US 12,257,475 B2
Systems and methods for restricting transverse movement of a treadmill belt
Douglas G. Bayerlein, Waukesha, WI (US); Jose D. Bernal-Ramirez, Waukesha, WI (US); Emmanuel Guerrero, Waukesha, WI (US); and Timothy M. Knezic, Waukesha, WI (US)
Assigned to Woodway USA, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US)
Filed by Woodway USA, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/414,257.
Application 18/414,257 is a continuation of application No. 17/701,992, filed on Mar. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,925,832.
Application 17/701,992 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/052191, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/905,060, filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0149106 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 22/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 22/0207 (2015.10) [A63B 22/0235 (2013.01); A63B 22/0285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A treadmill, comprising;
a frame having a front end and a rear end, substantially opposite the front end;
a front shaft assembly coupled to the frame proximate the front end of the frame;
a rear shaft assembly coupled to the frame proximate the rear end of the frame;
a running belt disposed about the front and rear shaft assemblies; and
a bumper coupled to the frame proximate the running belt such that the bumper is disposed between the running belt and the frame, wherein the bumper comprises a partially rounded surface and a substantially flat surface, and wherein in use, the partially rounded surface and the substantially flat surface of the bumper are each configured to selectively directly engage and restrict movement of the running belt towards at least a portion of the frame.