| 摘要 |
<p>PCT No. PCT/US96/13140 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 24, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 24, 1997 PCT Filed Aug. 12, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/06859 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 1997The invention is an exercise machine (20) for exercising many major muscle groups in the body without stressing the arm or knee joints. An inclined bench (24) mounts rigidly within a frame (22) and in specific relationship to a pair of horizontal axes about which a pair of arm levers (40) and a pair of leg levers (60) pivot, respectively. The arm pivot is located with respect to the bench at the user's shoulder joint, while the leg pivot is located with respect to the bench at the user's hip joint. The rotation of the arm and leg levers (40, 60) may be independent, or may be coupled. The rotation of the arm and leg levers are subject to a torque resistance applied by springs, cables and dead weights, frictional resisted loads, or viscous damping. In one embodiment, the rotation of the arm and leg levers are coupled via a linkage mechanism which drives a locomotive style crank for rotating a flywheel. The flywheel is subject to a braking force by an adjustable means to vary the amount of torque resistance applied to the arm and leg levers.</p> |
