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US 3,940,128 AGranted
Exercising apparatus
AssigneeVitamaster Industries, Inc.
InventorBernardo P. Ragone
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Abstract
An exercising apparatus of the type simulating a pedaled vehicle wherein a pair of upright posts are mounted on a frame for respectively supporting a handlebar and seat. Drive means are mounted on the frame, and linkage means are provided for connecting the drive means to one of said posts, and for connecting said posts together for conjoint pivotal movement. The arrangement is such that rotation of the drive means causes the posts to oscillate together in the same directions and in substantially parallel relation throughout a cycle of operation of said apparatus.
Claims19
An exercising apparatus comprising:
- a. a frame;
- b. a pair of laterally spaced posts each pivotally mounted on said frame in a substantially upright position, each of said posts having upper and lower end portions;
- c. handlebar means mounted on the upper end portion of one of said pair of posts;
- d. seat means mounted on the upper end portion of the other one of said pair of posts;
- e. drive means rotatably mounted on said frame;
- f. a ring eccentrically mounted on said drive means for conjoint rotation therewith;
- g. first linkage means having end portions connecting one of said pair of posts to said drive means;
- h. one end portion of said first linkage means terminating in a collar member slideably mounted on said ring and the opposite end portion of said first linkage means pivotally connected to the lower end of one of said pair of posts;
- i. second linkage means having end portions connecting said post together for conjoint pivotal movement;
- j. one end portion of said second linkage means pivotally connected to the lower end of the other one of said pair of posts and the opposite end portion of said second linkage means pivotally connected to the lower end of said one of said pair of posts;
- whereby rotation of said drive means causes said posts to oscillate together in the same directions and in substantially parallel relation throughout a cycle of operation of said apparatus.
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