Patent ID: 8057368

Claim:
A three-point adjustment multipurpose exercise machine, comprising: a frame having at least one substantially upright post; said post describing a substantially vertical axis and a forward horizontal axis; a slidable carriage assembly having means to slide and lock on the upright post along said substantially vertical axis, whereby said carriage assembly describes a first point of adjustment for said machine for height adjustment; right and left arm assemblies rotatably, adjustably, and independently mounted to said slidable carriage assembly and each said arm assembly having an axis of rotation parallel to the forward horizontal axis, whereby said mounting point of the right arm describes a second point of adjustment for said machine for adjusting the right arm and said mounting point of the left arm describes a third point of adjustment for said machine for adjusting the left arm, each arm assembly having a handle unit; a resistance assembly; and at least one cable coupling the handle units, arm assemblies and the resistance assembly, whereby the height and the horizontal span of the arm assemblies can be adjusted by said three points of adjustments, through sliding the carriage assembly along the upright post and by pivotably engaging the arm assemblies with the carriage assembly; and wherein: a. said carriage assembly comprises an arm selector plate having a right side and a left side; b. said right arm assembly having a first end and a second end; c. said left arm assembly having a first end and a second end; d. the first end of said right arm assembly pivotably, adjustably, and releasably attached to the right side of said arm selector plate and extending rightward, and the first end of the left arm assembly pivotably, adjustably and releasably attached to the left side of said arm selector plate and extending leftward; e. each said handle unit positioned at the respective second ends of each arm assembly; f. said at least one cable extending from the right handle unit through the right arm assembly to said resistance assembly and then from said resistance assembly through the left arm assembly and to the left handle unit; and g. a pulley assembly to guide said cable, where said three points of adjustments are locked on the arm selector plate in close proximity of each other, based on which the height and the horizontal span of the arms can be adjusted.