Patent ID: 6592502
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A61H,A63B

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus, hereinafter referred to as RRE apparatus, for use by a horizontally disposed participant in implementing an exercise wherein each limb extremity of the horizontally disposed participant is coupled to the RRE apparatus by a pair of pulleys supported by flexible lines, one of the pair connected to a first limb group including a left leg and a right arm of the participant, and an other of the pair connected to a second limb group including a right leg and a left arm of the participant, the RRE apparatus comprising:a drive assembly coupled to the lines wherein the limbs are constrained for alternate elevation and lowering of the first limb group and the second limb group; an energy dissipative assembly coupled to the drive assembly; a combining and supporting structure; and the structure for nominally supporting or balancing the weight of the horizontally disposed participant's first and second limb groups one against the other such that the participant is able to alternately apply lifting force to the first limb group while pulling down on the second limb group and then lifting force to the second limb group while pulling down on the first limb group, and for dissipating power applied by the participant while the participant elevates and lowers the first and second limb groups in an alternate rhythmic manner.