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US 2010/0248904 A1Published application
Treadmill deck locking mechanism
AssigneeNautilus, Inc.
InventorsKeith M. Weier, Douglas A. Crawford, Kuo-Ti Huang
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a locking mechanism for use with exercise treadmills capable of being selectively configured in an operating configuration or a storage configuration. The locking mechanism may utilize various configurations of engagement devices and/or locking members to allow a user to selectively lock a treadmill frame in a fixed position relative to a base frame.
Claims16
A treadmill comprising:
- a base frame;
- a treadmill frame movably connected to the base frame, the treadmill frame configurable between an operating configuration and a storage configuration;
- a belt operatively associated with the treadmill frame;
- a locking mechanism comprising:
- an engagement member;
- an actuator operatively associated with the engagement member, the actuator positioned distal from the engagement member;
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- the actuator selectively actuated to operatively engage and disengage the engagement member with the base frame;
- operative engagement of the engagement member with the base frame prevents the treadmill frame from being moved relative to the base frame between the operating configuration and the storage configuration;
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- operative disengagement of the engagement member from the base frame allows the treadmill frame to be moved relative to the base frame between the operating configuration and the storage configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.