Patent ID: 8784277

Claim:
An exercise apparatus, comprising: a housing having a front portion and a back portion; a right depresser configured to receive force from a user of the exercise apparatus; a left depresser configured to receive force from a user of the exercise apparatus; a pivot configured to movably attach the right depresser and the left depresser to the front portion of the housing; and a support system at least partially contained by the back portion of the housing, wherein the support system includes: a right force resistor having a right top portion attached to the right depresser at an angle and a right bottom portion attached to the back portion of the housing; a left force resistor having a left top portion attached to the left depresser at an angle and a left bottom portion attached to the back portion of the housing; and a resistance system at least partially contained by the back portion of the housing and coupled to the right resistor and the left resistor and configured to transfer force; and wherein the right depresser is a right treadle configured to receive a right foot of a user of the exercise apparatus; and the left depresser is a left treadle configured to receive a left foot of the user of the exercise apparatus; and wherein one of said treadles includes a pair of overlying pedals in parallel planes, one of said pedals being movable within one of the planes relative to the other of said pedals.