Patent ID: 7972248

Claim:
A stationary exercise apparatus, comprising: a frame having a base, a front portion and back portion; a standard joined to and extending upwardly from the front portion of the frame, and having an upper portion spaced apart from the base; a rail joined to the upper portion of the standard and to the back portion of the frame; first and second supporting members, each supporting member having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portions of the first and second supporting members respectively coupled to the frame to rotate about a first axis; first and second swing members, each swing member having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portions of the first and second swing members respectively pivotally joined to the second end portions of the first and second supporting members, the upper portions of the first and second swing members respectively pivotally connected to the rail at positions that define a laterally extending swing axis therebetween; first and second control links respectively pivotally connected to the first and second supporting members, each control link having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a central portion, wherein the first end portions of the first and second control links are movably coupled to the frame, the central portions of the first and second control links are respectively joined to the first and second supporting members so that the second end portion of each control link extends upwardly above the supporting members; and first and second pedals respectively coupled to the second end portions of the first and second control links, the first and second pedals are disposed between the standard and the back portion of the frame for movement along a closed path while the first ends of the first and second supporting members are being rotated about the first axis and the second ends of the first and second supporting members are reciprocating with the lower portions of the first and second swing members.