Patent ID: 6855094
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise apparatus, comprising: a frame designed to rest upon a floor surface; a left crank and a right crank, wherein each said crank is rotatably mounted on the frame; a left guide and a right guide, wherein each said guide is mounted on the frame for movement in oscillatory fashion relative thereto; a left connector link and a right connector link, wherein each said connector link has a first portion movably connected to a respective said crank and a second portion movably connected to a respective said guide; a left foot supporting link and a right foot supporting link, wherein each said foot supporting link is operatively connected to a respective said connector link; a left intermediate link interconnected between the left crank and the left foot supporting link in such a manner that a heel portion of the left foot supporting link does not initially rise at a faster rate than an opposite, toe portion of the left foot supporting link as the left foot supporting link begins moving forward from a rearwardmost position relative to the frame; and a right intermediate link interconnected between the right crank and the right foot supporting link in such a manner that a heel portion of the right foot supporting link does not initially rise at a faster rate than an opposite, toe portion of the right foot supporting link as the right foot supporting link begins moving forward from a rearwardmost position relative to the frame.