(19)
(11) EP 1 151 761 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/45

(21) Application number: 01110543.4

(22) Date of filing: 28.04.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A63B 22/04, A63B 23/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 02.05.2000 US 201198 P
31.08.2000 US 654095

(71) Applicant: Sinties Scientific, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74146 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Farney, Michael Kent
    Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012 (US)

(74) Representative: Dallmeyer, Georg, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwälte von Kreisler-Selting-Werner Postfach 10 22 41
50462 Köln
50462 Köln (DE)

   


(54) Exercise apparatus with elongated stride


(57) An aerobic exerciser with elongated stride comprising a frame, a bell crank, a left telescoping pedal rail rotatably attached to the left side of the bell crank at one end and pivotably attached to the frame at the other end, and a right telescoping pedal rail rotatably attached to the right side of the bell crank at one end and pivotably attached to the frame at the other end.
In operation, under the weight of the user, each pedal, supported on a pedal rail follows a generally elliptical path in response to rotation of the bell crank. Vertical movement of a telescoping pedal rail is accommodated by the pivot and horizontal movement of the pedal rail results in extension and retraction of the pedal rail.






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