Patents Assigned to Spirit Manufacturing, Inc.
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Patent number: 6241638Abstract: A fold-up treadmill apparatus for in-place walking, jogging, and running exercise is provided. The treadmill apparatus includes a base assembly and a treadmill assembly. The treadmill assembly has a forward end and a rearward end. According to the presently most preferred embodiment, the forward portion of the treadmill assembly is pivotally mounted to the base assembly and the rearward end is free. The treadmill assembly includes a means for raising and lowering the forward end of the treadmill assembly, whereby the incline of the treadmill assembly can be adjusted between about zero degrees to the horizontal and about fifteen degrees to the horizontal when the rearward end of the treadmill assembly is supported on a floor.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1998Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Spirit Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: C. Rodger Hurt
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Patent number: 6110076Abstract: A fold-up treadmill apparatus for in-place walking, jogging, and running exercise is provided. The treadmill apparatus includes a base assembly and a treadmill assembly. The treadmill assembly has a forward end and a rearward end. According to the presently most preferred embodiment, the forward portion of the treadmill assembly is pivotally mounted to the base assembly and the rearward end is free. The treadmill assembly includes a means for raising and lowering the forward end of the treadmill assembly, whereby the incline of the treadmill assembly can be adjusted between about zero degrees to the horizontal and about fifteen degrees to the horizontal when the rearward end of the treadmill assembly is supported on a floor.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1998Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Spirit Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: C. Rodger Hurt
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Patent number: 5921893Abstract: A fold-up treadmill apparatus for in-place walking, jogging, and running exercise is provided. The treadmill apparatus includes a base assembly and a treadmill assembly. The treadmill assembly has a forward end and a rearward end. According to the presently most preferred embodiment, the forward portion of the treadmill assembly is pivotally mounted to the base assembly and the rearward end is free. The treadmill assembly includes a means for raising and lowering the forward end of the treadmill assembly, whereby the incline of the treadmill assembly can be adjusted between about zero degrees to the horizontal and about fifteen degrees to the horizontal when the rearward end of the treadmill assembly is supported on a floor.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1998Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Spirit Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: C. Rodger Hurt
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Patent number: 5833577Abstract: A fold-up treadmill apparatus for in-place walking, jogging, and running exercise is provided. The treadmill apparatus includes a base assembly and a treadmill assembly. The treadmill assembly has a forward end and a rearward end. According to the presently most preferred embodiment, the forward portion of the treadmill assembly is pivotally mounted to the base assembly and the rearward end is free. The treadmill assembly includes a means for raising and lowering the forward end of the treadmill assembly, whereby the incline of the treadmill assembly can be adjusted between about zero degrees to the horizontal and about fifteen degrees to the horizontal when the rearward end of the treadmill assembly is supported on a floor.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Spirit Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: C. Rodger Hurt
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Patent number: 5078390Abstract: An exercising device having a stationary frame and a pair of foot supporting beams pivotally secured to the stationary frame. A crank assembly is pivotally secured about a transverse axis to a post on the stationary frame above a pivot pin securing foot engaging beams to the post such that connecting rods secured between spaced-apart cranks and the beams cause the beams to move oppositely in unison as the weight of a user is alternately applied to the unsupported ends of the beams.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1989Date of Patent: January 7, 1992Assignee: Spirit Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Charles R. Hurt
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Patent number: D319275Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1989Date of Patent: August 20, 1991Assignee: Spirit Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Charles R. Hurt