Patent ID: 7357758

Claim:
A treadmill comprising: (a) a frame; (b) a movable treadmill belt carried by a deck that is supported by the frame; (c) a swing cage pivotally attached to the frame that extends outwardly from the frame and that is extendable forwardly of the frame, spacing the frame and treadmill belt above a floor during treadmill operation, wherein the swing cage is configured to be pivotally movable relative to the deck and a user support surface of the treadmill belt to change a tilt of the deck relative to the floor between one position where the swing cage forms an obtuse angle with the frame and another position where the swing cage forms an acute angle with the frame enabling the frame to be stood uprightly on the swing cage; (d) a treadmill belt drive carried by the swing cage enabling movement of the treadmill belt with the treadmill belt drive spaced from the treadmill belt providing a walk-through treadmill arrangement wherein a top surface of the treadmill belt is unobstructed along a longitudinal direction from a front of the treadmill belt to a rear of the treadmill belt; and (e) a swing cage drive in operable cooperation with the swing cage enabling pivotable movement of the swing cage.