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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1997
John W Bull, Olympia, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A non-impact exercise machine which can be used by people of all ages, requiring no special dexterity or athletic ability to perform and exerting minimal impact on the muscles and joints of the user, providing a light weight, collapsible, and affordable indoor exercise machine for simulating walking. One embodiment of the exercise machine comprises a support structure; and, right and left platforms for standing on by the use's right and left foot respectively in an approximately horizontal position; and, right and left linkage assemblies pivotably disposed on the support structure about a right and left upper pivot axis and the right and left platforms, the platforms movable in a fixed path below the right and left upper pivot axis; and, a resistance system for resisting the movement of the right and left platforms. In one embodyment of the exercise machine the right and left linkage assemblies comprising right and left, first and second members having their first ends pivotably mounted on the support structure about a right and left upper first and second pivot axis respectively and their opposite free ends pivotably mounted to the right and left platforms respectively, the platforms moveable in a fixed path below the right and left upper first and second pivot axis.