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EP0417970A1
EP0417970A1 EP90309717A EP90309717A EP0417970A1 EP 0417970 A1 EP0417970 A1 EP 0417970A1 EP 90309717 A EP90309717 A EP 90309717A EP 90309717 A EP90309717 A EP 90309717A EP 0417970 A1 EP0417970 A1 EP 0417970A1
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exercise device
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Ronald Sibbring
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B22/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
    • A63B22/02—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with movable endless bands, e.g. treadmills
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B22/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
    • A63B22/02—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with movable endless bands, e.g. treadmills
    • A63B22/0207—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with movable endless bands, e.g. treadmills having shock absorbing means
    • A63B22/0214—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with movable endless bands, e.g. treadmills having shock absorbing means between the belt supporting deck and the frame
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B22/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
    • A63B22/02—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with movable endless bands, e.g. treadmills
    • A63B22/0292—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with movable endless bands, e.g. treadmills separate for each leg, e.g. dual deck
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2208/00—Characteristics or parameters related to the user or player
    • A63B2208/12—Characteristics or parameters related to the user or player specially adapted for children

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  • the invention relates to an exercise device of the treadmill type on which a person can walk or run on a moving track.
  • the invention as claimed is intended to provide a remedy. It solves the problem of how to design an exercise device of the treadmill type without the particular disadvantage of previous devices of this type.
  • the main advantage offered by the invention is that it provides an exercise device of the treadmill type which, despite being devoid of a drive motor, is easy to start.
  • the exercise device there illustrated is of the treadmill type on which a person can walk or run, the device including a basal part, generally indicated 10, and upstanding tubular steel hand rails 12 extending in parallel, as shown, so that a person can hold them at least when first mounting the device.
  • the hand rails are formed continuous with tubular steel corner posts which extend downwardly beneath the basal part to form legs the lower ends of which are provided with robber feet 26.
  • Means (not shown) are provided whereby the opposite ends of the basal part can be adjusted up and down the respective pairs of corner posts so that the basal part may be arranged either horizontally or with a desired degree of slope.
  • the basal part of the device has longitudinally extending box section side members connected together by box section bearers 17 (see Figure 2). Between the side members are located two separate tracks 14 and 16 arranged side by side, the tracks being caterpillar tracks constituted by synthetic plastics belts 19 which extend around respective pairs of flanged drums 18, near the opposite ends of the basal part 10.
  • the drums 20,20 are rotatable on a common mounting shaft 23 but the drums 18,18 are rotatable on respective mounting shafts 21.
  • the drums are all freely rotatable on their shafts so that each track is movable relative to the other.
  • the shaft 23 is fixed in position but the shafts 21 are located at their opposite ends between pairs of parallel guide members 25 which are welded to the side members 15 and between the upper and lower flanges of a length of I-section metal bar 29 which is welded to an endmost one of the bearers 17.
  • Coil tension springs 30,30 are each connected to one of the shafts 21 and to a shaft 32 adjacent the end of the basal part, said springs acting to impose a tension in the belts 19.
  • the flat upper runs of the two side by side tracks are supported by a support plate 34 which is resiliently mounted between the side members 15,15 of the basal part, being mounted on a plurality of coil compression springs 36 which encircle respective retaining rods 38 extending downwardly through clearance holes 40 in the bearers 17.
  • the belts 19,19 are slideable on the smooth and flat top surface of the support plate. They are laterally constrained by locating strips 42 and 44, positioned at the outer edges of the tracks and between said tracks respectively. The locating strips overlie the side edges of the two tracks.
  • a mounting board 46 is located at one end of the basal part, being secured on brackets 48 which are welded to the side members 15.
  • brackets 48 which are welded to the side members 15. The arrangement is such that a user of the device can step onto the mounting board and from there can step forwards onto the side by side tracks.
  • the device has two independently movable tracks, it is very easy to set in motion because, as the user steps onto the device (whilst probably but not necessarily holding one or both of the hand rails 12) he can set one of the tracks in motion with one foot whilst standing on the other, for the moment stationary, track. He can then immediately start to walk forwards to start said other track.
  • the flat upper runs of the two side by side tracks can be supported in any convenient manner and that instead of being slideable on the smooth and flat top surface of the support plate 34, the latter could have a plurality of independently rotatable closely spaced support elements of spherical form mounted for free rotation in respective cavities in said support plate. Equally effective would be a plurality of closely spaced rollers, each in-line pair of rollers of the two side by side tracks being independently rotatable relative to each other of course.
  • the support plate 34 need not necessarily be resiliently mounted. In a smaller scale version of the apparatus intended for use mainly by children it has been found appropriate to mount the support plate 34 directly on the bearers 17.
  • the device could be provided with a speedometer to indicate to the user the speed at which he is runnng or walking. Means may also be provided for indicating distance travelled.
  • the device could be provided with a seat which would adapt it especially for hospital use or for use for example in old peoples' homes.

