Exercise apparatuses having tread members for supporting striding exercises
AssigneeLife Fitness, LLC
InventorsJuliette C. Daly, John M. Rogus, Cory H. Lazar
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus has a frame and first and second pedals that are coupled to the frame such that a user standing on the first and second pedals can perform a striding exercise. The first and second pedals each have a tread member that supports the bottom of a user's foot in a manner that encourages movement of the user's foot relative to the tread member during the striding exercise.
Claims34
An exercise apparatus comprising a frame and first and second pedals that are coupled to the frame such that a user standing on the first and second pedals can perform a striding exercise, wherein the first and second pedals each have a tread member that extends longitudinally from front to back along a longitudinal axis, laterally from left side to right side along a lateral axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and vertically from bottom to top along a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the lateral axis, and wherein the tread member has a convex contoured upper tread surface when viewed with respect to a plane extending through the longitudinal and lateral axes;
- wherein the convex contoured upper tread surface supports an entire bottom of a user's foot in a manner that induces a rolling motion between the entire bottom of the user's foot and the tread member along the convex contoured upper tread surface during the striding exercise.
An exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- first and second pedals that are pivotably coupled to the frame such that a user standing on the first and second pedals can perform a striding exercise;
- wherein the first and second pedals each have a tread member that supports a bottom of a user's foot during the striding exercise, the tread member extending longitudinally from front to back along a longitudinal axis, laterally from left side to right side along a lateral axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and vertically from bottom to top along a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the lateral axis;
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- wherein the tread member has a contoured upper tread surface that is convex along the longitudinal axis and thus induces a rolling motion of an entire bottom of the user's foot along the contoured upper tread surface so that a change in angle occurs between the user's foot and a base of the pedal during the striding exercise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.