Exercise apparatus with non-uniform foot pad transverse spacing

摘要

A method and apparatus guide inclined movement of a left foot pad in a fore-aft direction on a first side of a longitudinal centerline of an exercise apparatus and inclined movement of a right foot pad in the fore-aft direction on a second side of the longitudinal centerline of the exercise apparatus such that the right foot pad and the left foot pad are transversely spaced from the longitudinal centerline by a first distance when proximate to a front of the exercise apparatus and are transversely spaced from the longitudinal centerline by a second distance greater than the first distance when proximate to a rear of the exercise apparatus.

主权项

1. An exercise apparatus comprising:
a frame; a left inclined track; a left foot pad movably guided along the left inclined track; a right inclined track, the left inclined track and the right inclined track extending on opposite sides of a fore-aft longitudinal centerline symmetrically extending between the left inclined track and the right inclined track, each of the left inclined track and the right inclined track being coupled to the frame so as to be fixed relative to the longitudinal centerline, each of the left inclined track and the right inclined track comprising a curved portion with a concave side of the curved portion facing the longitudinal center line; a right foot pad movably guided along the right inclined track, wherein the right inclined track has a right front portion transversely spaced from the fore-aft longitudinal centerline by a right front spacing distance and a right rear portion transversely spaced from the fore-aft longitudinal centerline by a right rear spacing distance greater than the right front spacing distance; and a crank arm assembly operably coupled to the left foot pad and the right foot pad.