Exercise apparatus
AssigneeENANEF Limited
InventorNeil Summers
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Abstract
The present invention provides for an exercise apparatus comprising a pair of footplates arranged for reciprocal movement on respective supports, the supports extending outwardly from either side of a central frame portion of the apparatus, the footplates being arranged to receive a pair of human feet and so as to be moved by a user in a reciprocal manner in the direction of the supports as part of an exercise routine, and wherein the apparatus includes handgrip portions extending from the central frame portion of the apparatus, the handgrip portions being arranged for movement, such as for example upward and/or downward movement against a resilient bias during the exercise routine.
Claims28
An exercise apparatus comprising a pair of footplates arranged for movement on respective supports, the supports extending away from a central frame portion of the apparatus, the pair of footplates being configured to receive a pair of human feet and so as to be moved by a user in a manner in the direction of the supports as part of an exercise routine, and wherein the apparatus includes handgrip portions mounted on a handlebar arrangement extending from the central frame portion of the apparatus, the handgrip portions being arranged for movement relative to the frame portion during the exercise routine wherein the said movement of the handgrip portions is restricted to a single plane of movement and said single plane of movement comprises one with a major vertical component.
The exercise apparatus as claimed in any one or more of the preceding claims, wherein each of the pair of footplates are further arranged to operatively engage at least one exercise weight in manner so as to raise the said at least one exercise weight through a vertical distance during at least one stroke of the said reciprocal movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.