Exercise apparatus with biomechanical arm motion
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorsJoseph Immordino, Eric C. White, Thomas J. Danowski, Marcos D. Roimicher
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Abstract
Exercise apparatus has a pair of handles pivotally mounted on a frame and guiding respective user arm motions along swing paths obliquely approaching the sagittal plane of the user.
Claims18
Exercise apparatus comprising a frame supporting a user for exercise movement including the arms of the user in a swinging motion forwardly from the sides of the user, a pair of handles movably mounted on said frame and guiding each respective arm of the user along a swing path obliquely approaching the sagittal plane of the user, a pair of foot pedals movably mounted to said frame and supporting and guiding the feet and legs of the user for exercise movement, wherein said handles have respective downwardly depending rocker arms connected by respective links to said foot pedals, such that movement of a respective said foot pedal is translated by a respective said link and respective said rocker arm to movement of a respective said handle along said oblique swing path relative to said sagittal plane.
Exercise apparatus comprising a frame supporting a user for exercise movement including the arms of the user in a swinging motion forwardly from the sides of the user, a pair of handles movably mounted on said frame and guiding each respective arm of the user along a swing path obliquely approaching the sagittal plane of the user, a pair of foot pedals movably mounted to said frame and supporting and guiding the feet and legs of the user for exercise movement, wherein said handles have respective downwardly depending rocker arms connected by respective links to said foot pedals, such that movement of a respective said foot pedal is translated by a respective said link and respective said rocker arm to movement of a respective said handle along said oblique swing path relative to said sagittal plane,
- wherein said handles are mounted to said frame by a pair of mounts each attaching a respective said handle to said frame, said mounts being adjustably fixed to said frame such that said swing paths relative to said sagittal plane are changeable between exercises by the user.
Exercise apparatus comprising a frame supporting a user for exercise movement including the arms of the user in a swinging motion forwardly from the sides of the user, a pair of handles movably mounted on said frame and guiding each respective arm of the user along a swing path obliquely approaching the sagittal plane of the user, a pair of foot pedals movably mounted to said frame and supporting and guiding the feet and legs of the user for exercise movement, wherein said handles have respective downwardly depending rocker arms connected by respective links to said foot pedals, such that movement of a respective said foot pedal is translated by a respective said link and respective said rocker arm to movement of a respective said handle along said oblique swing path relative to said sagittal plane,
- wherein said handles pivot about respective pivot axes extending non-perpendicularly to said sagittal plane, said pivot axes being adjustably fixed to said frame such that the angles of said pivot axes relative to said sagittal plane are changeable between exercises by the user.
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