Aerobic and anaerobic exercise machine
AssigneeICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
InventorsScott R. Watterson, Curt G. Bingham, S. Ty Measom
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Abstract
An exercise machine has a base with an upright frame. A carriage is movable along the length of the frame and connectable thereto by a pin which registers with apertures formed in the frame. The pin is connected to a bridge with spans between cheek plates of the carriage. A lever structure and a butterfly exercise structure are pivotally secured to the carriage. Resistance modules are connectable to the carriage and the lever structure and the butterfly exercise structure to resist movement. A bench is provided for the user and is connected at one end to one frame. A stepper exercise assembly is also attached to the frame. A stepper has hydraulic resistance cylinders which include springs to urge the treadles in an upward direction.
Claims23
Apparatus for performing exercises, said apparatus comprising:
- base support means for supporting said apparatus on a support surface;
- a frame means having one or more frame members connected to and extending upward from said base support means;
- stepping exercise means mechanically connected to said frame means for performance of stepping exercises by a user, said stepping exercise means including:
- a first treadle spaced from a second treadles, said first treadle and said second treadle each being pivotally mounted to a frame member of said frame means, and resistance means interconnected between said frame member of said frame means and said first treadle and said second treadle to resist movement thereof;
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- anaerobic exercise means separate from said stepping exercise means and mechanically connected to said frame means for the performance of anaerobic exercises by a user, said anaerobic exercise means comprising:
- carriage means movably adapted to said frame member of said frame means to move therealong, and connecting means for connecting said carriage means to said frame member in any of a plurality of selected positions spaced along said frame member,
- strengthening exercise means adapted to said frame means for the performance of strengthening exercises by said user, said strengthening exercise means including:
- a lever member pivotally connected to said frame means with resistance means interconnected between said lever member and said frame means to resist movement of said lever member from a first position to a second position, and movable structure attached to said carriage means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.