Apparatus for independently exercising arms and legs

Claim 1

An apparatus for exercising the limbs of a human exerciser, comprising: (A) a floor-mounted support including a pair of elongated frames, each having a base portion extending along a longitudinal direction, and end portions located at opposite ends of a respective frame, said end portions of a respective frame supportably positioning the base portion of the respective frame at a predetermined elevation above a floor, said frames being interconnected and spaced apart in mutual parallelism along a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction; (B) a seat for the human exerciser to sit upon during use of the apparatus, said seat being mounted on the support; and (C) means for independently exercising two limbs of a seated human exerciser, including (i) a pivot shaft extending transversely along a pivot axis between the frames, (ii) a pair of training members, each mounted on the pivot shaft for independent pivoting movement about the pivot axis, said training members being arranged in a side-by-side relationship axially along the pivot axis, each training member having a limb-engaging portion offset in one radial direction above the base portions of the support, and a resisting portion offset in another radial direction below the base portions of the support, (iii) resistance means connected to the support and each resisting portion, for constantly urging each training member along one circumferential direction about the pivot axis, and for constantly resisting movement of each training member in an opposite circumferential direction about the pivot axis, and (iv) stop means for preventing movement of each training member along said one circumferential direction past a ready-to-use position in which the seated human exerciser engages each limb-engaging portion with a respective limb and, during use, pushes each training member independently of the other along said opposite circumferential direction against the resisting action of the resistance means to an exercising position.

Claim 2

An apparatus for exercising the limbs of a human exerciser, comprising: (A) a floor-mounted support including a pair of elongated frames, each having a base portion extending along a longitudinal direction, and end portions located at opposite ends of a respective frame, said end portions of a respective frame supportably positioning the base portion of the respective frame at a predetermined elevation above a floor, said frames being interconnected and spaced apart in mutual parallelism along a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction; (B) a seat for the human exerciser to sit upon during use of the apparatus, said seat being mounted on the support; and (C) means for independently exercising two limbs of a seated human exerciser, including (i) a pivot shaft extending transversely along a pivot axis between the frames, (ii) a pair of training members, each mounted on the pivot shaft for independent pivoting movement about the pivot axis, said training members being arranged in a side-by-side relationship axially along the pivot axis, each training member having a limb-engaging portion offset in one radial direction above the base portions of the support, and a resisting portion offset in another radial direction below the base portions of the support, (iii) resistance means connected to the support and each resisting portion, for constantly urging each training member along one circumferential direction about the pivot axis, and for constantly resisting movement of each training member in an opposite circumferential direction about the pivot axis, and (iv) stop means for preventing movement of each training member along said one circumferential direction past a ready-to-use position in which the seated human exerciser engages each limb-engaging portion with a respective limb and, during use, pushes each training member independently of the other along said opposite circumferential direction against the resisting action of the resistance means to an exercising position.