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US 7,637,849 B2Granted
Stepper exercise apparatus
AssigneeShu-Hui Huang
InventorTsung-Jen Chen
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Abstract
A treadmill includes a base, two axle units, two pedal units and a coordinating unit. The base includes a post formed thereon. Each of the axle units includes an axle extended downwards from the post. Each of the pedal units includes a pedal pivotally connected to the axle of a related one of the axle units. The coordinating unit includes a pulley provided on the base and a rope wound round the pulley and formed with two ends each tied to a related one of the pedal units so that one of the pedal units is moved upwards and outwards while the other pedal unit is moved downwards and inwards.
Claims6
A stepper exercise apparatus comprising:
- a base, adapted to rest upon a support surface, comprising an upright post formed thereon;
- two axle units, each comprising an axle wherein one axle is extended laterally downwards from a flank of the upright post and the other axle is extended laterally downwards on an opposite flank of the post, and each axle includes an end fixed at the post and a free end opposite to the fixed end with the free end being located lower that the fixed end relative to the support surface;
- two pedal units each pivotally connected to the axle of a related one of the axle units;
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- a coordinating unit comprising a pulley provided on the base and a rope wound around the pulley and formed with two ends each tied to a related one of the pedal units so that during exercise, as one of the pedal units is moved upwards and laterally outwards the other pedal unit is moved downwards and laterally inwards.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.