Patent ID: 6514180
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus, comprising:left and right pedal guides; left and right pedals moveably coupled to the left and right pedal guides, respectively, each of the left and right pedals having an axis of rotation projecting upward from an upper surface thereof; a pedal control device coupled to the left and right pedals and constraining the movement of the left and right pedals such that as one of the left or right pedals is moved in a first direction along the left or right pedal guide, the other of the left or right pedals is moved in a second direction along the other of the left or right pedal guides; and wherein the pedal control device also constrains a rotational movement of the left and right pedals such that as the one of the left or right pedals is moved in the first direction, both the left and right pedals are simultaneously rotated in a first rotational direction about the axes of rotation, and as the other of the left or right pedals is moved in the first direction, both of the left and right pedals are simultaneously rotated in a second rotational direction about the axes of rotation.