William M Vittone

7169096, Jan 30, 2007

Apr 27, 2005

11/115864

Suzanne R. Vittone - Hurley WI, US
Larry W. Vittone - Hurley WI, US
William M. Vittone - Oak Ridge TN, US

Vitex, LLC - Oak Ridge TN

A63B 26/00

482140, 482 92, 482 93, 482 94, 482 95

An abdominal exercise machine includes a bench assembly having a frame and a user support supported by the frame and configured for having a user lie thereupon, a weight assembly adjacent the bench assembly and having a weight carriage movably positionable thereon, a bar for engaging the legs of the user adjacent thigh and shin areas of the legs; and a cable passing through a plurality of pulleys and having a first end connected to the weight assembly and operably associated with the weight carriage for urging the weight carriage in a desired direction and a second end connectable to the bar.

7322914, Jan 29, 2008

Feb 24, 2005

11/065644

Suzanne R. Vittone - Hurley WI, US
Larry W. Vittone - Hurley WI, US
William M. Vittone - Oak Ridge TN, US

A63B 22/14

482146

Exercise devices which enable exercise through a substantially complete range of motion of a body part. The devices include a body contact member located adjacent a frame portion. A plurality of tension members extend between the frame portion and the body contact member to supply tension to yieldably resist motion of the body contact member relative to the frame portion.

7775943, Aug 17, 2010

Jan 26, 2007

11/627763

Suzanne R. Vittone - Hurley WI, US
Larry W. Vittone - Hurley WI, US
William M. Vittone - Oak Ridge TN, US

A63B 22/00

482 70, 482 51, 482126, 482121

An exercise machine, including an elastic band and a tension fulcrum positioned so that the band extends around the tension fulcrum to provide resistance exercise to the user.

20030186794, Oct 2, 2003

Apr 2, 2002

10/114163

William Vittone - Oak Ridge TN, US

A63B026/00

482/142000

A balance apparatus for use during an exercise routine includes a frame and a platform having a surface against which the body of an individual is positioned or bears against during the performance of an exercise routine. The platform is pivotally connected to the frame to accommodate a pivoting of the platform relative to the frame about at least one pivot axis through a limited number of angular degrees about the at least one pivot axis so that in order for the individual to maintain the platform in a balanced and stationary condition relative to the frame as he is positioned or bears against the platform, the individual must distribute any force which bears against the platform surface substantially evenly or equally about the at least one pivot axis. The balance apparatus is particularly well-suited for use during the performance of an exercise routine involving the movement of the limbs of an individual between bent and extended conditions as a resistive force opposes the movement of the limbs between the bent and extended conditions, and embodiments of the balance apparatus can be used with or incorporated within an exercise machine which requires that the individual bear against a surface, such as a floor or a bench, during the performance of an exercise routine.

20060040802, Feb 23, 2006

Aug 23, 2004

10/923932

Larry Vittone - Hurley WI, US
Suzanne Vittone - Hurley WI, US
William Vittone - Oak Ridge TN, US

A63B 21/06
A63B 21/072

482106000, 482093000

An exercise bar including an elongated frame having two spaced hand grips with which the bar is grasped by the user during an exercise routine and a U-shaped mid-section which joins the hand grips to one another. Each hand grip accommodates a change in position of the wrists of the grasping hands relative to the frame as the bar is moved with the hands during an exercise routine. Furthermore, the opening of the U of the U-shaped mid-section provides a gap disposed between the hand grips which is sized to accommodate the passage of the mid-section over the head of the user without the need to lift the grips of the bar any higher than the user's head.

20080182731, Jul 31, 2008

Jan 25, 2007

11/627010

Suzanne R. Vittone - Hurley WI, US
Larry W. Vittone - Hurley WI, US
William M. Vittone - Oak Ridge TN, US

A63B 21/062

482 98, 482 92

An exercise device including one or more rotatable members that allow a user to perform various exercises with a broad freedom of motion.

7147594, Dec 12, 2006

Dec 21, 2004

11/017898

William M. Vittone - Oak Ridge TN, US

A63B 26/00

482142, 482 95, 482 92

A system for positioning a user support of an exercise device, including a user support having a user support surface; a pair of positioning members connected to the user support, each positioning member extending outwardly from opposite sides of the user support and being substantially aligned along a common axis; a frame configured for supporting exercise weights and including a pair of spaced apart portions, the spacing between the spaced apart portions of the frame defining a space configured for receiving the user support; and a guide located on each of the spaced apart portions of the frame, each guide defining a plurality of receivers each of which is configured for receiving a portion of one of the positioning members, with the guides each located such that the receivers of each guide are in substantial registry with one another, wherein the user support is adjustably and incrementally positionable relative to the frame by selectively positioning the positioning members so that they are received by the receivers to effect selective positioning of the user support relative to the frame.