Treadmill
OwnerBruce Elliot Kramer, Joy Elizabeth Belininventors
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Abstract
A treadmill includes a base, a pair of parallel, spaced rollers rotatably disposed in the base, and an endless belt extending around both rollers, wherein the belt has a width which is large enough to accommodate two treadmill users side-by-side. The two treadmill users can be, for example, two adult people, or an adult person and a dog.
Claims8
A treadmill comprising a base, two pairs of parallel, spaced rollers rotatably disposed in the base, and two endless belts, wherein one belt extends around both rollers in one pair of rollers and the other belt extends around both rollers in the other pair of rollers, wherein each belt has a width which is large enough to accommodate one treadmill user, and wherein the two belts are positioned to accommodate two treadmill users side-by-side, wherein each belt has a width which is large enough to accommodate an adult person.
A method for two treadmill users to exercise side-by-side on a single treadmill, comprising
- providing a treadmill comprising a base, two pairs of parallel, spaced rollers rotatably disposed in the base, and two endless belts, wherein one belt extends around both rollers in one pair of rollers and the other belt extends around both rollers in the other pair of rollers, wherein each belt has a width which is large enough to accommodate one treadmill user, and wherein the two belts are positioned to accommodate two treadmill users side-by-side, wherein each belt has a width which is large enough to accommodate an adult person, and
- moving the belts to exercise two treadmill users positioned side-by-side on the belts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.