EP2036457A1 - Wagen und Möbelstück mit dem Wagen - Google Patents

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EP2036457A1
EP2036457A1 EP07425559A EP07425559A EP2036457A1 EP 2036457 A1 EP2036457 A1 EP 2036457A1 EP 07425559 A EP07425559 A EP 07425559A EP 07425559 A EP07425559 A EP 07425559A EP 2036457 A1 EP2036457 A1 EP 2036457A1
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Maurizio Lanciaprima
Luca Baldinini
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B85/00—Furniture convertible into other kinds of furniture
    • A47B85/08—Convertible cupboards
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B81/00—Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C17/00—Sofas; Couches; Beds
    • A47C17/86—Parts or details for beds, sofas or couches only not fully covered in a single one of the sub-groups A47C17/02, A47C17/04, A47C17/38, A47C17/52, A47C17/64, or A47C17/84; Drawers in or under beds
    • 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
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2220/00—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings
    • A47B2220/06—Treadmill combined with furniture
    • 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
    • A63B22/0285—Physical characteristics of the belt, e.g. material, surface, indicia
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2210/00—Space saving
    • A63B2210/06—Space saving incorporated in cabinets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2210/00—Space saving
    • A63B2210/50—Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
    • A63B2210/52—Frame members linked by elastic means when disassembled
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2210/00—Space saving
    • A63B2210/50—Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
    • A63B2210/58—Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport slideably retracted in a housing when not in use

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  • the present invention relates to a carriage for housing and supporting a foldaway item of exercise equipment and an item of furniture comprising the carriage.
  • Prior art items of furniture are described in patent application for an Italian invention MI2005A002448 .
  • said patent application describes an item of furniture below which there is a removable drawer.
  • the drawer houses a foldaway treadmill.
  • the drawer comprises wheels which run on the floor and allow easy, effortless extraction. In a first configuration the drawer is positioned below the item of furniture and the treadmill is folded away. In a second configuration the drawer is extracted from below the item of furniture and the treadmill can be positioned in an operating configuration ready for use.
  • the treadmill transmits strong stresses to the drawer.
  • the item of exercise equipment is used by big people. Consequently, the drawer could move relative to the item of furniture, making it impossible to continue exercising or could transmit an unpleasant feeling of instability to the user.
  • the movement of the item of equipment could also compromise safe exercising.
  • the entire item of furniture could move relative to the floor on which it rests. This is particularly obvious if the drawer is made below a living room table, or a sofa, as referred to in some of the examples illustrated in the patent application for an Italian invention MI2005A002448.
  • the present invention has for an aim to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages by providing a carriage for housing and supporting a foldaway item of exercise equipment which allows maximum safety during exercising.
  • the present invention also has for an aim to provide a carriage for housing and supporting a foldaway item of exercise equipment which can be folded away in an item of furniture.
  • the present invention also has for an aim to provide an item of furniture comprising a carriage for housing and supporting a foldaway item of exercise equipment.
  • Yet another aim of the invention is to provide an item of furniture which allows users to make the most of spaces that often are not used enough.
  • the present invention achieves these aims and others, described in more detail below, with a carriage for housing and supporting a foldaway item of exercise equipment and an item of furniture comprising the carriage with the structural and functional features described in the independent claims herein, additional embodiments of the invention being defined in the dependent claims herein.
  • the numeral 1 denotes a carriage for housing and supporting a foldaway item of exercise equipment, in particular a foldaway treadmill 10.
  • the carriage 1 at least in a particular configuration, can move along a direction and/or move parallel with a plane below which is fixed in space.
  • a first element is below a second element if the second element is higher than the first element.
  • an element is lowered or lifted if its movement has a motion component respectively concordant or discordant with the gravity acceleration vector.
  • the carriage 1 comprises:
  • the action of the movement device 3 causes the carriage 1 to pass from a first to a second configuration and vice versa.
  • the stable positioning structure 2 forms a supporting surface coinciding with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor, thus allowing the carriage 1 to be stably positioned.
  • This positioning is performed relative to a reference point that is fixed in space.
  • the stable positioning structure 2 is distanced from the reference plane 130 and above the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor. Consequently, when the stable positioning structure 2 is in contact with the reference plane 130 the carriage 1 rests stably on the floor, limiting the risk of the carriage 1 moving parallel with the reference plane 130.
