Patent ID: 6338701
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise machine, comprising:a load for providing exercise resistance; a plurality of exercise stations; a first floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and a pair of pulleys rotatably mounted side-by-side in the housing for rotation about a single pulley axis, the first pulley unit having a first side facing in a first direction transverse to said pulley axis and a second side facing in a second direction opposite to said first direction; a second floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and at least one pulley rotatably mounted in the housing, the second floating pulley unit being spaced in said second direction from the first pulley unit; a first cable linked to the housing of the first floating pulley unit on the first side of said first floating pulley unit; a second cable linked to the housing of the second floating pulley unit; and a third cable extending first around a first one of the side-by-side pulleys in the first pulley unit, then directly from said one side-by-side pulley around the pulley of the second pulley unit, and then directly from the pulley of the second pulley unit around a second one of the side-by-side pulleys of the first pulley unit, whereby a first length of said first cable extends up to said first side-by-side pulley, a second length of said first cable extends from said first side-by-side pulley to the pulley of the second pulley unit, a third length of said first cable extends from said pulley of said second pulley unit to the second side-by-side pulley, and a fourth length of said first cable extends from said second side-by-side pulley, each of said lengths of said third cable being located on the second side of said first pulley unit; and said first and fourth lengths of said third cable, and lengths of said first and second cables are selectively linked to said load and exercise stations.