Patent ID: 9586079
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A63B,F16B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for human exercise comprising: a first foot pad attached to a first guided carrier member, and a second foot pad attached to a second guided carrier member; a first curved guide rail portion coupled to the first guided carrier member, the first curved guide rail portion preventing motion of the first guided carrier member except for translation along the first curved guide rail portion; a second curved guide rail portion coupled to the second guided carrier member, the second curved guide rail portion preventing motion of the second guided carrier member except for translation along the second curved guide rail portion; a stationary foot platform that is fixed to the apparatus between the first curved guide rail portion and the second curved guide rail portion; and a first motion resistor coupled to the first foot pad and opposing a translation of the first foot pad along the first curved guide rail portion; wherein each of the first curved guide rail portion and the second curved guide rail portion is curved away from an underlying ground plane, to define a distally increasing rail height.