Patent ID: 7591762

Claim:
An exercise apparatus, comprising: (a) a frame; (b) a swing mechanism comprising a swing arm and a pedal, the swing arm having a pivoting portion pivotally connected to the frame and a supporting portion to engage with the pedal; (c) a handle assembly having a handle member and a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft coupled to the frame and engaged with the handle member; (d) an actuating mechanism coupled to the frame, the actuating mechanism having a transmission member, an impelled member pivotally connected to the frame and a rotating member rotatably coupled to the frame, bath the transmission member and the impelled member having a fast portion and a second portion, the first portion of the transmission member coupled to the rotating member and the second portion of the transmission member coupled to the first portion of the impelled member, the second portion of the impelled member coupled to the rotating shaft of the handle assembly wherein the moving direction of the second portion of the transmission member is opposite to the second portion of the impelled member; and (e) a driving member having a first portion joined to the swing mechanism and a second portion joined to the actuating mechanism wherein the moving direction of the second portion of the driving member is the same with the first portion of the impelled member; whereby the pivoting portion of the swing mechanism and the rotating shaft of the handle assembly rotate at a same direction when the actuating mechanism is driven by the driving member.