Claims
- 1. Exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame including a base adapted to be supported on a horizontal surface and first and second spaced upright support members;
- first and second leg members respectively pivotably mounted to said first and second support members at a horizontal leg member pivot axis and extending downwardly therefrom, said first and second leg members each being operative for reciprocating movement between said support members, said first and second leg members each including a platform below said leg member pivot axis for supporting a user in an upright position between said leg members;
- first and second arm members respectively pivotably mounted to said frame at a horizontal arm member pivot axis, said arm members each extending upwardly from said arm member pivot axis and being operative for reciprocating movement, said arm members each being associated with a respective one of said first and second leg members on a respective side of the user and arranged for concurrent pivoting movement with the respective leg member in the same angular direction, said arm members each including a respective hand grip remote from said arm member pivot axis;
- a shaft journalled for rotation axially about a horizontal pivot axis parallel to said leg member pivot axis; and
- interconnect means for interconnecting the pairs of leg and arm members for concurrent pivoting movement in opposite angular directions and including:
- a first rigid bar coupled between said first leg member and said shaft and displaced from said leg member pivot axis and said shaft pivot axis; and
- a second rigid bar coupled between said second leg member and said shaft and displaced from said leg member pivot axis and said shaft pivot axis.
- 2. Exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame having a base adapted to be supported on a horizontal surface and a pair of spaced upright supports each secured to and extending upwardly from said base;
- a pair of stride assemblies each mounted to said frame, each of said stride assemblies including:
- a leg member pivotally mounted to a respective frame support at a horizontal leg member pivot axis and extending below said leg member pivot axis between said pair of supports;
- a foot platform mounted to said leg member at a location below and remote from said leg member pivot axis and adapted to support a user thereon;
- an arm member pivotally mounted to said frame at a horizontal arm member pivot axis parallel to said leg member pivot axis, said arm member extending above said arm member pivot axis and arranged for concurrent pivoting movement with said leg member in the same angular direction; and
- a hand grip mounted to said arm member at a location above and remote from said arm member pivot axis; and
- interconnect means for interconnecting said pair of stride assemblies for concurrent pivoting movement in opposite angular directions about the pivot axes and including:
- a rigid bar coupled to the arm member of one of said stride assemblies for rotation therewith about the arm member pivot axis, said rigid bar extending above the arm member pivot axis; and
- a rigid link pivotally coupled above said arm member pivot axis to said rigid bar and below said leg member pivot axis to the leg member of the other stride assembly.
- 3. The apparatus according to claim 2 further including:
- a shaft journalled for rotation to said frame and defining a third pivot axis parallel to said leg member pivot axis;
- wherein said interconnect means include link means pivotally coupled between said shaft and said leg members.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/602,101, filed Feb. 15, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,605,521.
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