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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2014
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., Logan, UT (US);
Nathan Mortensen, Montpelier, ID (US);
William T. Dalebout, North Logan, UT (US);
Trenton Von Larsen, Hyrum, UT (US);
ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., Logan, UT (US);
Abstract
An elliptical exercise machine, in one aspect of the invention, includes at least one frame member, a rear rotational mechanism associated with the at least one frame member, a first foot support member pivotally coupled to a portion of the rotational mechanism, a second foot support member pivotally coupled to another portion of the rotational mechanism, a plurality of support pads, each support pad having an engagement surface lying substantially in a first plane and a plurality of support structures, each support structure having an engagement surface lying substantially in a second plane, the first plane being at a defined angle relative to the second plane. The entire elliptical machine may be rotated through the defined angle to place the elliptical machine in a storage position. In one embodiment, the first assembly may be pivotal relative to the second assembly.