Patent ID: 7396319
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A combination inner and outer thigh exercise machine comprising: a framework; a seat and a backrest joined to the framework; right and left leg supports pivotally mounted on the framework on spaced apart pivot shafts relative to the seat and the backrest, and interconnected so as to pivot one with the other in opposite angular directions between start and finish positions; thigh engaging structure freely rotatably secured on the leg supports for selectively engaging inner and outer portions of an exerciser's thighs; a resistance arrangement operatively connected to the leg supports for imposing a resistive force on the leg supports during pivoting movement thereof between start and finish positions; an adjustment assembly associated with one of the leg supports for selectively enabling changing the start positions of the leg supports without imposing the resistive force of the resistance arrangement thereon, the adjustment assembly having a portion mounted for selective rotation on the pivot shaft associated with the one leg support and including a range limiter plate mounted for selective rotation on the pivot shaft associated with the one leg support; and a resistive force imposing assembly having a portion mounted for selective rotation on the pivot shaft associated with the one leg support and directly engaged with the portion of the adjustment assembly to impose the resistive force on the leg supports as the leg supports are pivoted between the start and finish positions, wherein the portion of the resistive force imposing assembly includes an upper cam plate and a lower cam plate, each cam plate being separately engageable with the range limiter plate and wherein the resistive force imposing assembly also includes an elongated swing arm having one end pivotably connected about a first vertical axis on the framework and an opposite end directly attached to the resistance arrangement, the swing arm having a pulley rotatably mounted thereon adjacent the one end about a second vertical axis spaced from the first vertical axis, the pulley moving with the swing arm as the swing arm pivots, there being a cable commonly engageable about peripheral surfaces of the pulley, the upper cam plate and the lower cam plate.