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US 8,784,278 B2Granted
Underwater treadmill and integrated jet device and method for selectively controlling an underwater treadmill system
AssigneeHydroworx International, Inc.
InventorsAnson Flake, Dominick Tucci, Phillip Black
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Abstract
Disclosed are an underwater treadmill system and a method of exercising involving the underwater treadmill system. The underwater treadmill system includes a fluid-driven treadmill belt and a housing including a jet. The method includes selectively driving a fluid-driven treadmill belt by selectively providing a fluid to a treadmill drive unit and selectively expelling water through a jet positioned within a housing of the underwater treadmill system.
Claims23
An underwater treadmill system, comprising:
- a treadmill belt portion, the treadmill belt portion including a continuous belt extending around a drive roller at a first end and an idler roller at a second end;
- a housing connected to the treadmill belt portion;
- a mechanism for moving the treadmill belt portion and housing from a first location to a second location within a pool;
- a power source to drive the treadmill belt;
- wherein the housing includes a jet, a direction of a stream emanating from the jet being adjustable in a direction toward a surface of water, in a direction toward a surface of the treadmill belt portion and included angles there between;
- and
- wherein the treadmill belt portion is movable from a first operational position substantially perpendicular to the housing to a second storage position substantially parallel to the housing.
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An underwater treadmill system, comprising:
- a treadmill belt portion, the treadmill belt portion including a continuous belt extending around a drive roller at a first end and an idler roller at a second end;
- a housing connected to the treadmill belt portion;
- a mechanism for moving the treadmill belt portion and housing from a first location to a second location within a pool;
- a power source to drive the treadmill belt;
- wherein the housing includes a jet, a direction of a stream emanating from the jet being adjustable in a direction toward a surface of water, in a direction toward a surface of the treadmill belt portion and included angles there between;
- and
- wherein the system further includes a camera configured to capture an underwater image.
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An underwater treadmill system, comprising:
- a submergible treadmill portion having a fluid-driven treadmill belt, the treadmill belt including a continuous belt extending around a drive roller at a first end and an idler roller at a second end;
- a power source to drive the fluid-driven treadmill belt, the power source being a first hydraulic pump providing a fluid at a constant speed;
- and
- a housing connected to the treadmill portion, the housing including a console;
- wherein the housing includes a jet having a nozzle, a direction of a stream of water emanating from the jet nozzle being adjustable in a direction toward a surface of water, in a direction toward a surface of the treadmill belt and included angles there between;
- and
- a proportional valve, wherein velocity of the treadmill belt is changed by adjusting the flow of fluid from the first hydraulic pump powering the treadmill belt using the proportional valve.
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An underwater treadmill system, comprising:
- a submergible treadmill portion, the treadmill portion including a continuous belt extending around a drive roller at a first end and an idler roller at a second end;
- a housing connected to the submergible treadmill portion;
- a jet within the housing emanating a stream of water;
- a power source to drive the continuous belt of the treadmill portion and the jet;
- wherein a direction of the stream emanating from the jet is adjustable in a direction toward a surface of water, in a direction toward a surface of the treadmill belt and included angles there between;
- and
- wherein a first power source drives the treadmill belt and a second power source drives the jet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.