Patent ID: 8272995

Claim:
An exercise apparatus, comprising: a) a frame configured to rest on a floor surface; b) a left crank rotatably mounted on said frame; c) a right crank rotatably mounted on said frame; d) a left foot supporting linkage movably interconnected between said frame and said left crank; e) a right foot supporting linkage movably interconnected between said frame and said right crank; f) wherein each said foot supporting linkage includes a foot link having a first end rotatably connected to a respective said crank, and an opposite second end rotatably connected to respective left and right rocker links, wherein said rocker links are rotatably mounted on said frame; and g) wherein said left foot supporting linkage and said right foot supporting linkage constrain a user's foot to move in a generally elliptical foot path in respective left and right planes skewed relative to one another.