Patent ID: 8500607
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise machine comprising: a cord; a frame including a base, a first column attached adjacent the base and oriented substantially orthogonal to the base, a second column attached adjacent the base and oriented substantially orthogonal to the base, and an upper beam attached adjacent a first end of the first column, attached adjacent a first end of the second column, and oriented substantially orthogonal to the first column and the second column; a first redirecting apparatus attached adjacent the upper beam, the first redirecting apparatus for redirecting the orientation of a portion of the cord from a first direction to a second direction, wherein a first end of the cord is attached adjacent a location of the apparatus that is stationary relative to the second column and the upper beam; a user interface attached adjacent the second column, the user interface including: a movable weight bearing member attached adjacent the portion of the cord oriented in the first direction, wherein the weight bearing apparatus moves in response to the redirecting member forcing the portion of the cord oriented in the third direction to deviate from the third direction in response to a user rotating the rotation plate in a positive rotational direction, or the redirecting member forcing the portion of the cord oriented in the fourth direction to deviate from the fourth direction in response to a user rotating the rotation plate in a negative rotational direction, thereby causing resistance in response to the movement of the rotation plate in either the positive rotational direction or the negative rotational direction.