Patent ID: 7229388
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise machine comprising; a main shank, two supporting stands provided respectively on a front and rear end of said main shank, said main shank is provided on its front end with two lateral pedals, and is provided thereon with a seat slidable relative to said main shank; said main shank is pivotally connected therebeneath with a linking-up member at its central area, said linking-up member is connected with two operating rods and an elastic storing device, so that said operating rods are adapted to swing to and fro under a force, improvement of said exercise rowing machine is: said linking-up member has a transverse rod with two first connecting portions respectively on its two ends, said first connecting portions are each inclined at an angle against an axis of said transverse rod, and are provided each with a positioning portion; said operating rods each includes a handle and a connecting rod able to rotate relative to each other, a second connecting portion is provided on one end of each of the connecting rods; said second connecting portions are each inclined at an angle against an axis of a corresponding one of said connecting rods to correspondingly connect with one of said first connecting portions; and positioning members are provided to movably connect said two second connecting portions to said positioning portions of corresponding ones of said first connecting portions, so that said connecting rods and said transverse rod are fixed in a stretched out state, and said handles as well as said connecting rods are adapted to be collapsed and folded to be within a bottom surface of said main shank after releasing said positioning members.