Patent ID: 7101319
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A treadmill having a drive assembly; the drive assembly having a front and a rear, the drive assembly comprised of: a spaced apart pair of vertical stanchions attached to the opposite ends of the block; a platform perpendicularly affixed to a bottom of each stanchion; a skid attached proximal to the rear of the drive assembly; a bottom of the skid equipped with a slideable material for sliding across surfaces; a housing affixed atop the stanchions; a CPU disposed within the housing, the CPU in communication with the drive motor; a control panel affixed to the housing, the control panel in communication with the CPU, the control panel comprising: three speed detection sensors disposed below the belt upper surface, the detection sensors comprised of: whereby the speed of the belt is smoothly transitioned to regulate the user's position toward the midpoint of the belt upper surface.