Assembled front housing of a treadmill

• US 20050148439A1
• Filed: 12/24/2003
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shen Y.I. Wu
• Original Assignee: Shen Y.I. Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Shen Yi
• Granted Patent: US 7,141,005 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/54
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/02 with movable endless bands , e.g. treadmills other training appliances for running on the spot A63B69/0028

Abstract

An assembled front housing of a treadmill includes a panel, a first side casing and a second side casing respectively laterally connected to two opposite sides of the panel for covering a drive device and a lifting device of the treadmill. The first side casing includes a first connecting portion formed thereon and the second side casing includes a second connecting portion formed thereon. The panel includes a third connecting portion and a fourth connecting portion respectively laterally extending from the two opposite sides of the panel and respectively connected to the first connecting portion of the first side casing and the second connecting portion of the second side casing.

Claims

1. An assembled front housing of a treadmill, comprising a panel, a first side casing and a second side casing respectively laterally connected to a first side and a second side of the panel, and adapted to cover a drive device and a lifting device of the treadmill, wherein:

the first side casing includes a first side wall integrally extending from a first side thereof opposite to the panel, a first front wall integrally extending therefrom and laterally integrally connected to the first side wall, and multiple first apertures defined in the first side wall, the multiple first apertures adapted for user to easily mounted the first side casing to a main frame of the treadmill;

the second side casing includes a second side wall integrally extending from a first side thereof opposite to the panel, a second front wall integrally extending therefrom and laterally integrally connected to the second side wall, and multiple second apertures defined in the second side wall, the multiple second apertures adapted for user to easily mounted the second side casing to the main frame of the treadmill; and

the panel includes a first side laterally connected to a second side of the first side casing, a second side laterally connected to a second side of the second side casing and a third front wall integrally extending from the panel, the third front wall having two opposite sides respectively laterally connected to the first front wall of the first side casing and the second front wall of the second side casing.

2. The assembled front housing of a treadmill as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first side casing includes a first connecting portion formed on a second side thereof;

the second side casing includes a second connecting portion formed on a second side thereof; and

the panel includes a third connecting portion laterally extending from the first side thereof and fourth connecting portion extending from the second side thereof, the third connecting portion abutting an inner periphery of the first side casing and connected to the first connecting portion of the first side casing, and the fourth connecting portion abutting an inner periphery of the second side casing and connected to the second connecting portion of the second side casing.

3. The assembled front housing of a treadmill as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first side casing, the second side casing and the panel are respectively formed by different molds so that the colors and the materials of the first side casing, the second side casing and the panel can be different from one another for providing a vivid appearance.

4. The assembled front housing of a treadmill as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first connecting portion of the first side casing, the second connecting portion, the third connecting portion and the fourth connecting portion of the panel are designed as linear structures.

5. The assembled front housing of a treadmill as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the panel includes multiple first cavities defined in the third connecting portion and multiple second cavities defined in the fourth connecting portion;

the first side casing includes multiple first stubs perpendicularly downward extending from a bottom of the first connecting portion, each first stub securely received in a corresponding one of the multiple first cavities in the third connecting portion of the panel for connecting the first side casing to the panel; and

the second side casing includes multiple second stubs perpendicularly downward extending from a bottom of the second connecting portion, each second stub securely received in a corresponding one of the multiple second cavities in the fourth connecting portion of the panel for connecting the second side casing to the panel.

6. The assembled front housing as claimed in claim 5 further comprising multiple bolts each extending through a bottom of each of the first and second cavities and screwed into a corresponding one of the multiple first stubs the multiple second stubs to combine the first side casing and the second side casing with the panel.