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EP90309717A 1989-09-15 1990-09-05 Übungsgerät Withdrawn EP0417970A1 (de)

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GB898920923A GB8920923D0 (en) 1989-09-15 1989-09-15 Exercise device
GB8920923 1989-09-15

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Cited By (8)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5454772A (en) * 1992-11-05 1995-10-03 Precor Incorporated Treadmill with elastomeric-spring mounted deck
WO1996035481A2 (de) * 1995-05-10 1996-11-14 Klaus Baum Vorrichtung zum gehen und laufen auf der stelle
DE19517052C1 (de) * 1995-05-10 1996-12-12 Klaus Dr Baum Vorrichtung zum Gehen und Laufen auf der Stelle
WO1998055183A1 (de) * 1997-06-02 1998-12-10 Bochdansky, Thomas Laufbandergometer
KR200446803Y1 (ko) 2009-08-07 2009-12-03 황근주 호보 운동용 런닝머신
USRE42698E1 (en) 2001-07-25 2011-09-13 Nautilus, Inc. Treadmill having dual treads for stepping exercises
CN113018768A (zh) * 2021-04-29 2021-06-25 广东海洋大学 一种老年人康复家具
CN114653006A (zh) * 2022-04-06 2022-06-24 山东布莱特威健身器材有限公司 一种无动力跑步机

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB384019A (en) * 1931-09-30 1933-12-02 Thomas Gaskell Allen Improvements in or relating to exercising apparatus
CH221620A (de) * 1941-08-30 1942-06-15 Meisterhans Hans Turngerät.
US3703284A (en) * 1970-12-31 1972-11-21 Del Mar Eng Lab Diagnostic and therapeutic exercise treadmill
US4204673A (en) * 1978-12-14 1980-05-27 Speer John Sr Dual-tread exerciser
US4374587A (en) * 1980-08-05 1983-02-22 Ralph Ogden Exercise treadmill

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB384019A (en) * 1931-09-30 1933-12-02 Thomas Gaskell Allen Improvements in or relating to exercising apparatus
CH221620A (de) * 1941-08-30 1942-06-15 Meisterhans Hans Turngerät.
US3703284A (en) * 1970-12-31 1972-11-21 Del Mar Eng Lab Diagnostic and therapeutic exercise treadmill
US4204673A (en) * 1978-12-14 1980-05-27 Speer John Sr Dual-tread exerciser
US4374587A (en) * 1980-08-05 1983-02-22 Ralph Ogden Exercise treadmill

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5454772A (en) * 1992-11-05 1995-10-03 Precor Incorporated Treadmill with elastomeric-spring mounted deck
WO1996035481A2 (de) * 1995-05-10 1996-11-14 Klaus Baum Vorrichtung zum gehen und laufen auf der stelle
DE19517052C1 (de) * 1995-05-10 1996-12-12 Klaus Dr Baum Vorrichtung zum Gehen und Laufen auf der Stelle
WO1996035481A3 (de) * 1995-05-10 1996-12-27 Klaus Baum Vorrichtung zum gehen und laufen auf der stelle
WO1998055183A1 (de) * 1997-06-02 1998-12-10 Bochdansky, Thomas Laufbandergometer
AT405364B (de) * 1997-06-02 1999-07-26 Hubert Lechner Laufbandergometer
USRE42698E1 (en) 2001-07-25 2011-09-13 Nautilus, Inc. Treadmill having dual treads for stepping exercises
KR200446803Y1 (ko) 2009-08-07 2009-12-03 황근주 호보 운동용 런닝머신
CN113018768A (zh) * 2021-04-29 2021-06-25 广东海洋大学 一种老年人康复家具
CN114653006A (zh) * 2022-04-06 2022-06-24 山东布莱特威健身器材有限公司 一种无动力跑步机

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