Folding structure of a treadmill

• US 7,892,149 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Issued: 02/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Strength Master Fitness Tech. Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Strength Master Fitness Tech. Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Shen-Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Thanh; Loan
• Assistant Examiner(s): JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA
• Application Number:
  US12/382,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20100240497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 482/54, 482/42, 482/51, 482/52, 280/87.05
• 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 folding structure of a treadmill includes a base with a treadmill belt, two support frames pivotally coupled to a front end of the base, a fixture installed a pivotally connection position of the two support frames and the base, the front sections of the two lateral bars being pivotally and respectively coupled onto the two support frames, a support bar being pivotally coupled to a rear section of each lateral bar, and the support bar being pivotally coupled to a rear end of the base, such that the lateral bars are supported by the support frame and the support bar to form a transversally extended holding section.

Claims

1. A folding structure of a treadmill, comprising:

a base, having a treadmill belt, a front end and a rear end, and two support frames pivotally and correspondingly coupled to and extended upwardly from the front end of said base, and each of said two support frames having a first end and a second end disposed at an opposite position of said first end, and the first end of each said support frame being pivotally coupled to said base, and having at least one fixture located on either side of said base, said first end of said support frame respectively being pivotally coupled to said fixture for fixing said support frame to said front end of said base, said fixture determining the fixed state of said support frame with said base by either tightening or loosening said fixture;

two lateral bars, each having a front section and a rear section, and the front section of each said lateral bar being pivotally coupled to the second end of a corresponding one of said two support frames;

a pair of support bars respectively pivotally coupled to the rear section of said two lateral bars, each said support bar being coupled to the rear end of said base which is on an opposite side of each said lateral bar, and each said lateral bar being supported by said support frame and said support bar to form a transversally extended holding section; and

a control panel installed between the second ends of said two support frames; and

wherein said two support frames are pivotally swung to drive said lateral bars and said support bars to be pivotally swung to a folding position and said support bars can be folded together with said two support frames onto said base.

2. The folding structure of a treadmill of claim 1, wherein each said lateral bar is in a hollow tubular shape, and an extension bar is respectively sheathed and coupled to each said lateral bar, such that said extension bars can be slid or moved in said lateral bars.

3. The folding structure of a treadmill of claim 2, wherein each said extension bar includes a wheel coupled to and exposed from an end of said lateral bar.

4. The folding structure of a treadmill of claim 1, wherein said two support frames are pivotally swung to the front end of said base and said two support frames are pivotally swung to the rear end of said base, if said fixture is released from a fixed state of said support frame, such that each said lateral bar is turned to the rear by using the pivotally connecting position of each said support bar as a turning center to fold each said lateral bar adjacent to each support bar, and each said lateral bar can be folded together with said two support frames onto said base.

5. A folding structure of a treadmill, comprising:

a base, having a treadmill belt, a front end and a rear end, and two support frames pivotally and correspondingly coupled to and extended upwardly from the front end of said base, and each of said two support frames having a first end and a second end disposed at an opposite position of said first end, and the first end of each said support frame being pivotally coupled to said base, and having at least one fixture located on either side of said base, said first end of said support frame respectively being pivotally coupled to said fixture for fixing said support frame to said front end of said base, said fixture determining the fixed state of said support frame with said base by either tightening or loosening said fixture;

two lateral bars, each having a front section and a rear section, and the front section of each said lateral bar being pivotally coupled to the second end of a corresponding one of said two support frames, each said lateral bar being in a hollow tubular shape, and an extension bar being respectively sheathed and coupled to each said lateral bar, such that said extension bars can be slid or moved in said lateral bars; and

a pair of support bars respectively pivotally coupled to the rear section of said two lateral bars, each said support bar being coupled to the rear end of said base which is on an opposite side of each said lateral bar, and each said lateral bar being supported by said support frame and said support bar to form a transversally extended holding section; and

wherein said two support frames are pivotally swung to drive said lateral bars and said support bars to be pivotally swung to a folding position and said support bars can be folded together with said two support frames onto said base.