  • the carriage 1 when the carriage 1 is in the first configuration it may be moved along at least one direction of movement and/or it can be moved along a trajectory parallel with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the stable positioning structure 2 comprises, or coincides with, at least one stable positioning foot 20 forming the supporting surface. If there is only one stable positioning foot 20, the latter has a geometric extension and surface extension such that they allow the carriage 1 to rest stably on the floor (solution not illustrated).
  • the stable positioning structure 2 comprises, or coincides with, a plurality of stable positioning feet 20 located at a predetermined distance from one another, the stable positioning feet 20 forming the supporting surface.
  • the lower ends of the stable positioning feet 20, at least in the carriage 1 second configuration, are coplanar to form the supporting surface and allow the carriage 1 to rest stably on the floor.
  • the movement device 3 simultaneously moves all of the stable positioning feet 20.
  • the stable positioning feet 20 are opposite the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the portion of the stable positioning feet 20 designed to make contact with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor is covered with a material that has a high friction coefficient, such as rubber.
  • the carriage 1 comprises means 5 for smooth sliding:
  • the smooth sliding means 5 comprise wheels 50.
  • the wheels 50 are of the unidirectional type.
  • the wheels 50 could also be unidirectional, but capable of being angled and lockable at a plurality of angles which would allow motion in different directions.
  • the wheels 50 could be self-centring wheels or ball casters 50.
  • the unidirectional wheels 50 capable of being angled or self-centring, or ball casters could advantageously be used above all in the case of the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 10 . At least in the case of the solutions illustrated in Figures 11 to 28 it could be advantageous to use unidirectional wheels 50 that cannot be angled, since there may be means present which constrain carriage 1 movement along the extraction and insertion direction only.
  • the carriage 1 adopts a third, intermediate configuration in which both the smooth sliding means 5 and the stable positioning structure 2 are in contact with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the stable positioning structure 2 causes the smooth sliding means 5 to move away from the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the smooth sliding means 5 move towards the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the first part of the carriage 1 comprises a base frame 61 to which the smooth sliding means 5, the movement device 3 and the stable positioning structure 2 are at least partly connected.
  • the stable positioning structure 2 When the carriage 1 passes from the third to the second configuration, the stable positioning structure 2 lifts the smooth sliding means 5 and the base frame 61, moving them away from the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor. When the carriage 1 passes from the second to the third configuration, the stable positioning structure 2 lowers the smooth sliding means 5 and the base frame 61, moving them towards the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the base frame 61 comprises two base portions 6 side by side. Connected to each of the two base portions 6 there is at least part of the movement device 3 and at least part of the smooth sliding means 5 and at least part of the stable positioning structure 2.
  • the two base portions 6 both have a main direction of extension, are symmetrically positioned relative to a vertical plane of symmetry and are positioned in such a way that the main direction of extension is parallel with the plane of symmetry.
  • a plurality of stable positioning feet 20 are arranged along each of the two base portions 6 along each of the two base portions 6.
  • the two base portions 6 have the shape of tubular elements, each tubular element having an inner cavity 60 in which the smooth sliding means 5, the movement device 3 and the stable positioning structure 2 are at least partly housed.
  • control element 70 which:
  • control element 70 is rotatably connected to the two base portions 6.
  • the control element 70 can move between a first position in which it is substantially vertical and a second position in which it is rotated by a predetermined angle relative to the vertical. Rotation of the control element 70 is accompanied by the action of the movement device 3. Assuming that the control element 70 is initially in the first position, when the user rotates the control element 70, moving it away from the two base portions 6, the movement device 3 causes the carriage 1 to pass from the first to the second configuration. Vice versa, when the user rotates the control element 70 in the opposite direction, the carriage 1 passes from the second to the first configuration.
  • the control element 70 comprises a control panel 700 immediately accessible for the user.
  • On the control panel 700 there are handles 701 designed to be gripped by the user to allow movement of the carriage 1.
  • a locking device 702 which holds the control panel 700 in a substantially vertical position, that is to say, in the control element 70 first position. To move the control panel 700 from this position the user must first release the locking device 702.
  • the movement device 3 comprises at least one slide 30 which, during carriage 1 movement between the first and second configurations, moves along a first direction 41 and can move relative to the at least one stable positioning foot 20.
  • the first direction 41 is substantially parallel with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the slide 30 is in at least one of the inner cavities 60.
