US20050101445A1 - Oval-track exerciser with selective handlebar operation mode - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- A63B22/0002—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements involving an exercising of arms
- A63B22/0007—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements involving an exercising of arms by alternatively exercising arms or legs, e.g. with a single set of support elements driven either by the upper or the lower limbs
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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Abstract
An oval track exerciser includes a machine base with two bearing members at two sides, two handles fastened pivotally with an upright at the machine base at two sides, a wheel fastened pivotally with a front side of the machine base, two pedals, each pedal having a front end respectively pivoted to the wheel at two sides, a rear end movably supported on a respective sliding rail at the machine base, and a bearing member at an outer side on the middle, and two links, each link having a front end respectively coupled to bottom ends of the handle and a rear end respectively selectively coupled to the bearing members at the pedals or the bearing members at the machine base.
Description
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to physical exercisers and, more particularly, to an oval-track exerciser with selective handlebar operation mode.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- A conventional oval-track exerciser is known comprising a machine base, the machine base having a front upright with a handle, a wheel, and two sliding rails, two handlebars, the handlebars each having a middle part respectively pivoted to the upright at two sides, two elongated pedals, the pedals each having a front end respectively coupled to the two opposite ends of the wheel axle of the wheel and a rear end respectively movably supported on the sliding rails, and two links respectively coupled between the pedals and the bottom ends of the handlebars. When pedaling the pedals, the handlebars are alternatively oscillated forwards and backwards relative to the upright.
- When operating the oval-track exerciser, the user respectively alternatively pedal the pedals with the legs and alternatively push and pull the handlebars with the hands. Alternatively, the user can hold the handle at the upright with the hands when pedaling the pedals. At this time, the handlebars are still alternatively oscillated forwards and backwards at two sides of the user's body, causing oppression to the user.
- The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present invention to provide an oval-track exerciser, which allows the user to selectively lock the handlebars, or unlock the handlebars for oscillation following the pedaling of the pedals.
- To achieve this object of the present invention, the oval track exerciser comprises a machine base having a base frame and an upright upwardly extended from a front side of the base frame. The base frame includes two bearing members symmetrically disposed at two sides. Two handlebars are vertically disposed at two sides of the upright. The handlebars each have a middle part respectively fastened pivotally to the upright, a top end for the holding of a user's hand, and a bottom end. A wheel is fastened pivotally to the front side of the base frame of the machine base. Two pedals are longitudinally symmetrically disposed at two sides of the wheel. The pedals each have a front end respectively pivoted to the wheel, a rear end longitudinally movably supported on the base frame of the machine base, and a bearing member at one side. Two links are symmetrically longitudinally disposed at two sides of the base frame. The links each have a front end respectively coupled to the bottom ends of the handlebars and a rear end terminating in a coupling member for detachably coupling to the bearing members of the base frame or the bearing members of the pedals.
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FIG. 1 is a side view of an oval-track exerciser according to the present invention, showing the links coupled to the cylindrical bearing members of the machine base. -
FIG. 2 is another side view of the present invention, showing the links coupled to the cylindrical bearing members at the pedals. -
FIG. 3 is an exploded view in an enlarged scale of a part of the oval-track exerciser according to the present invention. - Referring to FIGS. 1˜3, an oval-track exerciser in accordance with the present invention is shown comprised of a
machine base 10, twohandlebars 20, awheel 30, twopedals 40, and twolinks 50. - The
machine base 10 comprises abase frame 11 horizontally placed on the floor, and an upright 12 upwardly extended from the front side of thebase frame 11 on the middle. Thebase frame 11 is a longitudinally extended elongated, narrow, flat frame, comprising two longitudinal slidingrails 13 bilaterally arranged in parallel at the rear half, and two cylindrical bearingmembers 14 transversely aligned at two sides on the middle. The upright 12 comprises twopivot rods 15 transversely aligned at two sides on the middle, and ahandle 16 shaped like a U-bar and disposed near the top side. Thehandle 16 has two ends curved upwards for the holding of the hands. - The two
handlebars 20 each have a middle part respectively fastened to thepivot rods 15 at two sides of the upright 12. The top end of each handle 29 is made for comfortable gripping of the hand. The bottom end of each handle 29 has a back side fixedly provided with aU-lug 21. The U-lug 21 has twopivot holes 22 horizontally aligned at two sides. - The
wheel 30 is fastened pivotally with the front side of thebase frame 11 of themachine base 10, having twocranks 31 respectively connected to the two distal ends of the transversely extended wheel axle. Thecranks 31 have the respective straight crank body perpendicularly extended from the wheel axle of thewheel 30. - The two
