Patent ID: 7101316

Claim:
An exercise apparatus comprising: a frame; a pedal lever; a pedal, having a toe portion and a heel portion, secured to said pedal lever; a shaft secured to said frame; a guide mechanism including a rocker link, pivotally coupled at a first end to a first portion of said pedal lever and connected at a second end to said shaft, effective to guide a first portion of said pedal lever in a generally horizontal reciprocating motion; a pivot axle supported by said frame; a crank rotationally connected to said pivot axle; an attachment assembly operatively connected to said crank and a second portion of said pedal lever wherein said attachment assembly is effective to move said second portion of said pedal lever in a horizontal and vertical path as said crank rotates about said pivot axle resulting in said pedal moving in a generally elliptical path; an arm handle mounted on said shaft; and a coupling mechanism, operatively connected to said rocker link and said arm handle, for permitting a user selectively to lock said arm handle to prevent said rotation on said shaft or to couple said arm handle to said rocker link for rotation therewith.