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US 8,206,801 · App. 12/751,100 · Granted Jun 26, 2012

Buffer board for treadmill

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Patent No.
US 8,206,801
App. No.
12/751,100
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A buffer board for a treadmill includes a bamboo strip portion and an endurable slide plate. The bamboo strip portion is composed of at least one longitudinal bamboo strip and at least one transverse bamboo strip. The longitudinal bamboo strip and the transverse bamboo strip are crosswise knitted to constitute a woven bamboo plate. The woven bamboo plate can be stacked one by one to constitute a stack of woven bamboo plates in a desired thickness for enhancing the strength of the buffer board. The longitudinal bamboo strips connected side by side and the transverse bamboo strips connected side by side are stacked up to constitute a laminated bamboo board. The upper woven bamboo plate or the laminated bamboo board is attached with the endurable slide board. After being applied with a press force, the surface of the endurable slide board is formed with concave-convex massage pattern according to the pattern of the woven bamboo plate or the laminated bamboo board. The buffer board constituted by the woven bamboo plate or the laminated bamboo board or both provides a better buffer effect and a foot massage effect.

Claims (13)

1. A buffer board mounted under a running belt of a treadmill, the buffer board comprising a bamboo strip portion and an endurable slide plate, the bamboo strip portion comprising a plurality of longitudinal bamboo strips and a plurality of transverse bamboo strips, wherein the longitudinal bamboo strips and the transverse bamboo strips are interwoven so as to constitute a woven bamboo plate, the endurable slide plate being attached on the woven bamboo plate.

2. The buffer board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the woven bamboo plate is interwoven by two longitudinal bamboo strips and two transverse bamboo strips.

3. The buffer board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the woven bamboo plate is interwoven by three longitudinal bamboo strips and three transverse bamboo strips.

4. The buffer board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the woven bamboo plate is stacked with at least another woven bamboo plate to constitute a stack of woven bamboo plates.

5. A buffer board mounted under a running belt of a treadmill, the buffer board comprising a bamboo strip portion and an endurable slide plate, the bamboo strip portion comprising a plurality of longitudinal bamboo strips which are connected side by side and a plurality of transverse bamboo strips which are connected side by side, the longitudinal bamboo strips and the transverse bamboo strips being stacked to constitute a laminated bamboo board, the endurable slide plate being attached on the laminated bamboo board.

6. The buffer board as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the laminated bamboo board is stacked with at least another laminated bamboo board to constitute a composite laminated bamboo board.

7. A buffer board mounted under a running belt of a treadmill, the buffer board comprising:

a woven bamboo plate comprising a plurality of longitudinal bamboo strips and a plurality of transverse bamboo strips, wherein the longitudinal bamboo strips and the transverse bamboo strips are interwoven;

a laminated bamboo board comprising a plurality of longitudinal bamboo strips which are connected side by side and a plurality of transverse bamboo strips which are connected side by side, the laminated bamboo board being attached to the woven bamboo plate; and

an endurable slide board attached on the woven bamboo plate.

8. The buffer board as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the woven bamboo plate is interwoven by two longitudinal bamboo strips and two transverse bamboo strips.

9. The buffer board as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the woven bamboo plate is interwoven by three longitudinal bamboo strips and three transverse bamboo strips.

10. The buffer board as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the laminated bamboo board is stacked with at least another laminated bamboo board to constitute a composite laminated bamboo board.

Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 12614081 · Nov 6, 2009
Related Publication 20110111166A1 · May 12, 2011