US Patent Issued to Peloton Interactive on Oct. 20 for "Rear guard for a treadmill" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,360, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Peloton Interactive Inc. (New York).

"Rear guard for a treadmill" was invented by Matthew Baker (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treadmill or other exercise machine having a comb guard is described. For example, an assembly having a comb guard (e.g., an interlaced comb guard) may be disposed at a rear area of a treadmill. The comb guard may deflect objects or debris away from a gap between a moving surface of the treadmill and a rear guard or housing, and thus displace or move objects away from the moving surface of the treadmill."

The patent was filed on June 2, 2023, under Applicat...