Appeal No. 2006-0790
Reexamination Control No. 90/005,117
front, a rear, a left side, a right side and an
endless belt positioned between said left side and
said right side, said frame being connected to said
support structure to be movable between a first
5 position in which said endless belt is positioned for
operation by a user positioned thereon and a second
position in which said rear of said frame is
positioned toward said support structure;
handle means associated with said support
10 structure positioned for grasping by a user for moving
said support structure with said tread base in said
second position between a use position in which said
support structure has said base positioned on said
support surface for stably positioning said support
15 structure on a support surface and a moving position
in which said support structure is rotatably displaced
from said use position;
roller means adapted to said base for engagement
with said support surface when said support structure
20 is reoriented to said moving position for movement of
said support structure by the user on said support
surface;
means for stably retaining said tread base in
said second position relative to said upright
25 structure with said tread base in said second
position; and
wherein said treadmill is configured to have a
center of gravity positioned relative to said roller
means and said handle means to facilitate rotation of
30 said treadmill about said wheel means upon application
of a rotational force by the user to said handle
means.
Unlike claim 1, claim 13 does not include the limitations
35 with respect to the “gas spring” component. (FF29.) Instead,
claim 13 recites (FF30) that “said treadmill is configured to
have a center of gravity positioned relative to said roller
means and said handle means to facilitate rotation of said
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