Patent ID: 8668628

Claim:
An electric treadmill with a folding mechanism by use of two types of swivel pieces, the treadmill having a continuous moving belt positioned around a base frame and driven by an electric motor, a handrail frame being mounted at both sides of the front end of the base frame, a bottom of the front end of the base frame being provided with a front support frame driven by a lifting motor, several ground-touching elements being fitted to the bottom of a rear side of the base frame, wherein base frame swivel pieces are pivotally positioned at the both sides of the front end of the base frame near a front part of the bottom of the base frame, respectively; wherein handrail frame swivel pieces are pivotally disposed near both sides of the bottom of the handrail frames, respectively; wherein a pull rod is pivotally interposed between each base frame swivel piece and each respective handrail frame swivel piece on each side of the base frame and handrail frame; wherein a movable support with ground-touching rollers is pivotally coupled to a cross shaft of the base frame swivel pieces; and wherein the movable support is constantly biased by a single telescopic supporting element directly attached to the moveable support.