Patent ID: 7695411
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise machine providing cardiovascular exercise simultaneously with weight training movements comprising: a four piece rectangular shaped base frame having a first vertical support member and a second vertical support member, each extending upwardly from the base parallel to each other; a first crossmember, having a first axle supporting a first wheel and a second axle supporting a second wheel, connected between the first vertical support member and the second vertical support member; a disk having a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface and defining a center hole, the first lateral surface having a plurality of aligned protrusions and a plurality of holes; a first hollow cylinder integrally formed with and extending perpendicular from the first lateral surface and concentrically aligned with the center hole; a second hollow cylinder integrally formed with and extending perpendicular from the second lateral surface and concentrically aligned with the center hole; a second crossmember connected between the first vertical support and the second vertical support and providing a rotational axis for the first hollow cylinder, the disk and the second hollow cylinder; an arm having a set of handlebars and rotationally connected to the second hollow cylinder, the arm adjacent the second lateral surface and adjustably connected to the second lateral surface by a first retractable pin; a four piece rectangular platform pivotally connected to the first vertical support member and pivotally connected to the second vertical support member, the platform having a first major side and a second major side parallel to the first major side, the first major side having a first slot and the second major side having a second slot; a housing, having a seat and rotatable pedals, slidably connected to the platform, the housing secured in position by a second retractable pin; a cable having one end adjustably secured to the housing and an opposite end removably secured to one of the plurality of aligned protrusions, the cable passing between the first wheel and the second wheel such that upward force on the handlebars causes the arm to raise which in turn causes the disk to rotate thereby causing the cable to lift the housing and the platform together to rotate about the first and second vertical support members so that resistance for the weight training movements is provided by a user's body weight.