Reorienting treadmill with latch
AssigneeICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
InventorsScott R. Watterson, William T. Dalebout, Timothy O. Armstrong
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Abstract
The treadmill has a tread base that is rotatably attached to and between a left upright and a right upright. The tread base is rotatable between a first position for performing exercises and an upright or storage position. A latching structure is provided to latch the tread base to the support structure. The treadmill also includes inclination structure for inclining the tread relative to the support surface when in the first position. The treadmill also includes rigid handles and in one configuration movable handles. The tread base also has a rigid undersurface or pan to fully enclose the underside of the tread base. A lift assist gas cylinder is also interconnected between the tread base and the feet attached to the uprights.
Claims17
A treadmill comprising:
- support structure configured to be freestanding and having feet means for positioning on a support surface and having an upright structure extending upwardly from said feet means;
- a tread base having a front, a rear, a left side and a fight side, said fight side being spaced from said left side and in general alignment therewith, and said tread base having an endless belt positioned between said left side and said fight side, said tread base being connected to said support structure to be movable between a first position in which said endless belt is positioned for operation by a user positioned thereon and a second position in which said rear of said tread base is positioned toward said upright structure, said tread base being rotatably attached to said support structure proximate to and spaced inwardly from said front toward said rear;
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- latching means adapted to said tread base and to said upright structure and operable for releasably attaching said tread base in said second position to said upright structure.
A treadmill comprising:
- support structure configured to be freestanding and having feet means for positioning on a support surface and having an upright structure extending upwardly from said feet means;
- a tread base having a front, a rear, a left side and a right side, said right side being spaced from said left side and in general alignment therewith, and said tread base having an endless belt positioned between said left side and said right side, said tread base being connected to said support structure to be moveable about an axis of rotation spaced away from said front toward said rear between a first position in which said endless belt is positioned for operation by a user positioned thereon and a second position in which said rear of said tread base is positioned toward said upright structure;
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- latching means adapted to said tread base and to said upright structure, said latching means being operable for releasably attaching said tread base in said second position to said upright structure.
A treadmill comprising:
- support structure configured to be freestanding and having feet means for positioning on a support surface and having an upright structure extending upwardly from said feet means;
- a tread base having a front, a rear, a left side and a right side, said right side being space from said left side and in general alignment therewith, and said tread base having an endless belt positioned between said left side and said fight side, said tread base being connected to said support structure to be movable between a first position in which said endless belt is positioned for operation by a user positioned thereon and a second position in which said rear of said tread base is positioned toward said upright structure, said tread base having a mass with a center of gravity positioned relative to said axis of rotation to resist displacement of said tread base from said second position when in said second position;
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- latching means adapted to said tread base and to said upright structure and operable for releasably attaching said tread base in said second position to said upright structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.