Foldable treadmill

• US 20070066448A1
• Filed: 09/16/2005
• Published: 03/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Forhouse Corporation
• Original Assignee: Forhouse Corporation
• Inventors: Chuang, Fu-Chin, Pan, Francis
• Application Number:
  US11/227,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20070066448A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/54
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0235 driven by a motor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport

Abstract

A foldable treadmill includes a main member having a base and a deck fixed to the base, wherein the deck has a running belt and two handle bars having ends pivoted on the main member. The handle bars are turned along an axial direction between a first position and a second position, and the handle bars are also turned toward the deck to a folded position and turned away from the deck to an extended position. The handle bars are at an extended status when the handle bars are moved to the extended position and the first position, and the handle bars are at a folded status when the handle bars are moved to the folded position and the second position. A panel is detachably mounted on the handle bars with a wire received in the handle bar and connected to a motor in the deck.

Claims

1. A foldable treadmill, comprising:

a main member having a base and a deck fixed to the base, wherein the deck has a running belt, and

two handle bars having ends pivoted on the main member, wherein the handle bars are turned along an axial direction between a first position and a second position, and the handle bars are also turned toward the deck to a folded position and turned away from the deck to an extended position;

wherein the handle bars are at an extended status when the handle bars are moved to the extended position and the first position, and the handle bars are at a folded status when the handle bars are moved to the folded position and the second position.

2. The treadmill as defined in claim 1, further comprising a panel with at least a screen thereon to be detachably mounted on the handle bars.

3. The transmission system as defined in claim 2, further comprising a wire received in the handle bar, wherein the wire has opposite ends electrically connected to a circuit board in the panel that controls the screen and a circuit board in the deck that controls a motor to drive the running belt.

4. The transmission system as defined in claim 1, wherein the base of the main member is provided with two pivot bases to pivot the handle bars respectively.

5. The transmission system as defined in claim 4, wherein each of the handle bars has two holes at opposite sides, and a shaft is inserted through the pivot base and the holes of the handle bar.

6. The transmission system as defined in claim 4, wherein the pivot bases have an opening, and ends of the handle bars enter the opening when the handle bars are at the folded position.

7. The transmission system as defined in claim 4, wherein the pivot bases have a bore respectively, and the handle bars have a threaded bore respectively, and two bolts are screwed into the bores of pivot bases and the threaded bores of the handle bars respectively when the handle bars are moved to the extended status.

8. The transmission system as defined in claim 4, wherein each of the handle bars has a lock received therein, which has a button extruded out of the handle bar and engaged with bores of the pivot base when the handle bar is rotated to the first position and the second position respectively.

9. The transmission system as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the handle bars has an arch portion.

10. The transmission system as defined in claim 1, wherein the base is provided with two hooks to hold the handle bars when they are moved to the folded status.

19. The transmission system as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the handle bars has an arch portion.

20. The transmission system as defined in claim 1, wherein the base is provided with two hooks to hold the handle bars when they are moved to the folded status.

11. A foldable treadmill, comprising:

a main member having a base and a deck fixed to the base, wherein the deck has a running belt;

two handle bars having ends pivoted on the main member, wherein the handle bars are also turned toward the deck to a folded position and turned away from the deck to an extended position, and

a panel with at least a screen thereon to be detachably mounted on the handle bars;

wherein the handle bars are at an extended status when the handle bars are moved to the extended position, and the handle bars are at a folded status when the handle bars are moved to the folded position with the panel being disassembled.

12. The treadmill as defined in claim 11, wherein the handle bars are turned along an axial direction between a first position and a second position also.

13. The transmission system as defined in claim 11, further comprising a wire received in the handle bar, wherein the wire has opposite ends electrically connected to a circuit board in the panel that controls the screen and a circuit board in the deck that controls a motor to drive the running belt.

14. The transmission system as defined in claim 11, wherein the base of the main member is provided with two pivot bases to pivot the handle bars respectively.

15. The transmission system as defined in claim 14, wherein each of the handle bars has two holes at opposite sides, and a shaft is inserted through the pivot base and the holes of the handle bar, such that the handle bars are further rotated along an axial direction thereof.

16. The transmission system as defined in claim 14, wherein the pivot bases have an opening, and ends of the handle bars enter the opening when the handle bars are at the folded position.

17. The transmission system as defined in claim 14, wherein the pivot bases have a bore respectively, and the handle bars have a threaded bore respectively, and two bolts are screwed into the bores of pivot bases and the threaded bores of the handle bars respectively when the handle bars are moved to the extended status.

18. The transmission system as defined in claim 14, wherein each of the handle bars has a lock received therein, which has a button extruded out of the handle bar and engaged with bores of the pivot base when the handle bar is rotated to the first position and the second position respectively.