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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
R. Lee Rawls, Woodinville, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for exercising using skating motion are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame having left and right pedal guides, left and right pedals moveably coupled to the left and right pedal guides, and a pedal control device. The pedal control device is coupled to the left and right pedals such that as one of the left or right pedals is moved along its pedal guide, the other pedal is moved in an opposite direction along its pedal guide, and both the left and right pedals rotate in a first rotational direction. As the pedals are moved back along their respective pedal guides in opposite directions, the pedal control device simultaneously rotates the pedals in a second rotational direction. The apparatus may thereby provide an improved simulation of skating, and may increase the user's enjoyment of the exercise. The pedal control device may include a resistance device, such as an electromagnetic brake, that resists the movement of the pedals. In another embodiment, an exercise apparatus includes an elongated track member, a pedal moveably coupled to the track member, the pedal being rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a pedal control assembly coupled to the pedal. The pedal control assembly may control the movement of the pedal such that as the pedal is moved in a first direction along the track member, the pedal is rotated in a first rotational direction about the axis of rotation, and as the pedal is moved in a second direction along the track member, the pedal is rotated in a second rotational direction about the axis of rotation.