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US 12,263,371 B2Granted
Devices, systems, and methods for rotating a tread belt in two directions
AssigneeiFIT Inc.
InventorTrenton Von Larsen
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Abstract
A treadmill includes a tread belt that is rotatable in a forward direction and a backward direction. Before changing rotation directions on the tread belt, the treadmill implements a safety action. The safety action includes an alert and input in response to the alert to improve the safety of the user.
Claims17
A treadmill, comprising:
- a deck having a front end and a rear end;
- a tread belt extending around the deck;
- a motor, in a first configuration configured to rotate the tread belt in a forward direction from the front end to the rear end and in a second configuration configured to rotate the tread belt in a backward direction from the rear end to the front end;
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- an exercise manager operable to control activation of the motor to rotate the tread belt in the forward direction or the backward direction, wherein the exercise manager is configured to lock the motor in response to an input to rotate the tread belt in a different direction and to unlock the motor after a completion of a safety action.
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A method for operating a treadmill, comprising:
- rotating, by a motor of the treadmill, a tread belt around a deck of the treadmill in a first direction;
- receiving an input to rotate the tread belt in a second direction, opposite the first direction;
- locking the motor based at least in part on receiving the input to rotate the tread belt in the second direction;
- implementing a safety action based at least in part on locking the motor;
- unlocking the motor based at least in part on a completion of the safety action;
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- rotating the tread belt around the deck of the treadmill in the second direction based at least in part on unlocking the motor and the completion of the safety action.
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A treadmill, comprising:
- a deck having a front end and a rear end;
- a tread belt extending around the deck, the tread belt being rotatable, by a motor of the treadmill, in a forward direction from the front end to the rear end, the tread belt being rotatable in a backward direction from the rear end to the front end;
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- memory and a processor, the memory including instructions which, when accessed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- rotate the tread belt in the forward direction;
- receive an input to rotate the tread belt in the backward direction;
- lock the motor based at least in part on receiving the input to rotate the tread belt in the backward direction;
- implement a safety action based at least in part on locking the motor;
- unlock the motor based at least in part on a completion of the safety action;
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- rotate the tread belt in the backward direction based at least in part on unlocking the motor and the completion of the safety action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.