| US 7,510,512 B1 | ||
| Exercise machine | ||
| Michael Blake Taggett, 2027 W. Carroll St., Chicago, Ill. 60612 (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 03, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/3,056. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/526913, filed on Dec. 04, 2003. | ||
| Int. Cl. A63B 22/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 482—62 [482/111] | 7 Claims |
| 1. An exercise machine comprising:
a frame,
a seat for supporting an operator, a pair of opposed foot pedals, a hand crank assembly including hand cranks and a resistance
device mounted to said frame, said foot pedals, said band crank assembly and said resistance device operatively interconnected
by a drive train,
said hand crank assembly pivotably mounted to said frame for pivoting between a first lower position and a second raised position,
the first lower position characterized by placement of said hand crank assembly in a generally horizontal position such that
said hand crank assembly is directed toward said seat and such that said hand cranks are relatively lower and closer to said
seat whereby a seated operator may more easily grasp said hand cranks, the second raised position characterized by placement
of said hand crank assembly in an orientation directed away from said seat such that said hand cranks are higher than when
in the first position and more distant from said seat than when in the first position whereby said hand cranks are in a position
suitable for grasping by a standing operator, whereby an operator may pivot said hand crank assembly between the first lower
position and the second raised position when changing between a seated position and a standing position, and,
said hand crank assembly is operatively associated with said resistance device such that greater resistance is provided to
the hand cranks when the hand crank assembly is in the second raised position and less resistance is provided to the hand
cranks when the hand crank assembly is in the first lower position.
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