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US 5,203,751 AGranted
Exercise mechanism
OwnerChester Changinventor
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Abstract
An exercise device including a pair of tracks, a bracket slidably disposed on each of the tracks, a pair of rails disposed above the tracks, a slide slidably disposed on each of the rails, a handle coupled to each of the slides, and a cable threaded along the tracks and along the rails and formed into a closed loop. The brackets and the slides are coupled together by the cable so that the brackets and the slides move in concert.
Claims2
An exercise mechanism comprising a pair of tracks disposed in parallel on a base;
- a gear rotatably disposed between a front end of said tracks;
- a belt engaged on said gear and including two end portions;
- a bracket slidably disposed on each of said tracks;
- a pair of rails having a lower end pivotally coupled to said base and having an upper end pivotally coupled together by a beam;
- a post vertically fixed on said tracks, said beam being disposed on a top of said post;
- a slide slidably disposed on each of said rails;
- a handle having a lower end pivotally coupled to each of said slides;
- a first pulley disposed on each end of each of said rails;
- a second pulley disposed on a rear end of each of said tracks;
- and a cable threaded through said first pulleys and said second pulleys and including two end portions coupled to said end portions of said belt so that said cable and said belt form a closed loop;
- said brackets being coupled to said end portions of said cable, and said slides being coupled to said cable such that said brackets and said slides are coupled together and such that said brackets and said slides move in concert.
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