Patent ID: 7666120

Claim:
Exercise apparatus comprising a four-bar mechanism comprising first, second, third, and fourth links connected respectively by first, second, third and fourth pivot joints, said first link being connected to said second link at said first pivot joint, said second link being connected to said third link at said second pivot joint, said third link being connected to said fourth link at said third pivot joint, said fourth link being connected to said first link at said fourth pivot joint, said first and second links pivoting relative to each other about a first pivot axis at said first pivot joint, said second and third links pivoting relative to each other about a second pivot axis at said second pivot joint, said third and fourth links pivoting relative to each other about a third pivot axis at said third pivot joint, said fourth and first links pivoting relative to each other about a fourth pivot axis at said fourth pivot joint, one of said links having a user-engagement surface guiding movement of a user in three dimensional motion via the first, second, third and fourth links pivoting about their respective pivot axes, wherein said first, second, third, and fourth pivot axes all go through a common point.