Treadmill

- Woodway USA, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a right perspective view of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The equal length broken lines in the drawings are for the purpose of illustrating portions of the treadmill, which form no part of the claimed design. The unequal length dash dot broken lines in the drawings are boundary lines that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a treadmill, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D930089
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 12, 2019
Date of Patent: Sep 7, 2021
Assignee: Woodway USA, Inc. (Waukesha, WI)
Inventors: Nicholas A. Oblamski (Waukesha, WI), Jose Bernal-Ramirez (Waukesha, WI), Dan Schneider (Waukesha, WI), Kevin Short (La Grange, IL)
Primary Examiner: Cynthia Ramirez
Assistant Examiner: Michael A Maharajh
Application Number: 29/683,351
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Treadmill (D21/669)