Exercise apparatus and alphanumeric keyboard intended for such an exercise apparatus
OwnerEric Bilang-Heierinventor
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The invention relates to an exercise apparatus (1), which has a running surface or a sitting surface (9), provided with a holding arrangement for the exercising person. The holding arrangement has a crossbar (6). In order for the exercising person to be able to carry out writing work on a computer (20) during exercise, a keyboard (7, 8) is arranged in such a way that the keyboard lies on the side of the bar (6) facing away from the running surface or sitting surface (9). In particular, the keyboard is also tilted downward. Said arrangement of the keyboard enables physical exercise and writing work to be carried out at the same time.
An exercise apparatus (1) having a support frame (2) for arranging the exercise apparatus on a floor surface (3), having an exercising arrangement (4) arranged on the support frame which has a sitting surface (9) for use by a sitting person or a running surface for use by a standing person, and having a holding arrangement (5, 6) which has a bar (6) which is arranged at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the exercise apparatus and is intended and arranged for supporting the hands of the person exercising on the exercise apparatus, and having an alphanumeric keyboard (7, 8) equipped for clerical work, characterized in that the keyboard is arranged on the holding arrangement on the side of the bar (6) facing away from the sitting surface (9) or the running surface, wherein the keyboard is arranged inclined with respect to the horizontal in such a way that the spacebar comes to lie higher above the floor surface (3) than the QWERT keys of the keyboard, and the keyboard is arranged on the holding arrangement so that its inclination can be adjusted, and wherein the keyboard is formed from keyboard halves (7, 8), which each accommodate a portion of the keys and which are arranged separately from one another on the holding arrangement.
The use of an alphanumeric keyboard formed from two separate keyboard parts (7, 8) to carry out clerical work while exercising on an exercise apparatus, wherein the keyboard or keyboard parts are intended and designed for fixing to an exercise apparatus, which exercise apparatus has a sitting surface (9) or a running surface and a holding arrangement having a bar (6) running at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the exercise apparatus which is intended for supporting the hands of the person exercising on the exercise apparatus, characterized in that the keyboard or the keyboard parts is or are provided with a mounting arrangement which is intended and designed for fixing to the exercise apparatus in such a way that the keyboard or the keyboard parts comes or come to lie on the side of the bar (6) facing away from the sitting surface or the running surface of the exercise apparatus.
9-12. (canceled)
The exercise apparatus as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the exercise apparatus has a saddle as the sitting surface (9) and pedals (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.