Patent ID: 7335141

Claim:
Exercise apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) a first arcuate frame member forming a segment of an approximate circle having a center, the circle and its center defining an imaginary plane; (b) frame support for supporting the frame member in a upright position such that the plane is substantially vertically oriented; (c) a first cable pulley adapted to be attached to the frame member at one of a plurality of positions along its arc; (d) a second cable pulley fixedly mounted in the vicinity of a substantially horizontal, imaginary first axis that extends perpendicular to the plane and passes through the approximate center of the circle; (e) at least one source of resistance; (f) a first handle adapted to be grasped by a user; and (g) a first flexible cable having a proximate end attached to said first handle and a distal end coupled to said at least one resistance source, the cable passing through both the first pulley and the second pulley, whereby the length of the first cable remains substantially constant when said first pulley is repositioned from one location along the arc of the first frame member to another.