Stationary exercise device

Abstract

An exercise device includes an upright post extended upwardly from a base, a pair of connecting members pivotally coupled to the upright post with an axle, two wheels rotatably attached to the axle, two lower brake arms and two upper brake arms pivotally attached to the upright post and each having a brake shoe for engaging with the wheels, a bar engaged with the free ends of the lower brake arms, and a follower engaged with the free ends of the upper brake arms and adjustable toward and away from the bar for adjusting a resistive force of the brake shoes onto the wheels and for adjusting the resistive force to the swinging movement of the handles and the elliptical movement of the foot supports.

1 . An exercise device comprising:
 a base including an upright post extended upwardly from said base,   a pair of connecting members pivotally coupled to said upright post with an axle for swinging relative to said axle and said base,   a first wheel and a second wheel rotatably attached to said axle,   two first brake arms each including a first end pivotally attached to said upright post and each including a second end, and each including a brake shoe for selectively engaging with said first wheel and said second wheel and for braking said first wheel and said second wheel,   two second brake arms each including a first end pivotally attached to said upright post and each including a second end, and each including a brake shoe for selectively engaging with said first wheel and said second wheel and for braking said first wheel and said second wheel,   a bar engaged with said second ends of said second brake arms, and   a follower engaged with said second ends of said first brake arms and adjustable toward and away from said bar for adjusting a resistive force of said brake shoes onto said first wheel and said second wheel.   
     
     
         2 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said second ends of said second brake arms each include a hook member provided thereon for engaging with said bar. 
     
     
         3 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said second ends of said first brake arms each include a hook member provided thereon for engaging with said follower. 
     
     
         4 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said bar includes a coupling element slidably coupled to said follower, and said follower is adjustable toward and away from said bar along said coupling element. 
     
     
         5 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein a spring biasing member is attached onto said coupling element and engaged with said follower for biasing said follower toward said bar. 
     
     
         6 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein a fastener is engaged with said coupling element for forcing said follower and said bar toward and away from each other and for adjusting the resistive force of said brake shoes onto said first wheel and said second wheel. 
     
     
         7 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said base includes an upright support extended upwardly from said base, two handles pivotally coupled to said upright support with a spindle, and two foot supports each including a front portion pivotally coupled to said upright support and each including a rear portion pivotally coupled to said connecting members respectively. 
     
     
         8 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein two cranks are pivotally attached to said upright support and pivotally coupled to said handles with levers. 
     
     
         9 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein two cranks are pivotally attached to said upright support and pivotally coupled to said front portions of said foot supports respectively. 
     
     
         10 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein said foot supports each include a foot pedal supported thereon for supporting a user. 
     
     
         11 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein said handles each include a lower portion pivotally coupled to said foot pedal with a lever. 
     
     
         12 . The exercise device as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein a pulley wheel is rotatably attached to said upright support with a shaft, and a rotary member is rotatably attached to said upright support with an axle and coupled to said pulley wheel with a coupling device.