Patent ID: 7833138
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for bi-directional upper body exercise movements, comprising: a main-frame including a base and an upwardly extending column at the rear thereof supporting a transverse top cross-member; an adjustable height seat mounted on the main-frame below the cross-member for supporting a user; a motion transfer member having proximal and distal ends, wherein the proximal end is mounted at an outer end of the cross-member for pivotal movement about a first axis inclined toward the seat; a lever arm, with a hand grip, mounted on the distal end of the transfer member for pivotal movement about a second axis, the second axis being essentially perpendicular to the first axis, and configured to intersect the first axis approximately where the shoulder of a user seated on the seat is located, with the lever arm and the transfer member being operably connected such that the lever arm will pivot toward the seat, about both the first and second axes simultaneously and through similar ranges of motion; and an incrementally adjustable weight opposing such pivotal movement of the lever arm about both axes, so that an exercise force must be exerted therefor.