Patent ID: 6533708
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus for exercising the muscles associated with moving the legs and the arms of an operator, comprising:(a) a base, (a) a resistance device mounted to the base that includes a rotating element that turns when torque is applied thereto, (c) a pair of foot pedal assemblies mounted to the base to rotate in relation to the base, (d) a first upright support assembly and a second upright support assembly mounted to the base in a parallel, spaced relationship to each other for carrying rotatably mounted first and second hand crank assemblies, the first and second upright support assemblies having lower portions mounted to the base and upper portions for carrying the hand crank assemblies, the upper portions telescopically mounted to the lower portions for adjustable extending and retracting movement so that the elevation of the hand crank assemblies may be adjusted, (e) the foot pedal assemblies, the hand crank assemblies and the rotating element of the resistance device operatively interconnected by a drive mechanism sufficiently adjustable to allow the telescoping movement of the upper portions of the upright assemblies, the drive mechanism configured such that the foot pedal assemblies and the hand crank assemblies turn in the same direction at substantially the same rate and so that the operator can turn the rotating element of the resistance device by turning the foot pedal assemblies, by turning the hand crank assemblies or by turning both the foot pedal assemblies and the hand crank assemblies, whereby the muscles of the operator associated with movement of the legs and arms of the operator may be exercised simultaneously or separately.