US 11,883,729 B2
Devices and system for protecting users from a treadmill conveyor
Alessandro Del Monaco, Rimini (IT); Luca Bandini, Forli (IT); Ivan Lisi, Rimini (IT); Bernini Giulio, Longiano (IT); Dervis Pazzini, Rimini (IT); and Massimiliano Casoni, Cesena (IT)
Assigned to Technogym S.p.A., Forlì-Cesena (IT)
Filed by Technogym S.p.A., Cesena (IT)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,903.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,764, filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362652 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 71/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/02 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/0054 (2013.01) [A63B 22/0235 (2013.01); A63B 24/0087 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0093 (2013.01); A63B 2071/009 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0081 (2013.01); A63B 2220/13 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A treadmill, comprising:
a conveyor supported on a frame, the conveyor having an open end;
a protective cover that is installed on the open end of the conveyor of the treadmill to cover the open end and provide protection from an object entering an entrapping area; and
a sensor associated with the protective cover, the sensor detecting when the object is within the entrapping area between the protective cover and the conveyor of the treadmill.