(19)
(11) EP 1 923 102 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.06.2008 Bulletin 2008/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.05.2008 Bulletin 2008/21

(21) Application number: 08002917.6

(22) Date of filing: 27.09.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A63B 21/062(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

(30) Priority: 04.10.2000 US 678931

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
01977331.6 / 1322385

(71) Applicant: BVP Holding, Inc.
Newark (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Piane, Robert A. Jr.
    Neward DE 19702 (US)

(74) Representative: Hoffmeister, Helmut 
c/o Dr. Hoffmeister & Tarvenkorn, Goldstrasse 36
48147 Münster
48147 Münster (DE)

   


(54) Exercise apparatus


(57) Exercise equipment includes a housing having a structural surface defining an arcuate path, multiple pairs of pulleys positioned along the arcuate path, each pair of pulleys having passed between them a cable the proximal end of which is located outside the curved path, the distal end of the cable being coupled to a source of resistance within the housing such that when the proximal end of the cable is pulled by a user, the resistance exerts a counterforce to the cable. Alternatively, a single cable may be provided which exits through a movable trolley which is fixable at different positions along the arcuate path. Further exercise equipment includes a cable means attached at its distal end to a resistance means cooperating with pulley means for switching between a 2:1 mechanical advantage and a 1:1 ratio. At a proximal end of the cable, control means are used to exert effort against the resistance means.







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