Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Patent
1997-01-16
1998-05-26
Crow, Stephen R.
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
482 70, A63B 6916, A63B 2204
Patent
active
057556423
ABSTRACT:
An exercise device includes a frame which supports a pair of foot links so that a first end of each foot link is pivotably coupled to the frame for motion about an arcuate path. A guide which is supported by the frame engages each foot link and directs a second end of each foot link along a closed, curved, generally teardrop shaped path of travel. This combination of motions defined by the foot link provides a natural running and stepping motion in which the heel of a user's foot initially rises faster than the toe as the foot begins to move forward and subsequently falls faster than the toe as the foot begins to move backward.
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