Exercise apparatus

摘要

An exercise apparatus that has:
a frame;a curved ramp comprised of a non-articulating, non-pivoting curved member that defines a unitary curved path of travel between a selected forward and selected rearward position;a foot support adapted to travel along the unitary curved path from the selected forward position to the selected rearward position and to travel along the same unitary curved path from the selected rearward position to the selected forward position; anda handle interconnected to the foot support and adapted to move in the same direction, forward or rearward, as the foot support via the interconnection to the foot support.

主权项

1. An exercise device comprising:
a foot support arranged on a frame for supporting a user standing in an upright position on the foot support, the foot support being supported on a rear linkage that is supported on a curved surface of a ramp having a selected curved path of travel, the rear linkage being drivable by the user back and forth along the curved surface of the ramp between a rearwardmost position and a forwardmost position; the foot support travelling in a path together with the rear linkage along the selected curved path of travel of the ramp from the rearwardmost to the forwardmost position and back along the same path to the rearwardmost position from the forwardmost position, movement of the foot support from the rearwardmost position to the forwardmost position and back to the rearwardmost position along the selected curved path of travel of the curved surface of the ramp defining a complete cycle of exercise movement of the foot support, wherein the rear linkage is pivotally interconnected to an arm mounted to the frame at a selected pivot point for pivoting in a back and forth direction around the selected pivot point, the arm being readily manually graspable by the user on one side of the pivot point for exerting force in a forward or backward direction to forcibly cause the arm to pivot, the interconnection between the arm and the rear linkage being arranged such that the user's exertion of force on the arm in a forward or backward direction drives the rear linkage to travel along the ramp wherein the arm has a handle disposed on the one side of the select pivot point for manual pivoting of the arm around the select pivot point by the user grasping and exerting forward or backward force on the handle; and, the arm is linked to the rear linkage through an arm linkage pivotably connected to the arm on the one side of the select pivot point.