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US 10,328,303 B2Granted
Exercise treadmill
OwnerJordan Frankinventor
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Abstract
An exercise treadmill is disclosed. The treadmill can be constructed with no obstructing front rails, with one or more side rails, and/or with a structural flat or ramped surface at the front allowing the user to exercise with unconstrained motion. The treadmill can further include one or more accommodations to help the user stay safe, remain longitudinally centered, and/or adjust speed with controls built into the treadmill, or automatically based on body position relative to sensors built into the side rails. The treadmill belt may be motor driven, or be user driven and dynamically moderated by resistance. The treadmill configuration can be utilized to provide a virtualized exercise experience for the user.
Claims27
A treadmill comprising:
- a platform;
- a belt located around the platform;
- means for rotating the belt around the platform to create an endless surface on which a user exercises;
- a first side hand rail extending along at least approximately all of a first side of a usable area of a surface of the platform;
- a set of user controls positioned on the first side hand rail and configured for use by the user while the user is exercising on the usable area of the surface of the platform with the first side hand rail located adjacent to a side of the user's body;
- and
- a front structure comprising a ramped surface, wherein the ramped surface covers a front non-usable area of the belt and includes adequate structural support to prevent damage to the treadmill from downward pressure due to an impact of a foot of the user landing on the ramped surface due to the user striding past a usable area of the belt during use of the treadmill, and wherein the ramped surface extends from the belt at an incline and includes at least one of:
- a low friction material or a plurality of rotatable members, such that the foot of the user slides off of the ramped surface back onto the belt in response to the impact;
- wherein a front of the treadmill includes no structure within reach of the user while the user is exercising on the usable area of the surface of the platform.
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A treadmill comprising:
- a platform;
- a belt located around the platform;
- means for rotating the belt around the platform to create an endless surface on which a user exercises;
- and
- means for providing tactile feedback to the user regarding at least one of:
- a lengthwise position of the user on the platform or a lateral position of the user on the belt, wherein the means for providing tactile feedback is located on the platform under a usable area of the belt.
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A treadmill comprising:
- a platform;
- a belt located around the platform;
- means for rotating the belt around the platform to create an endless surface on which a user exercises;
- a front structure comprising a ramped surface, wherein the ramped surface covers a front non-usable area of the belt and includes adequate structural support to prevent damage to the treadmill from downward pressure due to an impact of a foot of the user landing on the ramped surface due to the user striding past a usable area of the belt during use of the treadmill, and wherein the ramped surface extends from the belt at an incline and includes at least one of:
- a low friction material or a plurality of rotatable members, such that the foot of the user slides off of the ramped surface back onto the belt in response to the impact;
- wherein a front of the treadmill includes no structure within reach of the user while the user is exercising on the usable area of the surface of the platform;
- at least one side hand rail extending along at least approximately all of a side of a usable area of the platform, wherein the at least one side hand rail includes means for detecting a lengthwise position of the user along a length of a usable surface of the platform;
- and
- means for dynamically adjusting rotation of the belt based on the lengthwise position of the user.
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A treadmill comprising:
- a platform;
- a belt located around the platform;
- means for rotating the belt around the platform to create an endless surface on which a user exercises, wherein the means for rotation includes a varying resistance device for dynamically adjusting a resistance of rotation of the belt, wherein the rotation of the belt is at least partially induced by the user exercising;
- means for detecting a lengthwise position of the user along a length of a usable surface of the platform;
- and
- means for operating the varying resistance device to dynamically adjust the resistance of rotation of the belt based on the lengthwise position of the user.
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A treadmill comprising:
- a platform;
- a belt located around the platform;
- means for rotating the belt around the platform to create an endless surface on which a user exercises;
- means for detecting a lengthwise position of the user along a length of a usable surface of the platform;
- means for acquiring physiological data from the user;
- and
- means for dynamically adjusting rotation of the belt based on the lengthwise position of the user and the physiological data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.