Patent ID: 6746385
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise machine comprising:a frame; a seat mounted on said frame, said seat having a front portion defining a forward direction; a pair of arm assemblies, each of said arm assemblies having a first portion pivotally coupled to said frame and a second portion pivotally coupled to said first portion, said second portion including a handgrip; a pair of guides, each of said guides engaging a corresponding one of said arm assemblies and guiding movement of said corresponding arm assembly such that said handgrips are constrained to move within a pair of symmetric arcuate paths lying in a plane, each of said arcuate paths having a first position laterally displaced from a longitudinal center line of the exercise machine and curving forwardly and inwardly concave with respect to said seat, to a second position substantially forward and inward from said first position; and a resistance member resisting movement of said arm assemblies.