Fitness equipment

Details Fitness equipment Fitness equipment

1997-03-10

1998-04-28

Apley, Richard J.

Exercise devices

Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof

Stair climbing

482 56, 482112, 482120, 482130, 482142, A63B 2204, A63B 23035

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057438323

ABSTRACT:
A fitness equipment including a base, an oblique support equipped with bottom wheels and pivoted to the base to hold a bench with a seat cushion and a headrest for supporting the user, two handlebars coupled to the oblique support, two actuating rods respectively pivoted to the handlebars, a bracing collapsibly connected between the base and the oblique support, two collapsible pedals pivoted to the base and the oblique support, upper links and intermediate links and bottom links respectively pivotably connected between the oblique support and the actuating rods, a damping mechanism connected between the oblique support, upper and intermediate links, wherein when the user sits on the seat cushion with the back supported on the bench and the hands holding on the handlebars and the legs pedaling the pedals, the bottom links and the intermediate links and the upper links are alternatively driven to move the actuating rods and the connecting frames, enabling the user to simulate the action of swimming.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5505679 (1996-04-01), McBride et al.
patent: 5547444 (1996-08-01), Huang

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