Patent ID: 7988603
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A leg press exercise machine, comprising: a main frame having a front end and a rear end; a user support pivotally mounted for rotation about a user support pivot axis relative to the main frame, the user support pivot axis defining a predetermined user support rotational path about the user support pivot axis between a start position and an end position during a leg press exercise movement, the user support having a primary portion and a secondary portion which are configured to support spaced positions on a user's body throughout an exercise, the primary and secondary portions being fixed relative to one another and moving together in the same relative orientation to one another throughout the exercise movement; the primary portion of the user support configured to support a user in a supine position at the start of the exercise movement; a single leg press exercise arm rotatably mounted relative to the main frame and having a foot engaging device configured for engagement by the feet of a user positioned on the user support to perform a leg press exercise, the rotatable mount of the leg press exercise arm being configured to define a predetermined rotational leg press exercise path of the leg press exercise arm; a connecting linkage which links movement of the leg press exercise arm to movement of the user support, the connecting linkage configured such that rotational movement of the leg press exercise arm in the predetermined leg press exercise path simultaneously rotates the user support about the user support rotational path; the foot engaging device being at a higher elevation than both the primary and secondary portions of the user support through at least part of the leg press exercise path of the leg press exercise arm; a load which resists movement of at least one of the user support, exercise arm, and connecting linkage; and wherein all movement of the leg press exercise arm, connecting linkage and user support throughout an exercise is rotational.