Treadmill horizontal, vertical support mechanism

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The preferred embodiment proposed in this invention pertains to incorporating a treadmill support device, particularly referring to a folding condition that provides a sure way to stabilize the runner frarne, whether it be positioned horizontally in an operative mode, or in a vertical folded state to achieve sound and stable support function, that further provides comfortability and safety features of an innovative invention.

[0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art

[0005] Pursuant to the basic design deployed in most common treadmills due to bulky dimension and volume that tends to take up considerable space, thus most of them have been incorporated with the feature of having the frame flipped vertically in a folded condition so to reduce its bulk and the space that it takes up. Therefore, it has become a critical consideration in terms of how to ensure its stability when the treadmill is flipped to an vertical upright position or else it may be prone to fall down causing incidental occurrence that may endanger the safety of people.

[0006] With the above consideration in mind, the inventor, being aware of the situations described above, has broached the issue from the angle of safety, combined with years of practical know-how, to instigate further research and developing aggressively so to reveal pertinent techniques to the market place. It primarily pertains to incorporating a support function that provides a sound and stable condition of a treadmill whether is be in a horizontal, operative condition, or in vertical upright state of a folded condition that further provides comfortability and safety, and prevent casters from moving around as the prim-e design objective of this invention.

[0007] To provide in-depth understanding to the im-plemienting techniques and structural features proposed by the invention, following drawings are provided to outlined below:

[0008] FIG. 1: A three-dimensional perspective view of a treadmill frame illustrating the p53 resent invention.

[0009] FIG. 2: A side view of a treadmill frame in a horizontal operative condition incorporating the present invention.

[0010] FIG. 3: A side view of the treadmill frame in FIG. 2 in a slanted position.

[0011] FIG. 4: A side view of the treadmill frame in FIG. 2 in an upright folded position.

[0012] To start, please refer to FIG. 1, where a common treadmill 100 usually contains basic components including a frame 10, a runner belt 20, handrails 30, a rear lever 40 and a front lever 50. Now please proceed to FIG. 2, which indicates that the support device referred in this invention primarily concerns two pads 60 and two anchors 70, which are separately installed at the frontal horizontal tubing 50 and at an adequate spot along the two sides toward the front of the frame 10. In which, the pads 60 are placed over the frontal horizontal tubing 50 via the center opening 62 on them, with their rear touching the ground contact 64. So when frame 10 is placed horizontally in an operative mode, the pads 60 provide close contact with the ground surface 80 so the treadmill 100 is sound and unshaking. In addition, the upper part of the front is equipped with an auxiliary support 66 extended toward the front.

[0013] The said support device 70 is of a slide configuration, which is installed at the front edge of the frame 10, and it is so positioned that it exactly extends out of the cover 12.

[0014] Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, because the space between the ground contact 64 of the pads 60 and the support 66 of the auxiliary anchor contain an adequately concave distance 68; therefore, when the frame 10 is lifted to a certain angle in a slanted position, no parts of the pads 60 will come in contact with the ground surface 80. At this time, the casters 52 are touching the ground 80, thus enabling a user to move the treadmill 100 around.

[0015] Thereafter, please refer to FIG. 4, as we continue to life the frame 10 to a vertical position in a folded state, the auxiliary support 66 of the pads 60 and the front of the anchors 70 will touch the ground so as to provide more traction over the resting area to ensure the treadmill 100 in a sound and freestanding state to prevent incidental free-fall and to further ensure personnel safety.

[0016] Recapping the above described, what has been claimed by this invention has not yet been found in any similar products sold in the market place or revealed in any publication or research data, thus indeed contains innovative and progressive practical values, which also meet the criteria of applying for a new model patent listing that deserves to be protect by the law, hence an application has thus been submitted according to applicable law.