Patent ID: 7052440
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A dual-function treading exerciser comprising: a lower body exerciser and an upper body exerciser, said upper body exerciser including: a frame joined to the lower body exerciser; a movable handle assembly including a pair of pulling devices mounted on said frame, and a rotary shaft journalled substantially vertically on said frame, each of said pulling devices including, a pulley disposed on said frame, a pull cord wound on said pulley, a handgrip fastened to an end of said pull cord and movable rearwardly to unwind said pull cord from said pulley, and a biasing unit for biasing said pull cord to wind around said pulley when said cord is pulled rearwardly and is subsequently released; a flywheel assembly mounted on said rotary shaft, said flywheel assembly including a flywheel and a pair of magnetically conductive rings disposed respectively and on opposite sides of said flywheel; a unidirectional bearing disposed between said rotary shaft and each of said pulleys so as to rotate said rotary shaft synchronously with said pulleys only when said pulleys rotate in a direction in which said pull cords are unwound from said pulleys; and, a magnetic resistance device disposed adjacent to said flywheel assembly so as to provide resistance to rotation of said flywheel assembly.