  • the slide 30 remains substantially in the inner cavity 60 when the carriage 1 moves between the first and second configurations.
  • the first direction 41 along which the slide 30 moves coincides with the main direction of extension of the two base portions 6.
  • the movement device 3 extends identically in both cavities 60 of the corresponding base portions 6.
  • the movement device 3 comprises first guide means 31 which, during carriage 1 movement between the first and second configurations, force the at least one stable positioning foot 20 to move along a second direction 42 which is transversal, preferably at a right angle, to the first direction 41 along which the slide 30 moves.
  • first guide means 31 comprise a hollow bushing along which the stable positioning feet 20 can move.
  • the movement device 3 also comprises second guide means 32 relative to which the slide 30 can move along the first direction 41.
  • the second guide means 32 comprise a plurality of wheels 320 positioned one after another which force the slide 30 to move along the first direction 41.
  • the slide 30 at least at a section at a right angle to the first direction 41 is "T"-shaped.
  • the section at a right angle to the first direction 41 comprises both two horizontal tabs engaging with the wheels 320 of the second guide means 32 and a vertical leg whose free end can make contact with a portion of the at least one stable positioning foot 20.
  • the slide 30 comprises an operating surface 33 set at an angle both to the first direction 41 of slide 30 movement and to the second direction 42 of movement of the at least one stable positioning foot 20.
  • the angled operating surface 33 is slidably in contact with a portion of the at least one stable positioning foot 20 at least during part of the carriage 1 movement from the first to the second configuration to transfer to said at least one stable positioning foot 20 a movement induced by the movement of the slide 30.
  • the angled operating surface 33 is formed by the set of at least part of the free ends of the vertical legs of the above-mentioned "T"-shaped sections.
  • the operating surface 33 has a first and a second end.
  • the slide 30 comprises a first and a second additional surface 33a, 33b extending respectively from the first and the second ends and at right angles to the second direction 42.
  • the two additional surfaces 33a, 33b make contact with at least one portion of the stable positioning foot 20 respectively when the carriage 1 is in the first and the second configuration.
  • the at least one portion of the stable positioning foot 20 remains in contact with the angled operating surface 33.
  • the carriage 1 comprises elastic operating means associated with the stable positioning structure 2.
  • the elastic means accumulate potential energy during carriage 1 passage from the first to the second configuration, said potential energy then being returned to the stable positioning structure 2 during carriage 1 passage from the second to the first configuration.
  • the carriage 1 comprises:
  • the lower body 92 is below the upper body 91.
  • the supporting tracks previously referred to are part of slideways 140 described in more detail below.
  • the upper body 91 remains at a fixed distance from the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor, the means 93 for varying the relative distance being operatively inserted between the upper and lower bodies 91, 92.
  • the upper body 91 and the lower body 92 are respectively at a first and a second distance from one another, the second distance being greater than the first distance.
  • the means 93 for varying the distance comprise a kinematic actuator with a first end connected to the upper body 91 and a second end connected to the lower body 92. The user can control the kinematic actuator using a remote control, even of the wireless type.
  • the upper body 91 also comprises two vertical parallel bars rigidly connected to the remaining parts of the upper body 91, the vertical parallel bars extending downwards and extending next to the lower body 92.
  • the lower body 92 comprises idle pulleys which engage the bars and, operating in conjunction with the latter, guide and render more stable the movement of the lower body 92 relative to the upper body 91.
  • this embodiment can advantageously be used in applications in which the carriage 1 is built into items of furniture 100 which have a lower block, the items of furniture forming a compartment 110 for housing the carriage 1 positioned above the block.
  • the carriage 1 comprises:
  • the foldaway treadmill 10 comprises (for clarity the reference characters are shown in Figures 41, 42, 43 , but the treadmill 10 illustrated in those figures is the same as those illustrated in the other figures):
  • the handle unit 104 can move relative to the platform 101. In the folded away home configuration, the handle unit 104 extends close to the platform 101. In the open configuration for use, the handle unit 104 extends away from the platform 101.
  • the treadmill 10 comprises at least one hinge 107 which allows rotation of the handle unit 104 relative to the platform 101, allowing the handle unit 104 to be moved towards or away from the platform 101.
  • the handle unit 104 comprises a grip zone 104a suitable for the user to grip with his hands while exercising.
