Patent ID: 7553261

Claim:
Exercise equipment comprising a pedestal, a seat supported by the pedestal, and handle members mounted to opposing sides of the pedestal, to be gripped generally at their top end by a user oriented relative to the seat, the pedestal having a curved base for permitting rocking movement of the pedestal about a substantially intermediate axis, generally orthogonal to opposing sides on which the handle members are placed, and the handle members comprising respective bar-shaped structures hinged to the pedestal via respective ball joints, the pedestal defining a top plane on which the seat is slidably mounted, whereby the user assists in the manual driving of the handle members using a flexion movement of his or her spine, the pedestal including a frame defining the plane, and a plurality of base arc-shaped beams projecting along respective longer sides of the frame, the longer sides being those along which the handle members are placed, the handle members being mounted on respective support brackets slidable over the pedestal, and a lock being provided for securing the handle members in a desired position and the pedestal having an arc-shaped structure projecting outwardly, and coplanarly relative to the top plane, for supporting the sliding of the brackets of the handle members.