1988-05-23
1989-12-12
Apley, Richard J.
Undertaking
198840, A63B 2306
Patent
active
048862665
ABSTRACT:
An exercise treadmill for forward and/or rearward walking. The treadmill has a frame with spaced side rails and spaced uprights extending upwardly from the front end of the side rails. Spaced front and rear rollers extend transversely between the side rails. An endless belt entrained about the rollers has an upper reach on which a user runs or walks. To maintain the belt in a predetermined path around the rollers, a guide is provided which imparts a resilient deflecting force on the lower reach to deflect the belt, adjacent its opposite marginal edge portions, prior to movement of the belt across a roller, as it moves from the lower to the upper reach of the treadmill. Where both forward and backward walking are desired endless belt guides are provided on the lower reach of the belt adjacent each roller to maintain the belt in the predetermined path, regardless of direction of movement. An adjustable elevating system includes idler pulleys mounted on uprights and a bedframe over which a cable is entrained. Opposite ends of the cable are attached to the side rails and bedframe adjacent the uprights. A reversible rotatable shaft, through which the cable is threaded, changes the amount of cable available to cause the bedframe to be raised or lowered.
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Apley Richard J.
Flaxman Howard
True Fitness Technology Inc.
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