Anti-toppling device for treadmill's frame

• US 6,213,919 B1
• Filed: 09/13/1999
• Issued: 04/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Leao Wang, Peter Wu
• Original Assignee: Leao Wang, Peter Wu
• Inventors: Wang, Leao, Wu, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Richman, Glenn E.
• Application Number:
  US09/394,255
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 482/51, 482/54
• 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 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport

Abstract

An anti-toppling device for treadmill'"'"'s frame comprising a front supporting lever, a handgrip frame, a frame, a running belt and a rear supporting lever, characterized in that the bottom end of one side of said frame of said treadmill is fitted with a pneumatic cylinder on which cylinder on which an auxiliary supporting element and a turning spring are mounted, and that a mounting member on one side of said supporting element and a locating hole of said turning spring together with a pivoting member of an application rod of said pneumatic cylinder are pivoted on the same locating shaft of said frame so that, when said frame is raised in an upright folded state, said supporting element will be shifted upwards with the position of said locating shaft while said application rod of said pneumatic cylinder is in a synchronically protruding state until said engaging member at the bottom end of the middle section of said supporting element is supported at the side edge of a main body of said pneumatic cylinder so that the desired anti-toppling effect can be achieved.

Claims

1. An anti-toppling device for a foldable treadmill having a front supporting frame, a handgrip frame extending upwardly from the front supporting frame and a running belt frame movable relative to the front supporting frame between a use position and a storage position, the anti-toppling device comprising:

a) a cylinder having a first end connected to the front supporting frame and a second end, a movable application rod extending from the second end, a distal end of the application rod connected to the running belt frame such that the application rod extends from the cylinder when the running belt frame is in the storage position;

b) a supporting element pivotally connected to the running belt frame, the supporting element having an engaging member and being movable between a first position, wherein the engaging member contacts the second end of the cylinder thereby preventing retraction of the application rod into the cylinder, and a second position wherein the engaging member is displaced from the second end of the cylinder; and

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c) a turning spring acting between the support element and the running belt frame so as to bias the engaging member towards the first position.

2. The anti-toppling device of claim 1 wherein the supporting element further comprised a foot pedal.

3. The anti-toppling device of claim 1 wherein the supporting element and the distal end of the application rod are pivotally attached to the running belt frame so as to pivot about a common shaft.