, INC.; HONEY SUNSET, INC.; KHAKI TRIPS, INC.; LACE DECISIONS, INC.; LATTE LOGISTICS, INC.; MAHOGANY MOVEMENTS, INC.; MALT DECISIONS, INC.; MANGO WONDER, INC.; MELON MOEMENTS, INC.; OLD RUST ORGANIZATION, INC.; ORANGE CRUSH ORGANIZATION, INC.; OYSTER OASIS, INC.; PANTONE PROJECTS, INC.; PAPAYA PROJECTS, INC.; PENNY ROSE SOLUTIONS, INC.; PENTHE COMPANY; PIZZA PROJECT, LLC; PRIMROSE PROJECTS, INC.; TAWNY TASKS, INC.; TEAL MONKEY, INC.; LEVITA HOLDINGS, LLC; ECOM HEIGHTS LLC; IDEASTREAM CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LLC; THRASIO, LLC
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 065687/0230 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: COLBURN, KEVIN LAWRENCE
To: 3D INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 064357/0085 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: 3D INNOVATIONS, LLC
To: 17 THRASIO SEVENTEEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 064357/0178 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17328802 · May 24, 2021
Continuation 16213914 · Dec 7, 2018
Continuation 29668109 · Oct 26, 2018
Related Publication 20230039664A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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