Patent ID: RE38803

Claim:
An apparatus for exercising comprising: a frame having a base portion adapted to be supported by a floor; first and second reciprocating members, each reciprocating member having a first end and a second end, a portion of said first and second reciprocating members adapted for substantially linear motion; a coupling member having (i) a pulley supported by said frame defining a pivot axis, and (ii) means for attaching said second ends of said first and second reciprocating members to said pulley so that rotation of said pulley results in orbital movement of said second ends of said first and second reciprocating members about said pivot axis; and means operatively associated with said reciprocating members for orienting the bottom of the foot of the user of the apparatus, said orienting means including first and second foot platforms so that during operation of the apparatus each said foot platform remains substantially parallel with a predetermined reference plane while revolving in a predetermined substantially elliptical path.