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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Lin, Chong San Chu, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
482 54 ; 482 51 ;
Abstract
A treadmill includes a stay and a tread base having a front portion pivotally coupled to the stay at a pivot shaft for allowing the tread base to be rotated relative to the stay about the pivot shaft between a horizontal position and an upright position. A handle device has an upper portion pivotally coupled to the stay and has a lower portion pivotally coupled to the tread base. The handle device may be rotated toward the stay for supporting the tread base when tread base is rotated from the upright position toward the horizontal position.