Patent ID: 8043199
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise machine, comprising: a lower frame adapted to rest upon a floor surface; an upper frame supported by said lower frame; wherein said upper frame has a vertical segment extending from a first end of said lower frame and an inclined segment extending from a second end of said lower frame and connecting with said vertical segment; a handle means connected adjacent an upper end of said vertical segment; an arced track supported in an inclined orientation by said inclined segment; a pair of sway bars each having an upper end that is pivotally connected adjacent an upper end of said inclined segment, wherein said pair of sway bars are adapted for swinging movement along a length of said track and wherein said pair of sway bars move in unison; and a pair of knee retainers each movably connected to a respective sway bar of said pair of sway bars, wherein said pair of knee retainers move independently of each other.