Guidance system for upper body exercise apparatus
CA 2108568 A1 · Owner: Stairmaster Sports/Medical Products, L.P. · Inventors: Rawls, Robert Lee; Duncan, James A.; Holmes, Fred H.
Overview
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An upper body exercise apparatus to assist an exerciser to do chin-ups and dips. The apparatus includes a frame having a base a, support for the exerciser, and chin-up handles and dip handles extending from the frame. A motive device provides for movement of the support vertically between a lower position and an upper position. Angular displacement of the platform is prevented by coupling the platform to a guide device which constrains the support to travel along a predetermined path. The guide device can comprise a wheel and track system. Binding of the wheel and track system is avoided by providing a force to the wheel and track system which tends enhance tracking.
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- Filed March 31, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 31, 2012.
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