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Details
Inventors: Brangi, John;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Bahr; Robert
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Delio & Peterson

An exercise device comprises a frame having a seat mounted thereon and a pair of handlebars extending upwardly from and pivotally attached to the frame at a point forward of the seat, each of the handlebars being individually moveable back and forth by the arms of a user of the device. A foot pedal is mounted to and extends rearwardly from each of the handlebars, each foot pedal being individually moveable down and up by the legs of a user of the device. The exercise device includes a pair of weight supporting frames, each of the frames having at least one vertically extending elongated member rigidly connected thereto. Each frame also includes a plurality of weights slidably mounted upon the elongated member. The exercise device further includes a linkage means between each of the handlebars and selected weights within a corresponding weight support frame. The linkage means permits the selected weights to be raised and lowered by respective back and forth movement of the handlebars. The user when seated on the seat may exercise his individual arms and/or legs against resistance of raising and lowering selected weights by respective movement of the individual handlebars in a back and forth direction and individual foot pedals in a down and up direction.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The above and other objects, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, are achieved in the present invention which is directed to an exercise device which comprises a frame having a seat mounted thereon and a pair of handlebars having handgrips thereon extending rearwardly and/or upwardly from and pivotally attached to the frame at a point forward of and/or below the seat, each of the handlebars being individually moveable back and forth by the arms of a user of the device.
A weight platform which extends forward from the handlebar pivot point is rigidly connected to each of the handlebars for supporting individual weights.
The weight platform is raised and lowered in an arc around the pivot point upon back and forth movement of the handlebars.
Means are provided on the device for limiting movement of each of the handlebars between defined forward and back limits.
The user, when seated on the seat, may exercise his individual arms against resistance of raising and lowering selected weights on the weight platform by grasping the handgrips with his hands for respective opposite movement of the individual handlebars in a back and forth direction.
Optionally, a foot pedal is rigidly connected to each of the handlebars and extends rearward therefrom to below the seat, each foot pedal being individually moveable down and up by the legs of a user of the device to assist in raising and lowering the weights.
The weight platform preferably includes a shaft which extends upwardly from the platform for receiving conventional weight disks or plates, and may include shafts of varying diameter for receiving different configurations of weight disks or plates.
In another aspect, the present invention is directed to an exercise device that comprises a frame having a seat mounted thereon.
A pair of handlebars extends upwardly from and pivotally attached to the frame at a point forward of the seat, each of the handlebars being individually moveable back and forth by the arms of a user of the device


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