Exercise treadmill
CA 2018219 C · Owner: Life Fitness · Inventors: Leon, Tomas F.; Lantz, Kenneth F.; Alexander, Donald J.
Overview
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To improve tracking, an exercise treadmill is provided with a frame including molded plastic pulleys having an integral gear belt sprocket, an endless belt extending around the pulleys and a motor operatively connected to the rear pulley to drive the belt. The pulleys are molded out of plastic and have a diameter of approximately nine inches. A deck underneath the running surface of the belt is supported by resilient members. A positive lateral belt tracking mechanism is used to correct the lateral position of the belt. A belt position sensor mechanism is used in combination with a front pulley pivoting mechanism to maintain the belt in the desired lateral position on the pulleys. The …
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- Filed June 4, 1990 and granted March 24, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 4, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 4, 2012.
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