Patent ID: 7335134

Claim:
An apparatus for allowing a user to exercise and for providing input control signals to a video game, comprising: a) a base having a front anterior and a rear posterior end, a top and a bottom, and a pair of sides, wherein the user can stand or sit on said top; b) a vertical member being disposed on said top of said rear end of said base, said vertical member having first and second ends wherein said first end is mounted onto said base, wherein said vertical member is resistively flexible in the transverse axis, wherein said vertical member is resistively flexible in the anterior-posterior axis, wherein said vertical member is resistively flexible about the longitudinal axis; c) a pair of arms being disposed on said second end of said vertical member, wherein said arms each have an end, wherein said ends extend toward said front of said base, wherein said arms form a cradle about the user disposed on said base so that the back of the user is oriented toward said vertical member and the front of the user is oriented toward said ends of said arms; d) a hand grip being disposed on each of said ends of said arms so that the hands of the user can grasp each said hand grip; e) a first sensor for sensing and transmitting signals to the video game in response to movement of said vertical member by the user to permit input signals to be provided to the video game; f) at least one control button member disposed on said hand grip so that the user can manipulate said control button and a second sensor for transmitting signals to the video game in response to manipulation of said control button by the user; and g) a force/vibration feedback mechanism for transmitting separate signals from the video game to said vertical member and hand grip in response to signals received from said sensors for causing movement within said resistive member and hand grip.