Patent ID: 7377887

Claim:
Exercise apparatus for guided exercise movement, comprising a frame, a primary arm pivotally mounted to said frame for pivotal movement relative to said frame about a fixed pivot relative to said frame, a movement arm pivotally mounted to said primary arm for pivotal movement relative to said primary arm about a floating pivot relative to said frame, a stationary cam fixed on said flame, a follower on said movement arm engaging said stationary cam and guided thereby to control the path of movement of said movement arm about said floating pivot during movement of said primary arm about said fixed pivot, wherein: said primary arm is mounted to said frame along an axially extending fixed pivot axis; said movement arm is mounted to said primary arm at a point along said primary arm laterally spaced from said fixed pivot axis and defining an axially extending floating pivot axis laterally spaced from said fixed pivot axis and movable in a first arc about said fixed pivot axis during movement of said primary arm; said follower is mounted to said movement arm at a point along said movement arm laterally spaced from said floating pivot axis and movable in a second arc defined by compound movement comprising pivotal movement of said primary arm about said fixed pivot axis in combination with pivotal movement of said movement arm about said floating pivot axis; said stationary cam comprises a cam track engaged by said follower and guiding said follower along a selectively configured said second arc controlled by a selectively configured said cam track to selectively control and configure the path of movement of a user engagement surface extending from said movement arm, to provide said guided exercise movement along a path selectively configured according to said cam track.