Patent ID: 7335144

Claim:
An exercise machine comprising: a stand; a seat for a user; a rotatable arm system comprising a generally vertical arm connected to said stand at a first pivotal connection at a side of the seat and a generally horizontal cross member extending out from the generally vertical arm, said rotatable arm system being rotatable relative to the stand so that said generally vertical arm pivots in a generally vertical plane to a plurality of positions, said generally vertical arm being adapted to be fixed in each of said plurality of positions; a grasp member having an outer end and an inner end, said outer end being connected to said cross member so that said grasp member is pivotal relative to said rotatable arm system, wherein fixing of the generally vertical arm in said plurality of positions selectively locates said outer end of the grasp member in a plurality of different locations relative to the stand, said plurality of different locations defining a first generally circular arc having as its center a shoulder-point that is above said seat near said first pivotal connection and generally corresponding to the location of the user's shoulder during use of the machine, wherein said grasp member has a handle at or near said inner end for being grasped by a user, and, wherein, when the generally vertical arm is fixed in a selected one of said plurality of positions to locate the grasp member outer end in one of said plurality of different locations, the handle is constrained by said grasp member to move in exercise movements along a respective handle path extending radially generally between a retracted-position that is at or near said shoulder-point and a respective outreached-position radially distanced from the shoulder-point and near said first generally circular arc; the exercise machine further comprising a resistance system adapted to resist pivoting of the grasp member relative to the rotatable arm system during said exercise movements; wherein said grasp member being selectively locateable provides for said exercise movements radiating generally outward from the user's shoulder at angles ranging from approximately vertically upwards to below horizontal.