Patent ID: 9700755
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. An exercise apparatus comprising: a foot support suspended from above by a suspension assembly on a frame, the foot support being movable by the user on the frame back and forth between a rearwardmost downward position and a forwardmost upward position through any one of a plurality of complete, reproducible and different arc segments of a master arcuate path that is the same path from the rearwardmost downward position to the forwardmost upward position and back to the rearwardmost downward position, each different arc segment being individually selectable by the user, each said different arc segment being defined by movement of the foot support between a corresponding different forwardmost upward position and different rearwardmost downward position, each of said different arc segments having a different degree of incline corresponding to each different forwardmost upward and rearwardmost downward position of the foot support, a resistance assembly interconnected to the foot support, the resistance assembly being adapted to exert a resistance to movement of the foot support by the user, the foot support being adapted to support the user in an upright position with the user's foot disposed on the foot support, the foot support being interconnected to an arm having a handle manually graspable by the user that can be pushed or pulled by the user such that pushing or pulling on the handle by the user reduces or increases power or energy required by the user to move the foot support, the foot support being interconnected to a selection device that enables the user to select any one of the plurality of arc segments, the selection device being manually actuatable by the user to exert a selectable amount of manual force on the selection device that operates to selectively position the resistance assembly according to the selectable amount or degree of manual force exerted by the user on the selection device, one or more detectors adapted to detect one or more of force, energy or power exerted by the user over time on the foot support or to detect distance or velocity of travel of the foot support or of the resistance assembly during the course of the user's performance of all or a portion of an exercise cycle, the one or more detectors sending signals that are indicative of one or more of the detected force, energy, power, time, distance or velocity to a processor, the processor receiving the signals from the one or more detectors and processing the signals according to a predetermined algorithm to generate a visually recognizable output format of one or more of said force, energy, power, time, distance, velocity or other result calculable from said signals, the processor being interconnected to and sending the processed signals to the visual display, the visual display being arranged and displaying the processed signals to the user in the visually recognizable output format in a location on the apparatus that is readily observable by the user, wherein the processor includes control instructions that instruct the processor to send processed signals to the visual display that are indicative of one or more of instantaneous power and rate of back and forth movement of the foot support exerted by the user in response to movement of the foot support by the user's foot.