U.S. patent application number 11/744429 was filed with the patent office on 2008-11-06 for electric treadmill with a level meter.
This patent application is currently assigned to KING I TECH CORPORATION. Invention is credited to Hsien-Lung CHOU.
Application Number | 20080274861 11/744429 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39939943 |
Filed Date | 2008-11-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080274861 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
CHOU; Hsien-Lung |
November 6, 2008 |
ELECTRIC TREADMILL WITH A LEVEL METER
Abstract
The present invention is an electric treadmill. The treadmill
includes a base with a tread belt, upright poles, handrails, and a
control panel. There is also a level meter assembled at a preset
location of the electric treadmill. Levelness of the electric
treadmill is detected, and then the treadmill is adjusted to cater
to the demands of the user.
Inventors: |
CHOU; Hsien-Lung; (Taichung
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
EGBERT LAW OFFICES
412 MAIN STREET, 7TH FLOOR
HOUSTON
TX
77002
US
|
Assignee: |
KING I TECH CORPORATION
Taichung City
TW
|
Family ID: |
39939943 |
Appl. No.: |
11/744429 |
Filed: |
May 4, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/54 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 22/0235
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/54 |
International
Class: |
A63B 22/02 20060101
A63B022/02 |
Claims
1. An electric treadmill, comprising: a base with a tread belt; a
plurality of upright poles, extending upward from said base; a
plurality of handrails, attached to said upright poles; a control
panel connected to said handrails; and a level meter is assembled
at a preset location of said base.
2. The treadmill defined in claim 1, wherein said level meter is
assembled onto an upright pole or said control panel.
3. The treadmill defined in claim 1, wherein said level meter is
provided with a counting device, said counting device having a
counter and a sensor, wherein vibration generated is detected by
said sensor.
4. The treadmill defined in claim 1, wherein said base has a
horizontal adjusting member is assembled thereon.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not applicable.
NAMES OF PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT
[0003] Not applicable.
REFERENCE TO AN APPENDIX SUBMITTED ON COMPACT DISC
[0004] Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0005] 1. Field of the Invention
[0006] The present invention relates generally to an electric
treadmill, and more particularly to an innovative treadmill with a
level meter.
[0007] 2. Description of Related Art Including Information
Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98.
[0008] An electric treadmill is typically composed of a base with a
tread belt, upright poles, handrails, and a control panel.
[0009] When the common electric treadmill is placed on the ground,
slight deviation of levelness may not have adverse effect on its
operation or cannot be felt by the user.
[0010] With continuing development of electric treadmills,
expanding functional requirements may be concerned with the
levelness. For example, if the control device of the electric
treadmill has a new function involving the slope adjustment of the
tread belt, it is required to preset the slope benchmark of the
tread belt at an absolute level state. Thus, newer electric
treadmills with preset levelness are required to meet the
functional requirements.
[0011] Thus, to overcome the aforementioned problems of the prior
art, it would be an advancement in the art to provide an improved
structure that can significantly improve efficacy.
[0012] To this end, the inventor has provided the present invention
of practicability after deliberate design and evaluation based on
years of experience in the production, development and design of
related products.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0013] There is enhanced efficacy of the present invention.
[0014] A level meter 40 is assembled into the electric treadmill.
Thus, it is possible to adjust the levelness of the electric
treadmill A in order to cater to the demands of the user with
improved applicability.
[0015] There are improvements brought about by this invention.
[0016] As the level meter 40 of the present invention is provided
with a counting device 70, it is possible to sense the vibration
generated from the electric treadmill.
[0017] Although the invention has been explained in relation to its
preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other
possible modifications and variations can be made without departing
from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter
claimed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the electric treadmill of
the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
[0019] FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view of a level meter
and electric treadmill of the present invention.
[0020] FIG. 3 shows an assembled sectional view of the level meter
of the present invention.
[0021] FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of the application of the
level meter of the present invention at another location.
[0022] FIG. 5 shows another schematic view of the application of
the level meter of the present invention at still another
location.
[0023] FIG. 6 shows a schematic view of the base of the present
invention, which is assembled with a horizontal adjusting
member.
[0024] FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the level meter of the
present invention, which is assembled with counting device.
[0025] FIG. 8 shows a schematic view of counting device as shown in
FIG. 7, wherein the counter is connected via a circuit to the
control panel.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0026] The features and the advantages of the present invention
will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of
the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the
present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0027] FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 depict preferred embodiments of improved
electric treadmill of the present invention. The embodiments are
provided only for explanatory objectives. In the figures, the
electric treadmill A comprises a base 10 with tread belt 11,
upright poles 20, handrails 31, and a control panel 32. A level
meter 40 is assembled at a preset location of the electric
treadmill A. The level meter 40 may be introduced with a common
liquid tube, namely, an air-tight transparent tube 41. The level
meter 40 is charged with unsaturated liquid 42 (e.g. alcohol or
ether), which forms an air bubble 43 in the transparent tube 41.
The air bubble 43 normally moves towards the top of transparent
tube 41. A horizontal baseline 44 is placed at the transparent tube
41. When air bubble 43 is located opposite to the horizontal
baseline 44, it means that the level meter 40 is at a horizontal
state. In addition to the liquid tube employed by the level meter,
an electronic level meter may be assembled into the electric
treadmill A of the present invention for level measurement.
[0028] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the level meter 40 can be
assembled into the base 10 of the electric treadmill A, which is
provided with a groove 101 for positioning of level meter 40.
Referring to FIG. 4, the level meter 40B is assembled into the
upright pole 20 of the electric treadmill A. Alternatively,
referring to FIG. 5, the level meter 40C is assembled into the
control panel 32 of the electric treadmill A.
[0029] The base 10 of the electric treadmill A is provided with a
horizontal adjusting member 50, which is shown in FIG. 6. At
various corners of the base 10 of the electric treadmill A, a
flexible leg 51 is placed to adjust accurately the base 10 and
entire electric treadmill A into a horizontal state.
[0030] Based upon above-specified structure of an electric
treadmill, a level meter 40 is additionally provides new functions.
As mentioned in the prior art, if the control panel 32 of the
electric treadmill is required to deliver a new function involving
the slope adjustment of the tread belt 11, the slope benchmark of
tread belt 11 must be set under at an absolute level state. When an
electric treadmill A is purchased by a user or a service provider,
the electric treadmill A must be adjusted accurately into a
horizontal state, such that the slope set-value of control panel 32
matches the actual slope of the tread belt 11, thus guaranteeing
the accurate display of slope variations on the control panel 32.
The level meter 40 of the present invention can be used to
accurately adjust the horizontal state of the electric treadmill
A.
[0031] Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, the level meter 40 is provided
with a counting device 70, which comprises a counter 71 and a
sensor 72. The sensor 72 senses the vibration generated from the
electric treadmill A. Since the level meter 40 is assembled into
the base 10 of the electric treadmill A, the sensor 72 of the
counting device 70 clearly senses the vibration of the base 10,
while the counter 71 transmits the message via circuit 73 to the
control panel 32 (shown in FIG. 8). When the level meter 40 is
assembled onto the upright pole 20 or control panel 32 of the
electric treadmill A far away from the tread belt 11, the sensor 72
is separated from the counter 71 and then assembled nearby the
tread belt 11 to acquire a better sensing effect on vibrations.
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