US Patent Issued to Woodway USA on March 25 for "Systems and methods for restricting transverse movement of a treadmill belt" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,475, issued on March 25, was assigned to Woodway USA Inc. (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for restricting transverse movement of a treadmill belt" was invented by Douglas G. Bayerlein (Waukesha, Wis.), Jose D. Bernal-Ramirez (Waukesha, Wis.), Emmanuel Guerrero (Waukesha, Wis.) and Timothy M. Knezic (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treadmill includes a frame having a front end and a rear end, substantially opposite the front end; a front shaft assembly coupled to the frame proximate the front end of the frame; a rear shaft assembly coupled to the frame proximate the rear end of the frame; a running belt dispose...