Independent and separately actuated combination fitness machine

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-01-05
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[0015] The invention will change the way consumers view the upper body extremity machine; from being solely used by or for people with disabilities to a valuable exercise tool that can be used by all to main

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans.
More so than others, the millions of people with mobility impairments are at a higher risk due to lack of access to cardiovascular exercise.
Historically, people with disabilities have fewer opportunities for cardiovascular workouts in a local or national fitness chain due to the lack of availability of proper equipment, especially for combination stationary bikes and upper body extremity (UBE) hand cycles.
For the person with lower body immobility, the stationary bike is useless and access to a hand cycle is limited.
For the person with upper body immobilit

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[0022] The present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art.

[0023] Referring to FIG. 1, there is provided an exploded perspective view of the pedal assembly 10 usable with the hand pedals or foot pedals of the disclosed embodiments. FIG. 2 is the perspective view of the configured pedal assembly of FIG. 1.

[0024] In FIGS. 1 and 2, the large disk acts as a cam 12 and the smaller disk, acting as a follower roller 14, is connected to each rotating arm 16, and follows a path defined by the outer circumference of the cam 12. Note that the follower roller 14 does not fol...

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An exercise apparatus combining a stationary bike and upper body extremity hand cycle, includes an upper hand crank assembly rotatable under a resistance load for upper body conditioning and a lower foot crank assembly rotatable under a resistance load for lower body conditioning. The upper hand crank assembly and lower foot crank assembly are independently connected to the resistance load through respective upper and lower driving belts. Either an upper clutch or lower clutch, communicating with the upper or lower crank assemblies respectively, selectively engages the driving belts to drive the resistance load. The upper and lower crank assemblies are independent of each other, and each is operable to separately engage the resistance load to transfer the resistance load to the respective upper hand crank assembly or lower foot crank assembly.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 565,547 filed Apr. 27, 2004, entitled “Independent and Separately Actuated Combination Fitness Machine”, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to cardiovascular fitness equipment, and more particularly, to a combination stationary upper body extremity exercise hand cycle and stationary bicycle where the rotation of the upper and lower cranks is independent of each other, and where each crank is capable of separately and independently driving a resistance load. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans. More so than others, the millions of people with mobility impairments are at a higher risk due to lack of access to cardiovascular exercise. Historically, people with disabilities have fewer oppor...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B22/06
CPCA63B22/001A63B22/0012A63B22/0605A63B2021/0054A63B2022/0652A63B2022/0033A63B2022/0038A63B2022/0041A63B2022/0005A63B21/0054A63B22/0005
Inventor HOUGHTON, ANDREW DAVIDKEEN, ERIC ALBERT
Owner DISABILITY INCLUSION SOLUTIONS
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