Page 8 - Magazines-Exercise-systems
P. 8

US007708670B2


                 (12) United States Patent                        (io) Patent No.:     US 7, 708,670 B2
                     Bowser                                       (45) Date of Patent  •      May 4, 2010


                 (54)    SEATED ROW EXERCISE SYSTEM                3,738,649  A   6/1973  Miller
                                                                   3,843,119  A   10/1974  Davis
                 (75)    Inventor:    John Bowser, Laguna Beach, CA (US)
                                                                   4,019,734  A   4/1977  Lee
                                                                   4,251,071  A   2/1981  Norton
                 (73)    Assignee:   VQ Actioncare, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
                                                                   4,262,902  A   4/1981  Dranselka
                 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this   4,316,616  A   2/1982  Boivin
                              patent is extended or adjusted under 35   4,390,177  A   6/1983  Biran
                              U.S.C. 154(b) by 32 days.            4,572,501  A   2/1986  Durham
                                                                   4,720,099  A   1/1988  Carlson
                 (21) Appl.No.: 12/020,685
                                                                   4,733,862  A   3/1988  Miller
                 (22) Filed: Jan. 28, 2008                         4,739,984  A  *   4/1988  Dranselka ..     482/60
                                                                   4,788,754  A   12/1988  Fukumoto
                 (65) Prior Publication Data
                                                                   4,830,363  A  *   5/1989  Kennedy  ...     482/56
                     US 2008/0119333 Al        May 22, 2008        4,838,547  A  *   6/1989  Sterling      482/128
                                                                   4,852,874  A   8/1989  Sleichter, III
                           Related U.S. Application Data
                                                                   4,913,423  A   4/1990  Farran
                 (60)  Continuation-in-part of application No. 11/766,299,
                      filed on Jun. 21, 2007, now Pat. No. 7,621,852, which
                      is a division of application No. 11/490,198, filed on
                      Jul. 20,2006, now abandoned, whichis a continuation-       (Continued)
                      in-part of application No. 11/062,063, filed on Feb. 18,
                                                               Primary Examiner—Loan H Thanh
                      2005, now Pat. No. 7,322,907, whichis a continuation-
                                                               Assistant Examiner—Tarn Nguyen
                      in-part of application No. 10/783,532, filedonFeb. 21,
                                                               (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Lawrence N. Ginsberg
                      2004, now Pat. No. 7,381,168.
                                                               (57)             ABSTRACT
                 (51)  Int. CI.
                     A63B 22/12 (2006.01)
                 (52)  U.S. CI    482/62; 487/57
                                                               A seated row exercise system including an exercise cycle
                 (58)  Field of Classification Search     482/56,   assembly that detachably connects to a chair frame of a chair;
                            482/57, 60, 62, 72, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125,
                                                               and, an elongated support assembly. The exercise cycle
                                482/126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 904, 908   assembly includes a main frame having a first end portion
                      See application file for complete search history.
                                                               detachably connectable to a frame element of a chair frame,
                 (56)           References Cited               the main frame including a plurality of support legs for sup-
                                                               porting the exercise cycle assembly relative to the floor; and,
                           U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS               a pedal assembly securely connected to the main frame. The
                                                               elongated support assembly includes a substantially vertical
                      704,840 A   7/1902  Korth
                     1,279,120 A   9/1918  Kellogg             support member secured to the main frame; and, a pulley
                                                               housing assembly attached to the vertical support member for
                     2,267,376 A   12/1941  Van Straaten
                     2,803,349 A  *   8/1957  Talbot      211/22   supporting a cable assembly.
                     3,606,321  A   9/1971  Macoulis
                     3,677,543 A   7/1972  Richardson                     14 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12