A treadmill exercise apparatus
AssigneeRemedy Innovations Ltd
InventorFrederick MURRAY
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus (10), specifically a treadmill is disclosed. The apparatus includes a treadmill mounted on a frame (14) with a rotating conveyor providing a moving surface for a person to exercise thereon. There are also at least three static foot support portions (26, 28, 30) connected to said frame allowing the person to stand on the apparatus and not on the moving surface. There are first and second foot support portions (26, 28) on either side of the conveyor and a third said foot support portion (30) located in front of the moving surface approximately below a grasping handle (32).
Claims13
An exercise apparatus, comprising:
- a frame;
- a treadmill mounted on said frame including a rotating conveyor providing a moving surface for supporting a person thereon during exercise said moving surface defining a direction of travel;
- a plurality of static foot support portions connected to said frame allowing said person to stand on said apparatus and not on said surface, said foot support portions including a first said support portion located on one side of said conveyor with respect to said direction of travel, a second said foot support portion on another side of said conveyor opposite said first foot support portion and a third said foot support portion located in front or behind said moving surface with respect to said direction of travel.
An exercise apparatus, comprising:
- a frame;
- a treadmill mounted on said frame including a rotating conveyor providing a moving surface for supporting a person thereon during exercise said moving surface defining a direction of travel;
- a plurality of static foot support portions connected to said frame allowing said person to stand on said apparatus and not on said surface, said foot support portions including a first said support portion located on one side of said conveyor with respect to said direction of travel, a second said foot support portion on another side of said conveyor opposite said first foot support portion and a third said foot support portion located in front or behind said moving surface with respect to said direction of travel wherein said third foot support portions is at a height which is higher than their respective adjacent portions of said moving surface.
An exercise apparatus, comprising:
- a frame;
- a treadmill mounted on said frame including a rotating conveyor providing a moving surface for supporting a person thereon during exercise said moving surface defining a direction of travel;
- a plurality of static foot support portions connected to said frame allowing said person to stand on said apparatus and not on said surface, said foot support portions including a first said support portion located on one side of said conveyor with respect to said direction of travel, a second said foot support portion on another side of said conveyor opposite said first foot support portion and a third said foot support portion located in front or behind said moving surface with respect to said direction of travel
- at least one handle providing a plurality of grasping portions wherein a first pair of said grasping portions are aligned perpendicular to said direction of travel and a second pair of grasping portions aligned parallel to said direction of travel and wherein said first grasping portions are located behind said second grasping portions with respect to said direction of travel wherein one of said first grasping portions and one of said second grasping portions are together formed in an L shape and the other of said first and second grasping portions together form an L shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.