Patent ID: 7137927

Claim:
An exercise apparatus, comprising: a frame configured to occupy a fixed position relative to a floor surface; a left guide and a right guide, wherein each said guide is mounted on a respective side of the frame; a left crank and a right crank, wherein each said crank is mounted on a respective side of the frame and rotatable relative thereto about a common crank axis; a left rocker link and a right rocker link, wherein each said rocker link is mounted on a respective side of the frame and pivotal relative thereto about a common rocker axis; a left connector link and a right connector link, wherein (a) travel of a first portion of each said connector link is constrained for movement along a defined closed loop path by at least a respective said crank, and (b) travel of a second portion of each said connector link is constrained for movement along a reciprocating path by at least a respective said rocker link; and a left foot supporting link and a right foot supporting link, wherein (a) each said foot supporting link has a forward end portion, an intermediate portion, and a rearward end portion, (b) each said intermediate portion is constrained for reciprocal motion by a respective said guide, (c) each said rearward end portion is sized and configured to support a person's foot, and (d) travel of each said forward end portion is constrained for movement along a closed loop path by a third portion of a respective said connector link proximate an end of the respective said connector link.