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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
True Fitness Technology, Inc., O'Fallon, MO (US);
Nicholas J. Jansen, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Dennis L. Meyerotto, St. Charles, MO (US);
Jared M. Kueker, St. Charles, MO (US);
Bob J. Hawthorne, Troy, IL (US);
David L. Green, St. Charles, MO (US);
Tom A. Russo, St. Charles, MO (US);
True Fitness Technology, Inc., O'Fallon, MO (US);
Abstract
A pull cord safety system, primarily for use with an exercise device such as, but not limited to, a treadmill, that provides for a captive cord which is fixed to the exercise device via a trip mechanism housing. This provides for the benefits of a pull cord safety shutoff where the treadmill shuts off if sufficient force is applied to pull the cord, but keeps the system from being a separable key system. Thus, it eliminates misplacing the key and provides for a system which can more easily be triggered regardless of the angle of fall or instability.