pedals 40 are elongated members longitudinally suspended at two sides of thebase frame 11, each having a front end respectively pivoted to the outer ends of thecranks 31, a rear end respectively provided with aroller 41, which is movably supported on one longitudinal slidingrail 13 of thebase frame 11, and acylindrical bearing member 42 transversely disposed at an outer side. Thecylindrical bearing member 42 has ashank 43 disposed at the inner side, ahead 45 disposed at the outer side, and aneck 44 connected between theshank 43 and thehead 45. When installed, thepedals 40 can be alternatively pedaled to turn thecranks 31 about the central axis of thewheel 30. During rotary motion of thecranks 31 about the central axis of thewheel 40, therollers 41 are alternatively moved with thepedals 40 back and forth along the slidingrails 13. - The two
links 50 each have aspherical coupling member 51 at one end, a barrel-like coupling member 52 at the other end, and a locatingscrew 54 threaded into a transverse screw hole (not shown) at the barrel-like coupling member 52. Thespherical coupling members 51 of thelinks 50 are respectively pivotally connected to thepivot holes 22 of theU-lugs 21 by arespective pivot pin 53. The barrel-like coupling members 52 of thelinks 50 can be respectively coupled to the two cylindrical bearingmembers 14 at thebase frame 11 or the cylindrical bearingmembers 42 at thepedals 40. When coupling thelinks 50 to the cylindrical bearingmembers 42 at thepedals 40, the barrel-like coupling members 52 of thelinks 50 are respectively sleeved onto theheads 45 of the cylindrical bearingmembers 42 of thepedals 40, and the respective locatingscrews 54 are rotated inwards and engaged into thenecks 44 of the cylindrical bearingmembers 42 to prevent axial movement of the barrel-like coupling members 52 along thecylindrical bearing members 42. - Referring to
FIG. 1 again, when connecting the barrel-like coupling members 52 of thelinks 50 to the two cylindrical bearingmembers 14 at thebase frame 11, thehandlebars 20 are simply connected to thebase frame 11 and the upright 12 and vertically disposed at two sides of the upright 12. At this mode, thehandlebars 20 cannot be biased. - Referring to
FIG. 2 again, when connecting the barrel-like coupling members 52 of thelinks 50 to the cylindrical bearingmembers 42 at thepedals 40, thehandlebars 20 are pivoted to the upright 12 with the respective bottom ends coupled to thepedals 40 via thelinks 50, and therefore thehandlebars 20 alternatively oscillated forwards and backwards during oval track motion of thepedals 40. - As indicated above, the user can decide whether to let the
handlebars 20 be operative or not by coupling thelinks 50 to the cylindrical bearingmembers 14 or thecylindrical bearing members 42, i.e., to connect the barrel-like coupling members 52 of thelinks 50 to thecylindrical bearing members 42 at thepedals 40 when wishing to let thehandlebars 20 be movable with thepedals 40, or to connect the barrel-like coupling members 52 of thelinks 50 to the cylindrical bearingmembers 14 of themachine base 10 when not wishing to operate thehandlebars 20. When thehandlebars 20 not linked to thepedals 40, the user can hold thehandle 16 or the top ends of thehandlebars 20 with the hands while pedaling thepedals 40 with the legs. At this time, thehandlebars 20 are bilaterally disposed at the front side of the user and not movable without affecting the pedaling of thepedals 40 by the user.
Claims (5)
1. An oval track exerciser comprising:
a machine base having a base frame and an upright upwardly extended from a front side of said base frame, said base frame having two bearing members disposed at two sides;
two handlebars each having a middle part respectively pivotally fastened to said upright, a top end for the holding of a user's hand, and a bottom end;
a wheel fastened pivotally to the front side of said base frame of said machine base;
two pedals longitudinally disposed at two sides of said wheel, said pedals each having a front end respectively pivoted to said wheel, a rear end longitudinally movably supported on said base frame of said machine base, and a bearing member at one side; and
two links each having a front end respectively coupled to the bottom ends of said handlebars and a rear end terminating in a coupling member for detachably coupling to the bearing members of said base frame or the bearing members of said pedals.
2. The oval-track exerciser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing members of said base frame and the bearing members of said pedals are respectively a cylinder; the coupling members of said links are respectively a barrel and selectively sleeved onto the cylindrical bearing members of said base frame or said pedals.
3. The oval-track exerciser as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the cylindrical bearing members of said base frame each comprise a shank disposed at an inner side, a head disposed at an outer side, and a neck connected between said shank and said head; said links each further comprises a locating screw perpendicularly threaded through the respective coupling member for engaging the neck of one cylindrical bearing member of said base frame.
4. The oval-track exerciser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said upright comprises a top handle for the holding of the user's hands.
5. The oval-track exerciser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said base frame of said machine base comprises two sliding rails longitudinally arranged in parallel at a rear side; said pedals each have a roller provided at the respective rear ends and respectively supported on said sliding rails.
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