  • the handle unit 104 also comprises a panel 104b which the user uses to interface with the treadmill 10.
  • the handle unit 104 comprises uprights 104c connecting the grip zone 104a and the platform 101.
  • the carriage 1 control panel 700 and the two base portions 6 of the carriage 1 define the housing space 8 suitable for containing the treadmill 10, the housing space 8 extending substantially parallel with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the carriage 1 comprises rigid connection means which make the treadmill 10 platform 101 integral with the carriage 1 base frame 61.
  • the rigid connection means may, for example, be screws or bolts.
  • the user To pass from being folded away in the home configuration to the open configuration for use, the user simply lifts the handle unit 104, rotating it relative to the platform 101. The latter remains rigidly connected to the carriage 1 base frame 61.
  • the housing space 8 extends substantially at a right angle to the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the carriage 1 comprises treadmill 10 tipping means 105.
  • the treadmill 10 tipping means 105 move the treadmill 10 between the home position in which the platform 101 extends substantially at a right angle to the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor (usually in that configuration the platform 101 extends substantially vertically) and a semi-operating configuration in which the platform 101 extends substantially parallel with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor (usually in that configuration the platform 101 extends substantially horizontally).
  • the treadmill 10 is hinged to the carriage 1 base frame 61 by the tipping means 105 and can rotate about an axis of rotation to pass from the folded away home configuration to the semi-operating configuration or vice versa.
  • damping means for example a gas spring
  • the carriage 1 may comprise a safety stop for the tipping means 105.
  • the safety stop can be activated at least when the treadmill 10 is folded away in the home configuration. To allow the treadmill 10 to pass from being folded away in the home configuration to the open configuration for use, the user must first release the safety stop.
  • the semi-operating configuration is an intermediate configuration between the folded away home configuration and the open configuration for use.
  • the treadmill 10 handle unit 104 is still at least partly folded away.
  • the carriage 1 comprises a framework 610 which defines the housing space 8 when the latter extends substantially at a right angle to the reference plane 130 coinciding with the floor.
  • the base frame 61 is connected to the framework 610.
  • the base frame 61 can move relative to the framework 610 only in the vertical direction. This is achieved thanks to at least one groove 611 integral with the base frame 61 which moves along a corresponding shoe 612 shaped to match it and made in the framework 610.
  • the base frame 61 changes its distance from the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the framework 610 does not change its distance from the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor. This both reduces the extent of the user effort required to move the carriage 1 from the first to the second configuration and allows for the presence of any slideways 140 (described in more detail below) connected to the framework 610 which allow the framework 610 to move only along a horizontal direction.
  • the carriage 1 base frame 61 comprises two elements 62 which connect the two base portions 6 and extend at a right angle to the two base portions 6. This allows the two base portions 6 to be stiffened and stably connected.
  • each of the two elements 62 which connect the two base portions 6 comprises two grooves 611 able to move relative to corresponding shoes 612 shaped to match them.
  • the treadmill 10 also comprises connecting means 106 which lock the handle unit 104 in the open configuration for use.
  • the handle unit 104 comprises an actuator 107 for controlling the connecting means 106, to release the handle unit 104 from the open configuration for use and allow it to be folded away on the platform 101.
  • the connecting means 106 comprise a pin 106a connected to the handle unit 104, a hole 106b in the platform 101 and a fork 106c. With the treadmill 10 in the open configuration for use, the pin 106a engages in the hole 106b in the platform 101, preventing the handle unit 104 from moving relative to the platform 101.
  • the pin 106a engages by snapping into the above-mentioned hole 106b upon completion of the passage from the folded away home configuration to the open configuration for use.
  • the user moves the fork 106c which, overcoming the elastic resistance of a spring, extracts the pin 106a from the hole 106b, thus allowing the handle unit 104 to move relative to the platform 101.
  • the connecting means 106 are made at the zone where the handle unit 104 is connected to the platform 101.
  • a wire 106d which, when operated by the actuator 107, moves the fork 106c which in turn releases the pin 106a from the hole 106b.
  • the wire 106d extends inside the handle unit 104 upright 104c and is hidden from the user's view. Relative to the direction at a right angle to the direction of platform 101 belt 102 feed, the dimensions of the hinges for rotation of the handle unit 104 relative to the platform 101 are small, within the dimensions of the lateral safety bands 103.
