Patent ID: 6746378
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise machine for exercising muscles in the back of an exerciser, comprising:a frame; a seat assembly attached to the frame; a movement arm pivotally attached to the frame and movable along a stroke path between an upper forward position and a lower rearward position; a resistance-imparting unit operatively connected with the movement arm to provide resistance to the movement arm as it moves from the forward position to the rearward position; a pair of handles to be grasped by the exerciser; a pair of rigid extension members, each of which is attached to a respective handle such that each handle is free to rotate relative to its corresponding extension member about a longitudinal axis of the extension member; wherein the extension members are attached to the movement arm such that each extension member is free to at least partially rotate relative to the movement arm about vertical, longitudinal and transverse axes; and wherein the extension members are of sufficient length and the extension members are attached to the movement arm so that the handles can be separated by a distance of at least 24 inches when the movement arm is in the rearward position.