US 5,704,879 A · Cabinet treadmill with latch

Abstract

A cabinet has a tread base rotatably connected to be oriented in an exercise position extending outwardly and in a stored position extending inwardly secured within the enclosure of the cabinet. The underside of the tread base may be configured to provide a suitable aesthetic exterior surface. A latching arrangement is provided to secure the tread base within the enclosure in the second or stored position. Elevation structure and motor structure are provided to elevate the tread base when in the first position and to power the endless belt of the tread base when in the first position. The elevation structure may be operated to vary the inclination of the tread base when in the first position. The underside of the tread base has a decorative panel and functions as a door for the cabinet. The elevation structure may include an electrically driven rack and pinion as well as a gas cylinder system.

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Dependent claims

A treadmill comprising:

a freestanding housing having
surface engaging means for engaging a support surface, and
enclosure structure extending upwardly from said surface engaging means;
a tread base having a front, a left side and a right side with an endless belt positioned thereinbetween, said tread base being movably attached to said freestanding housing to be orientable between a first position in which said tread base extends away from said housing with said endless belt positioned to support a user performing exercise thereon and a second position in which said tread base is positioned toward said freestanding housing;
and
latching means positioned to latch said tread base to said freestanding housing with said tread base in said second position, said latching means having a first element associated with said tread base spaced from said front and a second element associated with said enclosure structure positioned to interact with said first element.

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A treadmill comprising:

a freestanding housing having
surface engaging means for engaging a support surface, and
enclosure structure extending upwardly from said surface engaging means and said enclosure structure having a top;
a tread base having a left side and a right side with an endless belt positioned thereinbetween, said tread base being movably attached to said freestanding housing to be orientable between a first position in which said tread base extends away from said housing with said endless belt positioned to support a user performing exercise thereon and a second position in which said tread base is positioned toward said freestanding housing;
and
latching means positioned to latch said tread base to said freestanding housing with said tread base in said second position, said latching means including a latching member connected to one of said top and said tread base and a lever member rotatably connected to the other of said top and said tread base, said lever member having a first end configured for operation by a user to urge said lever member from a first position to a second position and with a second end opposite said first end, said second end being configured to operationally interact with said latching member to urge said lever member from said first position to said second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cabinet treadmill with latch

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Abstract

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