Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof – Stair climbing
Patent
1996-06-17
1999-05-04
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Stair climbing
482 5, 482 4, A63B 2204, A63B 2400
Patent
active
058998330
ABSTRACT:
An exercise apparatus includes a frame, a pivot axis supported by the frame, a pedal lever, a coupler for pivotally coupling a first end of the pedal lever to the pivot axis at a predetermined distance from the pivot axis such that the first end moves in an arcuate pathway around the pivot axis, a guide member supported by the frame and engaging a second end of the pedal lever such that the second end of the pedal lever moves in a reciprocating pathway as the first end of the pedal lever moves in the arcuate pathway, and a pedal having a toe portion and a heel portion, the pedal being pivotally coupled with the second end of the pedal lever such that the toe portion is intermediate the heel portion and the pivot axis and the heel portion is raised above the toe portion when the second end moves in the reciprocating pathway in a direction away from the pivot axis. An exercise apparatus includes a frame, a pivot axis supported by the frame, a pedal lever, a coupler for pivotally coupling a first end of the pedal lever to the pivot axis at a predetermined distance from the pivot axis such that the first end moves in an arcuate pathway around the pivot axis, a guide member supported by the frame and engaging a second end of the pedal lever such that the second end of the pedal lever moves in a substantially level reciprocating pathway as the first end of the pedal lever moves in the arcuate pathway, a pedal spaced apart from the pedal lever, and a linkage member that links the pedal to the pedal lever such that the pedal travels in a substantially elliptical pathway as the first end of the pedal lever moves in the arcuate pathway.
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Lenz Steven M.
Mueller Clifford F.
Oglesby Gary E.
Rosenow Charles J.
Ryan Allen L.
Apley Richard J.
Brunswick Corporation
McMurry Michael B.
Pothier Denise
Ryan Kathrine A.
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