Physical conditioning treadmill apparatus

Claim 1

A TRAINING AND CONDITIONING APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED ROLLERS, EACH OF SAID ROLLERS HAVING A SHAFT PROJECTING FROM EACH END THEREOF; (B) A FRAME; (C) A FIRST AND SECOND PAIR OF BEARINGS MOUNTED TO SAID FRAME, THE SHAFT OF EACH ROLLER BEING JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION IN A RESPECTIVE PAIR OF SAID BEARINGS; (D) TWO UPRIGHT SPACED APART MEMBERS CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME; (E) TWO VERTICALLY SPACED APART HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED MEMBERS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID UPRIGHT MEMBERS; (F) TWO UPRIGHT BODY ARRESTING MEMBERS; (G) MEANS RELEASABLY CONNECTING EACH SAID BODY ARRESTING MEMBERS TO BOTH SAID HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED MEMBERS WHEREBY THE POSITION OF SAID BODY ARRESTING MEMBERS ALONG SAID HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED MEMBERS CAN BE CHANGED; (H) CONTINUOUS BELT MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROLLERS WHEREBY A PERSON PUSHING AGAINST SAID BODY ARRESTING MEMBERS WHERE SUPPORTED ON SAID BELT MEANS WILL PRODUCE MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTINUOUS BELT MEANS; AND (I) VARIABLE BRAKING MEANS FOR RETARDING ROTATION OF ONE OF SAID ROLLERS TO THEREBY CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF FORCE NECESSARY TO PRODUCE MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTINUOUS BELT MEANS.