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Ladder-climbing exercise device

  • US 5,328,422 A
  • Filed: 07/30/1993
  • Issued: 07/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An exercise device to enable a person to simulate the climbing of a ladder by presentment of an endless series of rungs while remaining in a substantially fixed spatial position, comprising:

  • a frame;

    a pair of transversely-spaced endless members journalled on said frame, said members having parallel flight portions;

    a plurality of rungs having their opposite marginal end portions mounted on said respective members at longitudinally-spaced locations therealong;

    resistance means for providing a variable resistance to free movement of said members; and

    control means including a cord attached to said person and operatively arranged to vary the resistance provided by said resistance means as a function of the position of a person relative to said flight portions.

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