Patent ID: 8579773
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise apparatus comprising: a frame having a frame head end and an opposing frame foot end, the frame defining a frame longitudinal axis; a carriage mounted on the frame and movable along the frame longitudinal axis, the carriage defining a carriage longitudinal axis parallel to the frame longitudinal axis; a central pulley attached to the carriage; a first frame pulley attached to the frame adjacent the frame head end; a second frame pulley attached to the frame adjacent the frame head end; a pull cord having first and second handle portions, the pull cord being looped about the central pulley, the first frame pulley and the second frame pulley, the central pulley being between the first and second frame pulleys along the pull cord, the first frame pulley being between the first handle portion and the central pulley along the pull cord, the second frame pulley being between the second handle portion and the central pulley along the pull cord; a central pulley locking mechanism attached to the carriage and configured to engage the central pulley for mitigating movement of the pull cord along the central pulley, the central pulley being attached to the carriage adjustably along the carriage longitudinal axis; and a device engaged with the central pulley configured to move the central pulley along the carriage longitudinal axis.