Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing weight resistance
Patent
1996-01-31
1997-07-15
Donnelly, Jerome
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing weight resistance
482 95, 482114, 482 72, A63B 2100
Patent
active
056478259
ABSTRACT:
An exercise machine of the horse-type on which a user is seated and glides generally horizontally in a reciprocal motion. The present invention comprises a support frame, a seat assembly, a unitary handlebar/footrest assembly, and a glide assembly. The glide assembly is pivotally and operably linked to he seat assembly by a seat riser arm, which in turn is pivotally and operably linked to the handlebar/footrest assembly by a linkage bar. The frame includes generally a rear vertical support fixedly extending upwardly and perpendicularly from a rear base foot, a longitudinal rail assembly upon which the glide assembly reciprocally moves and further includes a front vertical support fixedly extending upwardly and perpendicularly from a front base foot. The glide assembly is equipped with a frictional means by which added resistance may be variably applied either by manually cranking a knob attached to a shaft rigidly affixed to a lever arm which causes a frictional pad to come into contact with the rail assembly, or, by the preferred means, operated electronically by a programmable control and display unit which remotely controls an electric motor attached to the shaft.
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Adkins Jeffrey A.
Adkins Joseph E.
Donnelly Jerome
Litman Richard C.
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