Patent ID: 7815551

Claim:
An apparatus for exercising having a first axis toward the rear end of the apparatus and a second axis toward the front end of the apparatus, comprising: a frame configured to be supported on a floor, said first axis being on said frame and being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said apparatus; a seat attached to said frame, said seat adapted to support a user in a seated position; first and second cranks, each said crank having a first and second end, each of said first ends of said first and second cranks rotatably coupled to the frame at said first axis such that the first and second cranks rotate about said first axis; first and second elongated members each having a first end, a second end, and a medial portion, said medial portion of said first elongated member rotatably connected to said frame and configured to rotate about a second axis which is substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, said medial portion of said second elongated member rotatably connected to said frame and configured to rotate about said second axis, said first end of each said elongated member having a handle; first and second pedal arms each having a first end, a second end and a pivot portion between said first end and said second end, said first end of said first pedal arm rotatably connected to said second end of said first crank, said pivot portion of said first pedal arm rotatably connected to said second end of said first elongated member at a first pivot, said first end of said second pedal arm rotatably connected to said second end of said second crank, said pivot portion of said second pedal arm rotatably connected to said second end of said second elongated member at a second pivot; first and second pedals each configured to support the foot of a seated user, said first pedal operably connected to said first pedal arm in front of said first pivot, said second pedal operably connected to said second pedal arm in front of said second pivot, whereby said pedals move in a generally reciprocating pattern along an elongated curvilinear path; and wherein said elongated curvilinear path has a major axis which forms an acute angle to the floor of greater than 45 degrees.