Patent ID: 7462139

Claim:
A ski-exercising and rehabilitation apparatus comprising: (a) frame having a substantially rectilinear base having two sides, a forward end and a rearward end, and two side members attached to the base at first and second attachment points proximate to the forward and rearward ends of the base respectively, the side members each defining a convex arcuate upper profile from the forward and rearward ends to an apex; (b) a downhill-run unit supported by the frame and comprising: (i) a first and a second external clamping beam substantially longitudinally parallel and each having first and second ends; (ii) an upper drive roll connected to the first and second external clamping beams at their respective first ends; (iii) a lower drive roll connected to the first and second external clamping beams at their second ends; (iv) a central beam located between and substantially parallel to the first and second external clamping beams, the central beam having a first central beam end and a second central beam end, the central beam ends being supportably connected to respective first and second shock absorbers; (v) a plurality of rotatable rolls each mounted in bearings in the central beam and one of the first and second external clamping beams; (vi) a drive means comprising at least one motor; (vii) rocking means operatively connecting each of the external clamping beams to the drive means; (viii) actuator means operatively connecting each of the external clamping beams to the frame; and (ix) a track mat having a bristled upper surface and being supported by the upper and lower drive rolls and at least some of the rotatable rolls, and having light sign means provided to the bristled upper surface.