IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,865,406
Granted Patent B2
US 11,865,406 · App. 17/603,683 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Power training apparatus

Inventor: Mattias Hallor (Muggensturm, DE)
Assignee: SPARKFIELD GMBH
A63B23/03566A63B21/159A63B21/4034A63B21/4035A63B2225/102
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Patent No.
US 11,865,406
App. No.
17/603,683
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a power training apparatus ( 10 ) with a manually actuatable operating element ( 30 ) which is coupled via a lever mechanism ( 20 ) to at least one unit ( 39, 41, 42 ) generating a resistance, wherein the lever mechanism ( 20 ) has, at a distance from a grip element ( 32 ) of the operating element ( 30 ), at least one first joint ( 26 ) which is mounted in a first axle ( 21 ) via at least one first joint lever ( 25 ), and having at least one second joint ( 35 ) which is arranged between the at least one first joint ( 26 ) and the grip element ( 32 ), wherein the at least one second joint ( 35 ) is mounted at least indirectly in a second axle ( 22 ) via at least one second joint lever ( 36 ), wherein one of the axles ( 21, 22 ) is operatively connected to the at least one unit ( 39, 41, 42 ), and wherein the other of the two axles ( 21, 22 ) is blocked or is pivotable about a small angle.

Claims (17)

1. A strength training apparatus ( 10 ) having a manually operable operating element ( 30 ) coupled via a lever mechanism ( 20 ) to at least one unit ( 39 , 41 , 42 ) generating a resistance,

the lever mechanism ( 20 ) having, at a distance from a handle element ( 32 ) of the operating element ( 30 ), at least one first joint ( 26 ) mounted in a first axis ( 21 ) via at least one first joint lever ( 25 ), and the lever mechanism ( 20 ) having at least one second joint ( 35 ) disposed between the at least one first joint ( 26 ) and the handle element ( 32 ),

the at least one second joint ( 35 ) being mounted at least indirectly in a second axis ( 22 ) via at least one second joint lever ( 36 ), one of the first and second axes ( 21 , 22 ) being disposed in operative connection with the at least one unit ( 39 , 41 , 42 ), the other of the first and second axes ( 21 , 22 ) being locked or being pivotable about a small angle,

wherein the at least one second joint lever ( 36 ) being connected to the second axis ( 22 ) via a coupling link ( 38 ),

wherein the first and second axes ( 21 , 22 ) each being lockable or pivotable about the small angle individually and being operatively connectable to the at least one unit ( 39 , 41 , 42 ) individually,

wherein the at least one first joint lever ( 25 ) and the at least one second joint lever ( 36 ) being disposed on a same side of a corresponding one of at least one rods ( 28 ) of the operating element ( 30 ),

wherein the at least one second joint ( 35 ) being coupled to the corresponding one of the at least one rods ( 28 ) at a location between the at least one first joint ( 26 ) and the handle element ( 32 ), the at least one second joint lever ( 36 ) being fixed at a first end thereof via the at least one second joint ( 35 ) so as to be pivotable at the at least one second joint ( 35 ),

and wherein, at an opposite second end of the at least one second joint lever ( 36 ) facing away from the at least one second joint ( 35 ), the coupling link ( 38 ) being connected to the at least one second joint lever ( 36 ) via a third joint ( 37 ) so as to be pivotable on a first end of the coupling link ( 38 ) and non-rotatably coupled to the second axis ( 22 ) on an opposite second end of the coupling link ( 38 ).

2. The strength training apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein two first joints are provided which are respectively coupled to two rods ( 28 ) of the operating element ( 30 ).

3. The strength training apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the handle element ( 32 ) is disposed so as to be pivotable about the at least one first joint ( 26 ) when the first axis ( 21 ) is locked, and wherein the handle element ( 32 ) is disposed so as to be displaceable in an approximately linear direction when the second axis ( 22 ) is locked.

4. The strength training apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the coupling link ( 38 ) faces away from the first axis ( 21 ) when the first axis ( 21 ) is locked, and wherein the coupling link ( 38 ) faces the first axis ( 21 ) when the second axis ( 22 ) is locked.

5. The strength training apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second axes ( 21 , 22 ) are each connected to a separate unit ( 41 , 42 ) of the at least one unit ( 39 , 41 , 42 ).

6. The strength training apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second axes ( 21 , 22 ) are connected to one shared unit ( 39 ) of the at least one unit ( 39 , 41 , 42 ) which can be coupled to the first or the second axis ( 21 , 22 ) via a coupling device ( 40 ).

7. The strength training apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one additional axis ( 63 , 64 ) distinct from the first and second axes ( 21 , 22 ) is provided which is operatively and respectively connected to an additional unit ( 71 , 72 ) generating a resistance and an additional operating element ( 68 , 69 ) via an additional joint lever ( 65 , 66 ), and wherein a neutral position of the axis ( 63 , 64 ) can be respectively set in at least two different angle positions of the additional joint lever ( 65 , 66 ).

8. The strength training apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first and second axes ( 21 , 22 ) and the at least one additional axis ( 63 , 64 ) extend parallel to one another.

9. The strength training apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the operating element ( 30 ) and the additional operating element ( 68 , 69 ) are disposed parallel and laterally offset to one another.

10. The strength training apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising two additional units ( 71 , 72 ) generating a resistance, wherein the at least one unit ( 39 , 41 , 42 ) comprises three units ( 39 , 41 , 42 ) wherein two of the three units ( 41 , 42 ) and the two additional units ( 71 , 72 ) are disposed inside a housing ( 12 ), and wherein the operating element ( 30 ) is aligned with a symmetry plane ( 14 ) of the housing ( 12 ) outside the housing ( 12 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2021
From: HALLOR, MATTIAS
To: SPARKFIELD GMBH
Reel/Frame 057810/0427 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 205 676.8 · Apr 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220193489A1 · Jun 23, 2022
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