COMBINATION SWIMMING, WALKING, RUNNING, MASSAGE, THERAPEUTIC, AND RECREATIONAL DEVICE

A combination single unit hydrotherapy and exercise device are disclosed, for allowing aquatic exercise, massage, therapy and recreation, including any one of swimming, walking or running in place; comprised of a single seamless plastic enclosure (3) having two ends and bottom therebetween an open top opposite the bottom, said top defining an outer perimeter sufficiently long, and wide to allow a swimmer to swim in place; having steps (9, 11) at one end as part of the single seamless enclosure (3) to allow access from the top to the bottom where the bottom is sufficiently deep to allow an adult to stand in water at chest high, a shaft receiving hole (27) near the bottom of the enclosure; control buttons (29); safety stop button means (29) at the top of the enclosure; a treadmill, (35) having a frame; a treadmill belt moved by a rotationally moving roller and shaft; said shaft extending from the treadmill to exit the wall of the enclosure through the shaft hole (27) for connecting to exterior rotational motor means (19); said treadmill (35) having a variable speed responsive to the control buttons, sealing means to seal the shaft exit hole about the shaft; swim jets at the front end of the enclosure, and having means for providing sufficiently powerful water flow from the front to the back of the enclosure so as to provide sufficient resistance to allow swimming in place; and a treadmill receiving cavity at the bottom having a depth approximately the height of the treadmill and defining from an area on at least three sides of the cavity to constitute a safety step off area. L'invention porte sur une combinaison en une seule unité d'appareils d'hydrothérapie et d'exercice permettant des exercices aquatiques, de massage thérapeutique et récréatifs y compris la natation, la marche ou la course sur place. Ladite unité comprend: une enceinte unique de plastique sans soudure présentant deux extrémités, un fond les reliant, un sommet ouvert délimitant un périmètre extérieur suffisamment étendu pour permettre à un nageur de nager sur place et des marches permettant de passer du sommet au fond, la profondeur étant suffisante pour que l'eau arrive à hauteur de la poitrine d'un adulte debout; un orifice (27) proche du fond, des boutons (29) de commande; un bouton (29) d'arrêt d'urgence; un tapis roulant (35) à vitesse variable commandé par les boutons (29), le châssis du tapis roulant; la bande du tapis roulant entraînée par un rouleau tournant et un arbre traversant