Patent ID: 6884201

Claim:
A lifting device for a platform of a treadmill comprising: a telescope shaft having a front end adapted to be pivotally connected to a front portion of the platform and a second end opposite the first end telescope shaft, a power source laterally mounted to the telescope shaft for reciprocally telescopically driving the telescope shaft; two first linkages adapted to be respectively pivotally connected to two opposite sides of a base member and two opposite sides of the platform, each first linkage having a first end pivotally connected to a corresponding one of the two opposite sides of the base member and a second end pivotally connected to a corresponding one of the two opposite sides of the platform, a first connecting rod having two opposite end each securely connected to a corresponding one of the two first linkages; and two second linkages adapted to be pivotally connected to the two opposite sides of the base member and the two opposite sides of the platform, the two second linkages mounted behind the two first linkages relative to the treadmill, each second linkage including a first end having a roller rotatably mounted to the first end of each of the two second linkages and a second end pivotally connected to a corresponding one of the two opposite sides of the platform, a second connecting rod having two opposite ends each securely connected to a corresponding one of the two second linkages, a pivot seat extending from the second connecting rod and the second end of the telescope shaft pivotally mounted to the pivot seat; whereby the pivotal point between the first linkages and the base member is used as fulcrum when the user lifting a rear portion of the platform.