CHARLES THOMAS ALSIP
Pilots in Mule Creek, NM

License number
New Mexico A3015663
Issued Date
May 2015
Expiration Date
May 2016
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
PO Box 17, Mule Creek, NM 88051
LicenseFiles verified this license of May 6, 2017 at the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Overhead Exercise Device For The Upper Body

US Patent:
2008000, Jan 3, 2008
Filed:
Jun 30, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/479728
Inventors:
Charles Alsip - Mule Creek NM, US
International Classification:
A63B 21/00, A63B 21/06
US Classification:
482 93, 482 92
Abstract:
An exercise machine for strengthening the upper torso of a user. An overhead support structure supports a wheel assembly that attaches to a rotatable handlebar assembly and a mass. The handlebar assembly is supported by the overhead support structure in a manner that allows it to rotate substantially without friction. The handlebar structure is further situated so that a user can grasp the handlebar assembly with one or both hands and twist his upper torso around his centerline. When the user twists his upper torso, it causes the wheel assembly to cooperatively rotate the mass. In the preferred embodiment, the wheel assembly has two gear wheels with interlocking teeth. One of the wheels rotates with the handle bar assembly and the other wheel rotates with the mass. In an alternative embodiment a continuous belt interconnects the two wheels. The mass can be a conventional removable and interchangeable exercise weight. As the exercise weight increases in weight, more strength is required by the user to initiate, stop or reverse a twisting motion. In use, the angular momentum carries the user further around than the user could potentially do on his own, which stretches the user's muscles, and the rotational inertia causes the user to use extra force to start and stop, which strengthens his muscles.