Patent 7736280 was granted and assigned to Nautilus, Inc. on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a locking mechanism for use with exercise treadmills capable of being selectively configured in an operating configuration or a storage configuration. The locking mechanism may utilize various configurations of engagement devices and/or locking members to allow a user to selectively lock a treadmill frame in a fixed position relative to a base frame.