Patent ID: 9604096
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a frame; a left foot link supporting a left foot pad; a right foot link supporting a right foot pad, the right foot pad being linked to the left foot pad so as to synchronously move out of phase with the left foot pad through an elliptical path having an adjustable step height; a left side arm having a first portion pivotally connected to the left foot link and a second portion pivotally supported by the frame about a second axis; a right side arm having a first portion pivotally connected to the right foot link and a second portion pivotally supported by the frame about the second axis; a left flexible member having a first end operably coupled to the left foot link; and a right flexible member having a first end operably coupled to the right foot link; a left crank guide; a right crank guide; a left crank eccentrically supporting the left crank guide relative to a first rotational axis about which the left crank is rotatable; a right crank eccentrically supporting the right crank guide relative to the first rotational axis about which the right crank guide is rotatable; a left link having a first end pivotably connected to the left foot link and a second end operably coupled to the left crank guide; a right link having a first end pivotally coupled to the right foot link and a second end operably coupled to the right crank guide; a movable adjustment member connected to a second end of the left flexible member and a second end of the right flexible member, wherein movement of the adjustable member adjusts an extent to which the left flexible member wraps about the left crank guide and the right flexible member wraps about the right crank guide.