US 11,786,777 B1
Multi-purpose exercise machine
Robert Sleamaker, Underhill, VT (US)
Filed by Robert Sleamaker, Underhill, VT (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/812,341.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,827, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Int. Cl. A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/22 (2006.01); A63B 102/18 (2015.01); A63B 69/06 (2006.01); A63B 69/10 (2006.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 21/156 (2013.01) [A63B 21/225 (2013.01); A63B 21/4013 (2015.10); A63B 21/4035 (2015.10); A63B 69/06 (2013.01); A63B 69/10 (2013.01); A63B 2069/062 (2013.01); A63B 2069/068 (2013.01); A63B 2102/18 (2015.10); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2244/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exercise machine comprising:
a flywheel which rotates about an axle;
an upright elongated frame having a base and an upper left section and an upper right section wherein bottom ends of the upper left section and the upper right section are coupled to a top end of the base and the flywheel is coupled to the base of the frame;
a first upper pulley coupled to the upper left section and a second upper pulley coupled to the upper right section of the upright elongated frame wherein the first upper pulley and the second upper pulley are above the flywheel;
a first spool and a second spool attached to the axle;
a first original cord wrapped around the first spool and extending around the first upper pulley wherein the first original cord bends through a first angle between 130 and 180 degrees through the first upper pulley down towards a first lower pulley coupled to a bracket that is rigidly coupled to the upright elongated frame and adjacent to the flywheel;
a second original cord wrapped around the second spool and extending around the second upper pulley wherein the second original cord bends through a second angle between 130 and 180 degrees through the second upper pulley down towards a second lower pulley coupled to the bracket;
a first releasable coupling attached to a first end of the first original cord;
a second releasable coupling attached to a second end of the second original cord;
a first adapter cord coupled to the first releasable coupling and extending through the first lower pulley; and
a second adapter cord coupled to the second releasable coupling and extending through the second lower pulley.