Patent ID: 7318792

Claim:
An exercise machine comprising a base having a base bar having a top; a front end; and a rear end; two crossbars being attached respectively to the front end and the rear end of the base bar; a bracket being attached to and protruding up from the base bar between the front end and the rear end of the base bar and having two sides; a lever pivot hole; and a leveling rod pivot hole; and a connector being attached to and protruding up from the base bar near the rear end; a lever being attached pivotally to the lever pivot hole in the bracket and having a front end; a rear end; and a handlebar being attached to the front end of the lever; a pad being attached to the rear end of the lever and having a pad body having a bottom surface; and a mounting bracket being attached to the bottom surface of the pad body, connecting the pad body to the lever and having two wings protruding down and being connected pivotally to the rear end of the lever, and each wing having a lever pivot hole, wherein the lever pivot holes of the wings are aligned with each other and are connected pivotally to the rear end of the lever; a leveling pivot hole, wherein the leveling pivot holes of the wings are aligned with each other; and a through hole, wherein the through holes of the wings are aligned with each other; and a pin being mounted in the two through holes in the wings; a leveling rod being connected parallel to the lever and pivotally to the leveling rod pivot holes in the bracket and the leveling pivot holes in the wings; and a resilient element being mounted between the pad and the base and having an upper end being attached to the pin; and a lower end being attached to the connector on the base.