Patent ID: 6443877
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A multi-choice exercise apparatus comprising:a structure comprising a chair, said chair being affixed to a frame having a forward portion and a rearward portion, a first and a second side; two modules separated from each other by said frame, each said module comprising a weight stack and a weight stack enclosure; each said module further comprising an azimuth locking plate affixed to a side of said weight stack enclosure, and a hinge pin disposed rearward of said azimuth locking plate, said hinge pin defining a vertical axis of rotation of said module thereabout, said hinge pin interconnecting said module to said rearward portion of said frame at a side of said frame, said frame supporting said module; each said module being individually pivotable about its said vertical axis of rotation; and, weight stack lifting means carried by a forward portion of each said weight stack enclosure, said weight stack lifting means being pivotable with said module about said vertical axis of rotation; whereby the apparatus enables a user thereof to exercise separate limbs at the same time, but in optionally differing planes and with optionally differing resistance, all within a near hemispherical space.