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An amphibious foldable treadmill includes: a main frame having at least a wheel rotatably mounted on a base of the main frame to be rolled on a ground floor or on a pool bottom, a tread belt device pivotally secured to the main frame and unfolded from the main frame to be laid on the floor or pool b

An amphibious foldable treadmill includes: a main frame having at least a wheel rotatably mounted on a base of the main frame to be rolled on a ground floor or on a pool bottom, a tread belt device pivotally secured to the main frame and unfolded from the main frame to be laid on the floor or pool bottom for treading operation, and a hand rail device pivotally secured to the main frame and pivotally connected with the tread belt device, whereby upon folding of the hand rail device and the tread belt device to the main frame, the treadmill can be folded for convenient handling, moving, launching in a pool or landing on the ground floor from the pool for successfully serving as an amphibious treadmill.

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We claim: 1. An amphibious foldable treadmill comprising: a main frame having at least a pair of wheels rotatably mounted on a bottom of said main frame to be rolled on a ground surface to allow for treading on any land surface or to be rolled on a pool wall for launching into a pool for underwater

We claim: 1. An amphibious foldable treadmill comprising: a main frame having at least a pair of wheels rotatably mounted on a bottom of said main frame to be rolled on a ground surface to allow for treading on any land surface or to be rolled on a pool wall for launching into a pool for underwater treading; a tread belt device, having an endless belt, pivotally secured to said main frame; and a hand rail device pivotally secured between said main frame and said tread belt device; whereby upon folding of said tread belt device and said hand rail device towards said main frame, a folded treadmill is obtained for easy moving, handling, landing on a ground or launching into water; said hand rail device including: a pair of hand rails respectively pivotally secured to a pair of arm members of a U-shaped handle of said main frame, and a pair of supporting bars with each supporting bar having a lower bar portion pivotally secured to a rear portion of the tread belt device, each said hand rail having an arcuate portion formed on a rear portion of the hand rail to be pivotally connected with a sleeve member, with the sleeve member slidably engaging with each said supporting bar, and each said supporting bar having a locking end portion detachably fastened to a protruding portion of each said hand rail by a locking bolt when assembling the treadmill. 2. A treadmill according to claim 1, where said main frame includes: a pair of columns normally erected in parallel vertically, a base formed on a bottom of said columns having a flat bottom surface of said base stably rested on a ground floor surface or a pool bottom surface, said pair of wheels rotatably mounted on the base, and a handle formed on an upper portion of said columns to be pushed or pulled by a user of the treadmill. 3. A treadmill according to claim 2, where said base is formed as a U-shaped bar to be projectively perpendicular to said column, having the pair of wheels rotatably secured to a pair of leg members protruding forwardly from the base, with each said leg member defining an acute angle between each said leg member and each said column. 4. A treadmill according to claim 2, where said handle is formed as a U-shaped bar member having a pair of arm members protruding rearwardly from the U-shaped bar member to be pivotally secured with the hand rail device. 5. A treadmill according to claim 1, where said tread belt device includes: a plurality of rollers, around which the endless belt is wound, juxtapositionally rotatably secured to a belt frame, a front-end roller and a rear-end roller of said rollers respectively disposed on opposite ends of the belt frame, and having a front portion of the belt frame pivotally secured to a lower portion of each column of a pair of columns of the main frame. 6. A treadmill according to claim 5, where said tread belt device includes at least a pair of impellers secured on opposite end portions of one said roller rotatably mounted on said belt frame.