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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Forhouse Corporation, Taichung Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An inclination mechanism for a treadmill having a tread assembly and a front base assembly has a lever arm, a chassis, an actuating assembly, The lever arm has a cross member with a center and two coupling arms pivotally attached to the front of the tread frame. Each coupling arm is pivotally attached to a post of the base frame. The chassis is pivotally attached to a cross bar of the base frame. The actuating assembly has a drive rod and is mounted on the chassis. The drive rod is pivotally attached to the cross member of the lever arm, such that extending or retracting the drive rod causes the lever arm to raise or lower the coupling ends of the coupling arms to increase or decrease the inclination of the tread assembly.