Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 119 the benefit of priority from Provisional Application No. 61/127,181 with filing dare May 12, 2008 is claimed for this Non-Provisional Application.
The present invention relates generally to resistance training devices.
Positive resistance training devices vary from fixed position home gym systems; resistance chairs, resistance plates, resistance bands, mechanical spring and air filled spring based fixed units. A portable resistance training apparatus for use in exercise routines is described in this invention patent application. One of the objectives of this invention is to provide a portable resistance training device (RTD) where the magnitude of the force required to promote improved conditioning can be changed without recourse to additions of different weights or implements with different physical properties or complex physical adjustments. A second objective is to provide a RTD that can be used in adduction/abduction and rowing exercises. Other objectives will become apparent during the course of the detailed description The portable resistance training device is designed to be used to maintain the healthy condition of portions of a user's body though resistance training.
In light of the need for a portable resistance training device for use in exercise routines where the magnitude of adduction and abduction forces required to promote conditioning can be changed without recourse to the addition of different weights or implements, the objective of this invention is to provide a resistance training device which: is light weight, portable and inexpensive; and, has easy selectable resistance over a wide range of magnitude adjustability. The subject invention accomplishes these and other objectives relative to standard adduction and abduction exercises for the chest, abdomen, arms and legs. The above and other objectives, features and advantages of the subject invention will become apparent to those knowledgeable in the fitness area.
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The RTD of this invention is denoted generally by the numeral 2 in
The first terminal end 8a of the piston rod 8 extends out of the first end 4a of the chamber 4 though throughhole 12 in end cap 14 which is attached to the first end 4a of the chamber 4; the throughhole 12 having a flexible member 16 that circumscribes throughhole 12 that allows the translational movement of the piston rod 8 though throughhole 12 in end cap 14. The throughhole 12 opening allows the aforementioned translational movement of the piston rod 8 while essentially maintaining a minimal fluid leakage and frictional wear therebetween during the retraction and insertion of the piston assembly 10. The first terminal end 8a of the piston rod 8 having a handle 18 attached thereto for enabling the insertion and retraction of piston assembly 10, The rotational center of the handle 18 is collinear with the axial center of the piston rod 8 and that of the piston assembly 10. The chamber section 7 of chamber 4 is closed at its second end 4b in a non fluid leakage manner with end cap 20, rigidly attached to second handle 22 via fixed rod 17. Second handle 22 is linearly disposed along a line that is collinear with the first handle 18. A gauge 26 interposed between valve 6b and nipple 3 via ordinary non porous tubing, the gauge 26 being calibrated to read pound force/inch or Newton's in direct relationship to the extraction/insertion of the essentially linearly acting forces applied by the user of the RTD. By varying the size of the orifices in valves 6a and 6b, the user can personalize the force needed to drive the piston against the resisting force of the air in the chamber sections being compressed or undergoing rarefaction. As the air is being compressed, for example in chamber 7, the air in chamber 5 is undergoing rarefaction as its volume grows. Returning to valve 6b, the output thereof is directed to diverter valve 32 where the output of valve 6a may be pumped to the atmosphere 45 or into chamber section 5 depending on the position of orifices in diverter valve 32. As stated above the compressed air flowing through valve 6b into diverter valve 32 where it can be exhaust to the atmosphere denoted by the numeral 45 or into valve 6a via tube 42 and into volume section 5 via the nipple 3 located proximate end cap 14 of chamber 4 at a flow rate that is determined by on the status of the orifice of valve 6a and that of 6b depending on the status of valve 6b and nipple 43. Spring limiter 9 provides some return force on the piston assembly at the end of the insertion stroke of piston assembly 10.
Returning to the cup-shaped membranes 52 and 54, the cup-shaped membranes 52 produces compression in chamber section 7 when the piston is moved toward the second end 4b correspondingly the cup membrane 54 causes a partial vacuum (i.e., rarefaction) to developed in chamber section 5 resulting in resistance training during the full cycle of motion. In
The operation of the RTD 2 will now be explained. Adduction and abduction exercise of muscles in the chest and arm areas are to be performed with handles 18 and 22 held with the RTD 2 central axis perpendicular to a plane that includes the midline of the vertical body. The orifices of valves 6a and 6b should be set to a level that results in doable exertion rate by the user by measuring the indicated force on gauge 26 and 27. Rowing exercises should be performed by placing handle 22 on a surface and placing one foot or both feet into the eye of the handle and lifting upward with one or both hands, The chamber walls of the RTD are designed to resist a pressure of greater than 400 psig.
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20100292053 A1 | Nov 2010 | US |