Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof – Treadmill for foot travel
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-04
2001-04-03
Crow, Stephen R. (Department: 3764)
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Treadmill for foot travel
Reexamination Certificate
active
06210306
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to exercise walking devices and more particularly pertains to a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks for providing an exercise device which may be hidden in the sleeping compartment of a semi-truck.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of exercise walking devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, exercise walking devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,813,947; U.S. Pat. No. 4,679,787; U.S. Pat. No. 1,919,627; U.S. Pat. No. 5,558,608; U.S. Pat. No. 5,711,745; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 369,843.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks. The inventive device includes a treadmill assembly. The treadmill assembly has a pair of opposite ends. The treadmill assembly is adapted for a person walking in place thereon. The treadmill assembly has a handle member rotatably coupled thereto such that the handle member may be selectively moved to a collapsed position. A rail assembly slidably moves the treadmill assembly. The rail assembly comprises a pair of elongate brackets. Each of the brackets is spaced and oriented generally parallel to each other. Each of the brackets is removably coupled to a floor of the sleeping cabin. Each of the brackets has a rail member thereon. The rail members generally face each other. A plurality of wheels is each coupled to one of the ends of the treadmill assembly. The wheels are adapted to roll along the rail members such that the treadmill assembly may be moved between opposite ends of the elongate brackets.
In these respects, the collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing an exercise device which may be hidden in the sleeping compartment of a semi-truck.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of exercise walking devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing an exercise device which may be hidden in the sleeping compartment of a semi-truck.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the exercise walking devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art exercise walking devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this the present invention generally comprises a treadmill assembly. The treadmill assembly has a pair of opposite ends. The treadmill assembly is adapted for a person walking in place thereon. The treadmill assembly has a handle member rotatably coupled thereto such that the handle member may be selectively moved to a collapsed position. A rail assembly slidably moves the treadmill assembly. The rail assembly comprises a pair of elongate brackets. Each of the brackets is spaced and oriented generally parallel to each other. Each of the brackets is removably coupled to a floor of the sleeping cabin. Each of the brackets has a rail member thereon. The rail members generally face each other. A plurality of wheels is each coupled to one of the ends of the treadmill assembly. The wheels are adapted to roll along the rail members such that the treadmill assembly may be moved between opposite ends of the elongate brackets.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the exercise walking devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art exercise walking devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks for providing an exercise device which may be hidden in the sleeping compartment of a semi-truck.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible exercise walking device for semi-trucks which includ
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