Mid-deck hinged treadmill deck

• US 20080234111A1
• Filed: 03/20/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Austin Packham
• Original Assignee: David Austin Packham
• Inventors: Packham, David Austin
• Application Number:
  US11/726,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20080234111A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/54
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/06 Treadmill combined with furniture
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport

Abstract

This Mid-deck Hinged Treadmill Deck allows the deck of a treadmill to fold into small spaces which is useful to any use where space is limited. A few examples of such uses or applications are treadmills that fold under desk tops or treadmills that fold into furniture or treadmills that fold out of wall fixtures. The smaller volume required to box, ship and store a Mid-deck Hinged Treadmill also lowers freight and storage costs simply because more units will fit into a shipping container or warehouse space. To function properly the Mid-deck Hinged Treadmill Deck requires a rear mechanism that loosens the rear roller when it is being folded or unfolded and then locks or tightens the rear treadmill roller when it is used.

Claims

1. I claim this Mid-deck Hinged Treadmill Deck allows a treadmill to be folded into and out of a small space such as from beneath a desk, a bed, a sofa, a wall or any other limited space where a treadmill function would be useful.