Patent ID: 8562491
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for exercising, comprising: a first axis toward a rear end of the apparatus and a second axis toward a front end of the apparatus; a frame, said first axis being on said frame and being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said apparatus; a seat attached to said frame, said seat adapted to support a user in a seated position; first and second cranks, each said crank having a first and a second end, each of said first ends of said first and second cranks rotatably coupled to the frame at said first axis such that the first and second cranks rotate about said first axis; first and second elongated members each having a first end, a second end, and a medial portion, wherein the second axis is located on the medial portion of said first elongated member and said first elongated member is configured to rotate about said second axis which is substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, and wherein the second axis is also located on the medial portion of said second elongated member and said second elongated member is configured to rotate about said second axis; first and second pedal arms each having a first end, a second end and a pivot portion between said first end and said second end, said first end of said first pedal arm rotatably connected to said second end of said first crank, said pivot portion of said first pedal arm rotatably connected to said second end of said first elongated member at a first pivot, said first end of said second pedal arm rotatably connected to said second end of said second crank, said pivot portion of said second pedal arm rotatably connected to said second end of said second elongated member at a second pivot; first and second pedals each configured to support a foot of a seated user, said first pedal operably connected to said first pedal arm proximate said second end of said first pedal arm, whereby said pedals move in a generally reciprocating pattern along a path that is self-intersecting at at least one point along said path.