Patent ID: 6685600
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
An exercise accessory device for attachment to an exercise machine, wherein the exercise machine having at least two upper pulleys connected to a resistive force element via a system of wire ropes, said device comprising:a top brace attachable to a top portion of the exercise machine; a bottom brace attachable to a bottom portion of the exercise machine; a pair of bolts and nuts; a pair of semicircular beams pivotally attached to said top and bottom braces, said pair of semicircular beams defining a perimeter of an imaginary sphere between said top and bottom braces when said pair of semicircular beams are pivotally rotated between said top and bottom braces, said pair of semicircular beams are locked in place relative to said top and bottom braces with said pair of bolts and nuts securely connecting together said pair of semicircular beams to said top and bottom braces, each semicircular beam having an inside edge comprising a slide rail with a plurality of holes traversing into said inside edge of each semicircular beam; a pair of track pulleys, each track pulley including: a slide track base having a collar defining an orifice extending through said slide track base, said slide track base is slidably attached to said slide rail of anyone semicircular beam of said pair of semicircular beams; a lock pin having a distal and proximate ends, said lock pin is slidably attached to said collar of said slide track base, said lock pin traversing through the orifice of said slide track base with the distal end of said lock pin extending outwardly from said slide track base, the distal end of said lock pin is slidably insertable into anyone hole of said plurality of holes of anyone semicircular beam of said pair of semicircular beams; a swivel arm attached to said slide track base; a yoke attached to said swivel arm; an axle attached to said yoke; and a wheel attached to said axle; a pair of handle grips; and a pair of cables, each cable having a distal end, a proximate end and a middle portion, the distal end of each cable is attached to the resistive force element of the exercise machine, the proximate end of each cable is attached to anyone handle grip of said pair of handle grips, the middle portion of each cable is slidably connected to anyone track pulley of said pair of track pulleys and slidably connected to anyone upper pulley of the pair of upper pulleys of the exercise machine.