US PATENT SUBCLASS 482 / 51
INVOLVING USER TRANSLATION OR PHYSICAL SIMULATION THEREOF

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51INVOLVING USER TRANSLATION OR PHYSICAL SIMULATION THEREOF {13}
52  DF  .~> Stair climbing {1}
54  DF  .~> Treadmill for foot travel
55  DF  .~> Swimming {1}
57  DF  .~> Bicylcling {5}
66  DF  .~> Occupant propelled support frame having movement facilitating feature for foot travel {2}
69  DF  .~> Occupant suspended from above (e.g., by a body harness, etc.) for foot travel
70  DF  .~> Having separate foot engaging members reciprocating on parallel guide tracks, e.g., Nordic skiing simulator, etc.
71  DF  .~> Alpine or towed skiing
72  DF  .~> Rowing {1}
74  DF  .~> Jogging accessory
75  DF  .~> Elevated walking device (e.g., stilts, etc.) {1}
77  DF  .~> Bouncing device
78  DF  .~> User inside device

DEFINITION

Classification: 482/51

INVOLVING USER TRANSLATION OR PHYSICAL SIMULATION THEREOF:

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein the apparatus is used to condition or develop a muscle employed as the user travels a distance or the user imitates bodily traveling a distance.

(1) Note. The user may travel, or imitate traveling, the distance on foot, e.g., by walking, hopping, jogging, etc., in the water, e.g., by swimming, etc., or by using travel enhancing apparatus, e.g., snow or water skis, skates, bicycles, rowboats, surfboards, etc.

(2) Note. Conditioning or developing a muscle includes helping the user, e.g., an infant, ambulant invalid, or novice to walk, ski, skate, etc., or learn how to walk, ski,

skate, etc., unless provided for elsewhere (see Search notes below).

(3) Note. See the Class Definition and the Search Class notes thereunder of Class 297, Chairs and Seats, for the line between that class and Class 280, Land Vehicles, regarding related apparatus found in those classes.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

14+, for a device related to running over a measured distance in a track or field sport.

27+, for a trampoline used in gymnastics or for jogging in place. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

104, Railways, particularly

62, for a rail guided vehicle traveling along a fixed track and used for physical training.

135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, particularly

65+, for a cane, stick, crutch or the like designed to aid in human locomotion or to similar structure in umbrella shafts and swagger sticks when useful for aiding human locomotion and subclass 67 for a walker, per se, (i.e., an aid to locomotion which is a free standing support, having two handles by which it is gripped and is operated by lifting from, moving across and replacing on the ground, floor, etc., and which does not have a seat, path control, or propulsion facilitating means, e.g., wheels, casters, etc.).

280, Land Vehicles, particularly

7.1+, for a walker vehicle propelled by a seated occupant and convertible to a different device, e.g., a stroller, etc., subclasses 43+ for a walker having retractable wheels, subclasses 87.021+ for a wheeled, weight bearing, walker propelled by contact of a hand or foot of an occupant with a surface over which the walker travels and which is unrestricted as to path, except by a wheel or wheel mounting, subclasses 200+ for a wheeled vehicle having other types of positive propelling means, subclasses 638+ for a wheeled vehicle which allows a physical dimension thereof to vary, e.g., a folding vehicle, etc., subclasses 809+ for a skier or skater appliance or attachment including a hand held ski pole and subclasses 841+ for a skate or ski, per se.

297, Chairs and Seats, particularly

5+, for a walker provided with a seat whereby the user may either stand or sit. The seat may be occupied for resting between successive exercising periods of walking, skiing, skating, etc., and may include a mere recitation of wheels or

running gear. See (3) Note above.

472, Amusement Devices,

14+, for an occupant propelled roundabout device which carries the occupant along a circuitous path and which can enable the occupant to simulate travelling a distance, even if for an exercise purpose, subclass 48 for an amusement walkway or passageway having a movable floor or stair step, subclasses 85+ for a race track or accessory therefor, subclasses 92+ for a surface or enclosure for an athletic or exhibition event, subclass 127 for a body supporting simulated log rolling device, i.e., a birling device, subclass 130 for an aircraft or space vehicle amusement simulation or simulation of the movement thereof and subclass 136 for an amusement building or part thereof.