Exercise apparatus

A front crank assembly for use with an exercise apparatus, comprising:

• a support frame including a top support frame portion, a bottom support frame portion, a front support frame portion, and a rear support frame portion, the support frame being positioned proximate a front of the exercise apparatus;
• a crank wheel rotatably connected to the front support frame portion of the support frame;
• a crank link having a first crank link end and a second crank link end, the first crank link end being pivotally connected to the crank wheel;
• an elongate member having a first elongate member end, an elongate member intermediate portion, and a second elongate member end, the first elongate member end being pivotally connected to the top support frame portion proximate the rear support frame portion, the second crank link end being pivotally connected to the elongate member intermediate portion;
• a pedal link having a first pedal link end, a pedal link intermediate portion, and a second pedal link end, the first pedal link end being pivotally connected to the top support frame portion proximate the front, the pedal link intermediate portion being bent;
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• a pedal having a first pedal end, a pedal intermediate portion, and a second pedal end, the second elongate member end being pivotally connected to the second pedal end, and the second pedal link end being pivotally connected to the pedal intermediate portion.

An exercise apparatus, comprising:

• a base frame configured and arranged to occupy a stable operating position on an underlying horizontal support surface, wherein the base frame defines a front end and a rear end;
• a seat assembly selectively coupled to the rear end of the base frame and including a seat facing the front end of the base frame, the seat assembly relative to the base frame configured and arranged to define a right side and a left side;
• a support frame extending upward from the base frame proximate the front end of the base frame;
• a first axis extending through and outward from opposing sides of the support frame;
• a second axis extending through and outward from opposing sides of the support frame, superior and rearward of the first axis;
• a third axis extending through and outward from opposing sides of the support frame, superior of the first axis, substantially horizontal and forward of the second axis, disposed medially to the first axis and the second axis;
• a crank axle rotatably mounted to the support frame and coaxial with the first axis;
• a crank wheel operatively connected to the crank axle;
• a first linkage assembly disposed to the right side of the base frame comprising:
• a right crank link having a first right crank link end and a second right crank link end, the first right crank link end being pivotally connected to the crank wheel;
• a right elongate member having a first right elongate member end, a right elongate member intermediate portion, and a second right elongate member end, the first right elongate member end being pivotally connected to a top support frame portion proximate a rear support frame portion of the support frame, the second right crank link end being pivotally connected to the right elongate member intermediate portion;
• a right pedal link having a first right pedal link end, a right pedal link intermediate portion, and a second right pedal link end, the first right pedal link end being pivotally connected to the top support frame portion proximate a front support frame portion of the support frame;
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• a right pedal having a first right pedal end, a right pedal intermediate portion, and a second right pedal end, the second right elongate member end being pivotally connected to the second right pedal end, and the second right pedal link end being pivotally connected to the right pedal intermediate portion;
• a second linkage assembly disposed to the left side of the base frame comprising:
• a left crank link having a first left crank link end and a second left crank link end, the first left crank link end being pivotally connected to the crank wheel;
• a left elongate member having a first left elongate member end, a left elongate member intermediate portion, and a second left elongate member end, the first left elongate member end being pivotally connected to the top support frame portion proximate the rear support frame portion, the second left crank link end being pivotally connected to the left elongate member intermediate portion;
• a left pedal link having a first left pedal link end, a left pedal link intermediate portion, and a second left pedal link end, the first left pedal link end being pivotally connected to the top support frame portion proximate the front support frame portion;
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• a left pedal having a first left pedal end, a left pedal intermediate portion, and a second left pedal end, the second left elongate member end being pivotally connected to the second left pedal end, and the second left pedal link end being pivotally connected to the left pedal intermediate portion;
• wherein the first linkage assembly and the second linkage assembly are disposed within a transverse projection of a first pedal path of the first pedal to a second pedal path of the second pedal.