Patent ID: 6726600
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise device comprising:a frame member configured to be supported on a floor, said frame member having a first pivot axis defined thereupon; a first and a second primary foot link, each primary foot link having a first end and a second end; a first and a second coupling member, each coupling member being disposed so as to couple the first end of a respective one of said primary foot links to said first pivot axis so that said respective first ends of said primary foot links each travel in an arcuate path; a guide assembly operative to engage the second end of each of said first and second primary foot links at an engagement point defined upon said guide assembly, and to direct said second ends of said primary foot links in a reciprocating path of travel as said first ends thereof travel in said arcuate path; and a first and a second auxiliary foot link, each auxiliary foot link being configured to receive a user's foot, and each having a first end which is coupled to said guide assembly at a connection point defined upon said guide assembly, which connection point is spaced from said engagement point, each auxiliary link being slidably supported by a respective one of said primary foot links at a location which is between the first end and the second end of said primary foot link, so that a second end of each auxiliary foot link will travel in a reciprocal path along a portion of the length of its respective primary foot link between the first and second ends thereof, when said first end of said respective primary foot link travels in said arcuate path and said second end of said respective primary foot link travels in said reciprocal path.