Treadmill for backward walking
OwnerBen Patrick, Greg Olson +1inventors
InventorsBen Patrick, Greg Olson, Zachary Olson
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Abstract
A treadmill for backward walking is disclosed. The treadmill may include a static frame and dynamic platform pivotally mounted to the static frame. A C-shaped support handle includes side portions that may be grasped or otherwise used by a user to stabilize their position, and a cross member against which the user may lean, e.g. with the user's hips or back. A user may press against a treadmill belt with the user's feet, against resistance from a brake, to move the treadmill belt away from the user's body.
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A treadmill for backward walking configured to rest on a ground surface, comprising:
- a static frame comprising upright bars laterally spaced from one another;
- a platform comprising:
- a frame having a first end, a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end, a first side, and a second side spaced laterally from the first side;
- a deck supported by the frame;
- a treadmill belt encircling and movable over the deck against resistance of a brake;
- wherein the platform is movable about a pivot relative to the upright bars, between a deployed position, in which the deck is angled relative to the ground surface by an angle less than 30 degrees, and a stowed position, in which the platform extends upward from the pivot;
- a left support handle supported by at least one of the upright bars;
- a right support handle supported by at least one of the upright bars;
- and
- a cross bar supported by and spanning at least two of the upright bars;
- wherein the left support handle, the right support handle and the cross bar define an area within which a user's body is positioned upright for backward walking during use.
A method for a person to engage in backward walking on a treadmill for physical training, wherein the treadmill comprises a treadmill walking surface movable against resistance, comprising:
- grasping a left support by a person's left hand and a right support by a person's right hand, while standing on a walking surface;
- leaning back against a cross bar spanning upright bars, the cross bar extending perpendicular to a direction of travel of the walking surface and being positioned behind the person and above the walking surface;
- and
- pressing forward against the walking surface using the person's feet, while using the cross bar as an anchor point for the person's body, to move the walking surface away from the person against resistance.
A treadmill for backward walking configured to rest on a ground surface, comprising:
- upright bars laterally spaced from one another;
- a platform comprising:
- a frame having a first end, a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end, a first side, and a second side spaced laterally from the first side;
- a deck supported by the frame;
- a treadmill belt encircling and movable over the deck against resistance;
- a left support handle supported by at least one of the upright bars;
- a right support handle supported by at least one of the upright bars;
- and
- a padded cross bar supported by and spanning at least two of the upright bars;
- wherein the left support handle, the right support handle and the padded cross bar define an area within which a user's body is positioned upright against the padded cross bar for backward walking during use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.