Patent ID: 7004891
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An inclined leg press exercise machine, comprising: a frame, the frame including a base configured to rest on an underlying surface and a pair of inclined guides, each of the guides having a longitudinal axis; a seat assembly attached to the frame; a weight sled slidably engaged with the guides along a travel path that is substantially parallel with the longitudinal axes of the guides, the weight sled operatively coupled with a resistance source; a foot platform assembly movable with the weight sled and pivotally interconnected thereto at a pivot having an axis of rotation that is substantially perpendicular to the travel path, the foot platform assembly having a foot platform; and a control linkage pivotally interconnected with the frame and with the foot platform; wherein the weight sled is movable along the travel path between flexed and extended positions, and wherein the control linkage is configured such that in the flexed position, the foot platform forms a first angle relative to the longitudinal axes of the guides, and in the extended position, the foot platform forms a second angle relative to the longitudinal axes of the guides, the second angle being greater than the first angle.