Treadmill with a table top

• US 20060040797A1
• Filed: 12/09/2004
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huang-Tung Chang
• Original Assignee: Huang-Tung Chang
• Inventors: Chang, Huang-Tung
• Application Number:
  US11/007,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20060040797A1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/06 incorporated in cabinets

Abstract

A treadmill includes a base, a frame with an endless belt pivotably connected to the base, two upright supports connected to two sides of the base, a board pivotably connected to the two supports. The board has two first leg assemblies and two second leg assemblies connected to a surface thereof. The first leg assemblies are pivotably connected to the two supports so that the board is pivoted downward and secured to the supports. The board is used as a table top.

Claims

1. A treadmill comprising:

a base with two upright supports connected to two sides of the base;

a frame having one end pivotably connected between the two sides of the base and an endless belt reeving through two ends of the frame, and

a board having two first leg assemblies and two second leg assemblies connected to a surface of the board wherein the surface faces the frame, the first leg assemblies pivotably connected to the two supports.

2. The treadmill as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the first and second leg assemblies includes an inner tube fixed on the board and an outer tube which is movably mounted to the inner tube.

3. The treadmill as claimed in claim 2, wherein a plurality of first holes are defined through the inner tube and a plurality of second holes are defined through the outer tube of each of the first and second leg assemblies, a pin extending through aligned first and second holes to position the outer tube relative to the inner tube of each of the first and second leg assemblies.

4. The treadmill as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the supports is a tubular member with C-shaped cross section and includes a notch with which respective one of the two first leg assemblies is engaged, a connection pin pivotably connecting each of the first leg assemblies to the support corresponding thereto, each of the supports having a positioning bolt threadedly extending therethrough and engaged with one of the second holes when the corresponding first leg assembly is located co-axially connected with the support.

5. The treadmill as claimed in claim 1, wherein the board is connected to a table frame and two side panels are pivotably connected to two sides of the board.

6. The treadmill as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a plurality of positioning tabs pivotably connected to the board and the tabs being pivoted to be located across conjunction sides of each panel and each one of the two sides of the board to prevent the side panels from being folded.