Patent ID: 7682291
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: A63B,A63G

Abstract:
1. A moving belt apparatus for allowing a user to walk or run in any arbitrary direction comprising: a frame, a belt assembly mounted on the frame, said belt assembly having a user active surface, wherein said belt assembly is composed of a flattened toroid shape, a plurality of motorized rollers that rotate the toroid-shaped belt around major and minor axes, whereby the combined movement of the rotation of the belt around the major and minor axes results in omni-directional movement of the user active surface of the belt, wherein the belt assembly has flexible internal rods along the sides of the belt assembly, wherein the rollers further comprise X-direction rollers mounted on the sides of the belt assembly, wherein the X-direction rollers trap the internal flexible rods along the edges of the belt assembly for lateral stability of the belt assembly and to rotate the belt assembly across the flexible rods in the X-direction.