Patent ID: 7201706
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An elliptical exercising apparatus comprising: a main frame including a base support adapted to be supported on a supporting surface, and an upstanding support connected to a front end portion of said base support; a flywheel assembly including a flywheel mounted rotatably on a rear end portion of said base support; longitudinal left and right slide bars each having a front end connected movably to said upstanding support, and a rear end connected movably to said flywheel; left and right pedal seats mounted slidably and respectively on said left and right slide bars; left and right handles connected pivotally to said upstanding support, each of said left and right handles having a lower connecting section, a grip section extending upwardly from said lower connecting section, and a pivot section between said lower connecting section and said grip section; left and right slide guides each attached to one of said upstanding support and said flywheel to hold slidably one of said front and rear ends of one of said slide bars; left and right first link arms having front ends connected pivotally and respectively to said lower connecting sections of said left and right handles, said left first link arm having a rear end connected pivotally to one of said left slide guide and said left slide bar, said right first link arm having a rear end connected pivotally to one of said right slide guide and said right slide bar; and left and right second link arms each having a front end connected pivotally to said lower connecting section of a respective one of said left and right handles, and a rear end connected pivotally to a corresponding one of said left and right pedal seats, wherein said slide bars slide relative to one of said upstanding support and said flywheel when said flywheel rotates.