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(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