Guiding structure of a treadmill for guiding electrostatic charges of a human body

• US 20080103021A1
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Forhouse Corporation
• Original Assignee: Forhouse Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Pao-Chuan, Chan, Yung-Yu, Pan, Francis
• Application Number:
  US11/589,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20080103021A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/1
• 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 22/0235 driven by a motor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0054 Features for injury prevention on an apparatus, e.g. shock absorbers mats or the like for absorbing shocks for jumping A63B6/00

Abstract

A guiding structure of a treadmill for guiding electrostatic charges of a human body is disposed between a treadmill base and the human body to connect the human body to the treadmill base continuously. Thus, potentials between the human body and the treadmill base may be kept in a substantially balanced state, and it is possible to prevent a high-potential one of the human body and the treadmill base to instantaneously discharge the electrostatic charges to a low-potential one. Thus, the user can use the treadmill in a relieved manner.

Claims

1. A guiding structure of a treadmill for guiding electrostatic charges of a human body, the guiding structure comprising:

a conductor connected between a base of the treadmill and the human body to keep potentials of the base of the treadmill and the human body in a substantially balanced state.

2. The guiding structure according to claim 1, wherein the conductor is removably connected between the base and the human body.

3. The guiding structure according to claim 2, wherein the conductor comprises a separatable part, on which a switch extending from and connected to a control circuit is disposed, and the separatable part of the conductor controls the switch to power on or off the control circuit.

4. The guiding structure according to claim 3, wherein the conductor has one end removably connected to the base and the other end connected to a wear worn on the human body.

5. The guiding structure according to claim 4, wherein the base is connected to a connection terminal, a movable member is disposed at the one end of the conductor, a guiding terminal connected to the conductor is disposed in the movable member, and the guiding terminal touches the connection terminal for connection when the movable member is placed on the connection terminal.

6. The guiding structure according to claim 5, wherein the movable member is adapted to an arrangement of a magnetic element on a side of the guiding terminal, such that the movable member can be attracted to and positioned on the connection terminal to make the guiding terminal and the connection terminal touch each other firmly for connection when the movable member is placed at a position of the connection terminal.

7. The guiding structure according to claim 6, wherein a switch terminal extending from and connected to the control circuit is disposed on one side of the connection terminal, and a corresponding conjunction terminal is disposed on the movable member.

8. The guiding structure according to claim 4, wherein the wear has a touch plate in contact with the human body, and the conductor is connected to the touch plate.

9. The guiding structure according to claim 3, wherein the conductor has one end fixedly connected to the base and the other end removably connected to a wear worn on the human body.

10. The guiding structure according to claim 9, wherein an end portion of the conductor is connected to an engaging member, a switch terminal extending from and connected to the control circuit is disposed on the engaging member, the wear has a fastener corresponding to the engaging member, and the fastener correspondingly has a conjunction terminal.

11. The guiding structure according to claim 10, wherein a magnetic element is disposed at one side of the engaging member such that the engaging member can be attracted to and positioned on the fastener to make the engaging member contact the fastener firmly for connection when the engaging member is placed at a position of the fastener.

12. The guiding structure according to claim 2, wherein the conductor has one end fixedly connected to the base and the other end connected to a conductive clip, which clips clothes worn on the human body.

13. The guiding structure according to claim 3, wherein the conductor has one end removably connected to the base and the other end connected to a conductive clip, which clips clothes worn on the human body.

14. The guiding structure according to claim 13, wherein the base is connected to a connection terminal, a movable member is disposed at the one end of the conductor, a guiding terminal connected to the conductor is disposed in the movable member, and the guiding terminal touches the connection terminal for connection when the movable member is placed on the connection terminal.

15. The guiding structure according to claim 14, wherein a switch terminal extending from and connected to the control circuit is disposed on one side of the connection terminal, and a corresponding conjunction terminal is disposed on the movable member.

16. The guiding structure according to claim 3, wherein the conductor has one end removably connected to the base and the other end removably connected to a wear worn on the human body.

17. The guiding structure according to claim 16, wherein the base is connected to a connection terminal, a switch terminal extending from and connected to the control circuit is disposed at a side of the connection terminal, a movable member is disposed at the one end of the conductor, a conjunction terminal corresponding to the switch terminal is correspondingly disposed on the movable member, a guiding terminal connected to the conductor is disposed in the movable member, the guiding terminal touches the connection terminal for connection when the movable member is disposed on the connection terminal, the other end of the conductor is connected to an engaging member, and the wear has a fastener corresponding to the engaging member.

18. The guiding structure according to claim 17, wherein the movable member is adapted to an arrangement of a magnetic element on a side of the guiding terminal, such that the movable member can be attracted to and positioned on the connection terminal to make the guiding terminal and the connection terminal touch each other firmly for connection when the movable member is placed at a position of the connection terminal.

19. The guiding structure according to claim 18, wherein a magnetic element is disposed at one side of the engaging member such that the engaging member can be attracted to and positioned on the fastener to make the engaging member contact the fastener firmly for connection when the engaging member is placed at a position of the fastener.

20. The guiding structure according to claim 3, wherein the base of the treadmill is fixedly connected to the conductor, which is defined as a first conductor, a connector is disposed on an end portion of the conductor, a switch terminal extending from and connected to the control circuit is disposed on the connector, a second conductor is connected to a wear worn on the human body, an connection assembly removably connected to the connector is disposed on an end portion of the second conductor, and a conjunction terminal corresponding to the switch terminal is correspondingly disposed on the connection assembly.

21. The guiding structure according to claim 20, wherein a magnetic element is disposed in the connector such that the magnetic element can attract the connection assembly when the connector is connected to the connection assembly.