Angela M Martin

US Patent:

6776740, Aug 17, 2004

Filed:

Aug 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/651247

Inventors:

Timothy T. Anderson - Antioch IL
Shawn Barrett - Grayslake IL
Christopher E. Clawson - Palatine IL
Thomas B. Cray - Chicago IL
Juliette Cherly Daly - Chicago IL
Peter Haugen - Edon Prarie MN
Edward Honda - Chicago IL
John Jung Hsing - Glendale Heights IL
Edward Minnich - Grayslake IL
Angela Martin - Chicago IL
Paul D. Osenkarski - Westmont IL
Jeffrey J. Partynski - Lockport IL
Timothy J. Porth - Bloomington MN
Daniel R. Wille - St. Louis Park MN
Chungkin Yee - Kenosha WI
Gary E. Oglesby - Manhattan IL

Assignee:

Brunswick Corporation - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

A63B 2200

US Classification:

482 54, 482 51

Abstract:

An exercise treadmill is disclosed which includes various features to enhance user operation and to reduce maintenance costs. These features include handlebars with an upwardly curved center section and outwardly flared side portions along with pivoting rear legs for the treadmill frame. The control panel features include snap-in user trays and an overlay covering the numerical key pad along with an auxiliary control panel having a subset of user controls that are larger and more easy to use than the same controls on the main control panel. Maintenance enhancing features include the provision for access panels in the treadmill housing and a belt lubrication system that uses a priming pulse to clear the wax spraying nozzle. For injection molded parts such as the control panel, structural strength is enhanced by utilizing gas-assist injection molding to form structural ribs. Another feature includes pre-glazing the treadmill belt.

US Patent:

57226415, Mar 3, 1998

Filed:

Nov 30, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/564866

Inventors:

Angela Martin - Las Vegas NV
Robert Richardson - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

B66F 324

US Classification:

254423

Abstract:

A vehicle mounted tire changing system is provided of the type having a hydraulic jack system connected to a vehicle for lifting a portion of the vehicle relative to the supporting terrain and a pneumatic system carried by the vehicle for connecting air operated tools. The vehicle mounted tire changing system comprises: a plurality of hydraulic jacks mounted to a vehicle in a substantially vertical orientation relative to the supporting terrain; a hydraulic power unit coupled in communication with the hydraulic jacks for providing a hydraulic fluid under pressure to actuate the hydraulic jacks; a hydraulic manifold having valve assemblies coupled in fluid communication between the jacks and the hydraulic power means; a control unit for selectively activating the valve assemblies; an air compressor electrically connected to a battery via a switch for selectively operating the air compressor; a pair of air hoses each having a first end in fluid communication with the air compressor and a second end carrying an air tool connector for operably connecting air operated tools thereto, the connectors are connected to opposite sides of the vehicle. The hydraulic jack having an outer cylinder for mounting to the vehicle, an inner rod having a distal end, the inner rod operable to be hydraulically extended from and retracted into the outer cylinder and a base connected to the distal end of the inner rod.