Exercise machine

Details Exercise machine Exercise machine

2007-06-25

2009-12-15

Crow, Steve R (Department: 3764)

Exercise devices

Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof

Stair climbing

C482S057000, C482S070000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07632219

ABSTRACT:
An exercise device providing a fore and aft horizontal component of striding motion that is dynamically user-defined, while providing a vertical component of the motion that is maintained on a predetermined vertically reciprocating path in some embodiments. The exercise device guides the user's foot in a pseudo-elliptical stride path, while providing a dynamically variable stride length that allows the user to move with a natural stride length. The exercise device allows tall and short users to extend or curtail the stride length to match their natural stride lengths. The length of the reciprocating path is dynamically adjusted during the exercise operation without equipment adjustments by changes in the length of the stride input by the user at a pair of foot engagement pads disposed on laterally spaced apart foot support members.

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