Patent ID: 7981007

Claim:
A cyclical skating motion exercise machine comprising: a base frame assembly, having a front end in the direction that the user is facing and a rear end; a first pedal arm mounted on a first pedal axle, wherein the first pedal axle is substantially vertical; a first link assembly mounted to the first pedal arm at the first pedal axle, wherein the first pedal axle provides motion between the first link assembly and the first pedal arm, and wherein the first pedal axle is fixed to the base frame assembly; a first pedal mounted to the first pedal arm for supporting a user's foot, wherein the first pedal is mounted to a free end of the first pedal arm; a second pedal arm mounted on a second pedal axle, wherein the second pedal axle is substantially vertical, wherein a second pedal is mounted to a free end of the second pedal arm, and wherein the second pedal axle is fixed to the base frame assembly; and a crank assembly, wherein the first link assembly is mounted to the crank assembly, wherein the crank assembly has rotational inertia about an axis that is substantially orthogonally to the first pedal axle and parallel to the direction that a user is facing, wherein the first pedal and the second pedal have substantially sideways swinging motion in an arc, wherein the first pedal axle and the second pedal axle are in front of the first pedal and the second pedal.