Upper body exerciser for a stationary bicycle and a bicycle including the same

• US 4,451,033 A
• Filed: 10/05/1981
• Issued: 05/29/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sander C. Nestegard
• Original Assignee: Sander C. Nestegard
• Inventors: Nestegard, Sander C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kramer, Arnold W.
• Application Number:
  US06/308,572
• Time in Patent Office: 967 Days
• Field of Search: 272/73, 272/117, 272/70, 272/72, 272/DIG. 4, 272/97, 272/70.1, 272/67, 272/68, 272/70.2, 272/118, 272/143, 272/116, 128/25 R, 273/84, 273/26 B, 273/186 A, 273/81.2
• US Class Current: 482/62
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2022/0043 the movements of the limbs of one body half being synchronised, e.g. the left arm moving in the same direction as the left leg
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/001 by simultaneously exercising arms and legs, e.g. diagonally in anti-phase A63B22/0076 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0605 performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/03575 Apparatus used for exercising upper and lower limbs simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20732 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20864 Handles

Abstract

Weighted bars may be pivotally connected at one end outward of the pedals on a stationary bicycle exerciser and provided with hand grips at the opposite end to permit the exercise of the upper body as well as exercise of the lower body on the bicycle.

Claims

1. A weighted arm for attachment to a stationary bicycle exerciser comprising an elongate hollow tube having means at one end for pivotal connection to an extended bicycle pedal shaft and having a hand grip at the opposite end, a weight supported within said hollow tube, said weight comprises a cylindrical rod supported within said hollow tube, and a handle connected to the cylindrical rod for movement of the cylindrical rod along the length of the tube, said tube having a longitudinal slot receiving said handle and at least one angularly positioned slot communicating with said longitudinal slot for receiving said handle to retain the same in adjusted positions.

2. In a stationary bicycle exerciser having a frame, a seat supported on the frame, a sprocket from which radial arms extend, means for resisting rotation of said sprocket, the improvement comprising shafts extending perpendicular from the radial arms, pedals rotatably mounted on said shafts adjacent said radial arms, weighted arms pivotally connected at one end on said shafts and having a handle adjacent the opposite end, said weighted arms each comprising an elongate hollow tube having a longitudinal slot herein and at least one angularly positioned slot communicating with said longitudinal slot, a cylindrical rod supported in each said hollow tube, and a handle connected to said cylindrical rod and extending through said longitudinal slot for movement of said cylindrical rod closer to or farther from said one end and engageable with said at least one positioned slot to retain said rod in an alternate position.