Patent ID: 7794372

Claim:
A leg press exercise machine, comprising: a stationary main frame; a user support assembly which supports a user in an exercise position; a user support pivot mount which pivotally mounts the user support assembly for movement about a user support pivot axis relative to the main frame between a start position and an end position during a leg press exercise, at least part of the pivot mount being spaced beneath the user support assembly; the user support assembly having primary and secondary supports which support spaced positions on a user's body throughout an exercise, the primary support supporting the majority of the user's weight at least in the start position and the secondary support being fixed at a predetermined angular orientation relative to the primary support at least during a leg press exercise, the primary and secondary supports moving together about the user support pivot axis at the same relative orientation throughout the leg press exercise; the user support pivot axis defining a vertical gravitational center line which extends vertically through the user support pivot axis and is positioned such that portions of the user support assembly are located on both sides of the gravitational center line in at least the exercise start position; a leg press exercise arm assembly movably mounted relative to the main frame and having at least one main exercise arm and at least one user engaging footplate which is engaged by the feet of a user positioned on the user support to perform a leg press exercise; at least one connecting link between said at least one main exercise arm and the user support assembly which directly links movement of the leg press exercise arm assembly to movement of the user support assembly; and a load which resists movement of at least one of the user support assembly, leg press exercise arm assembly, and the at least one connecting link.