  • the reference numeral 100 denotes an item of furniture comprising a carriage 1 in accordance with the present invention.
  • the item of furniture 100 comprises a casing 111 defining a carriage 1 housing compartment 110.
  • the carriage 1 can be at least partly housed in the housing compartment 110 and can be extracted from the housing compartment 110.
  • the item of furniture 100 completely hides the treadmill 10 from view when it is completely inside the housing compartment 110.
  • the item of furniture 100 comprises slideways 140, operatively inserted between the casing 111 and the carriage 1, which allow the carriage 1 to be guided during extraction from the casing 111.
  • the reference plane 130 coincides with the treadable surface on which the item of furniture 100 rests.
  • the slideways 140 may comprise a stop which is activated when the carriage 1 has been extracted from the casing 111 and prevents the carriage 1 and the casing 111 from moving relative to one another. To allow the carriage 1 to be inserted in the casing 111 again, the user must first release the stop.
  • the slideways 140 inserted between the casing 111 and the carriage 1 are absent.
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the item of furniture 100 comprising a bed 120.
  • the carriage 1 housing compartment 110 is made below the bed 120.
  • the slideways 140 are not necessary between the carriage 1 and the bed 120. This means that the carriage 1 can also be retrofitted on existing beds 120 and in any case does not necessitate the use of a specific bed 120 with special dimensions.
  • the slideways 140 are absent, it may be useful to use unidirectional wheels 50 which can be angled manually or self-centring wheels 50 or ball casters 50 or in any event wheels 50 which allow smooth sliding in any direction. In this way, once the carriage 1 has been extracted from the housing compartment 110 it can be moved with maximum simplicity to a place which may be far from the item of furniture 100.
  • the carriage 1 is first extracted from the housing compartment 110. During extraction the carriage 1 is in the first configuration with the smooth sliding means 5 in contact with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor. Then the carriage 1 is moved from the first to the second configuration by lowering the stable positioning feet 20. This causes the base frame 61 to be lifted and the smooth sliding means 5 to move away from the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor. Then the treadmill 10 is moved directly from the folded away home configuration to the open configuration for use by simply moving the handle unit 104 away from the platform 101.
  • the casing 111 of the item of furniture is substantially a parallelepiped.
  • One of the three directions of extension in space of the parallelepiped is less than the other two and the carriage 1 can be extracted at a right angle to said direction and parallel with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the carriage 1 is first extracted from the housing space 8 with the smooth sliding means 5 in contact with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor. Then the carriage 1 is moved from the first to the second configuration by lowering the stable positioning feet 20. This causes the base frame 61 to be lifted and the smooth sliding means 5 to move away from the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • the treadmill 10 is rotated and moved to the semi-operating configuration with the platform 101 substantially parallel with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor.
  • treadmill 10 tipping takes place thanks to a rotation relative to an axis parallel with the direction of carriage 1 extraction from the housing space 8.
  • the treadmill 10 is moved from the semi-operating configuration to the open configuration for use by simply moving the handle unit 104 away from the platform 101.
  • FIG. 28 to 40 Another example is the embodiment illustrated in Figures 28 to 40 .
  • This embodiment was designed to be used in order to have the item of furniture 100 blend in nicely in an environment in which there are items of furniture comprising a lower block (for example a household kitchen).
  • This embodiment may advantageously be used even when the item of furniture 100 in normal conditions of use is connected, in cantilever fashion, to only one wall of the room.
  • the carriage 1 is first extracted from the housing compartment 110 using supporting tracks operatively inserted between the carriage 1 upper body 91 and the casing 111. Then the lower body 92 containing the treadmill 10 is moved away from the upper body 91 and lowered until the at least one stable positioning foot 20 makes contact with the reference plane 130 below which coincides with the floor.
  • the lower body 92 is not usually fitted with smooth sliding means 5. Then using the tipping means 105 the treadmill 10 is rotated and moved to the semi-operating configuration with the platform 101 substantially parallel with the reference plane 130 when the latter coincides with the floor. During this step, treadmill 10 tipping takes place thanks to a rotation relative to an axis parallel with the direction of carriage 1 extraction from the housing space 8. Then the treadmill 10 is moved from the semi-operating configuration to the open configuration for use by simply moving the handle unit 104 away from the platform 101.
  • the invention brings important advantages.
  • the embodiments of the invention may be made from any material, and in size, depending on requirements.

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