U.S. patent application number 10/622546 was filed with the patent office on 2004-01-29 for backward treaded pedal-operated exercise bicycle with duel functions of outdoor and indoor exercising.
Invention is credited to Chen, Jui-Kuang.
Application Number | 20040018919 10/622546 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 30771486 |
Filed Date | 2004-01-29 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040018919 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chen, Jui-Kuang |
January 29, 2004 |
Backward treaded pedal-operated exercise bicycle with duel
functions of outdoor and indoor exercising
Abstract
A duel functional pedal-operated exercise bicycle comprises: a
front wheel, a rear wheel mounted to a rear end of a frame, a pair
of reciprocating pedals disposed to two sides of the frame, a crank
means disposed to a middle portion of the frame characteristically
rotated in a backward direction, a chain system, and a pair of
rotating direction transmitting gears, and further comprising a
rear wheel lifting stand to use for an indoor exercising
therefore.
Inventors: |
Chen, Jui-Kuang; (Jhunan
Township, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE
3458 ELLICOTT CENTER DRIVE-SUITE 101
ELLICOTT CITY
MD
21043
US
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Family ID: |
30771486 |
Appl. No.: |
10/622546 |
Filed: |
July 21, 2003 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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10622546 |
Jul 21, 2003 |
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09863304 |
May 24, 2001 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
482/57 ;
482/61 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 22/20 20130101;
B62M 1/26 20130101; B62K 3/002 20130101; A63B 22/0056 20130101;
A63B 2069/165 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/57 ;
482/61 |
International
Class: |
A63B 022/06; A63B
069/16 |
Claims
1. A pedal-operated exercise bicycle comprises: a front wheel; a
rear wheel mount on a rear end of a rear frame; a pair of
reciprocating pedals disposed at two sides if said frame; a crank
means including a crank shaft and two opposite crank each having
horizontal driven roller at an end edge thereof; a driving system
comprising a pair of rotating direction transmitting gears and a
chain system.
2. A pedal-operated exercise bicycle according to claim 1, wherein
each of said pedal has a sliding slot there under for inserting
said horizontal driven roller of said crank and be able sliding
therein, and a vertical foot-slipping protect flange upwardly
disposed at an inner side edge thereof.
3. A pedal-operated exercise bicycle according to claim 1, wherein
said crank are droved by the reciprocate movement of said pedals
characteristically rotated in a backward direction reversed to a
conventional bicycle.
4. A pedal-operated exercise bicycle according to claim 1, wherein
said chain system comprises a chain gear mounted in a chain gear
shaft in said rear frame behind said crank shaft, and a free gear
mounted in a shaft of said rear wheel.
5. A pedal-operated exercise bicycle according to claim 1, wherein
a pair of said rotating direction transmitting gears comprises a
driving gear mounted on said crank shaft and a driven gear mounted
on said chain gear shaft and matched therefore.
6. A pedal-operated exercise bicycle further comprises a rear wheel
lifting stand used for an indoor exercising comprising: a base rack
composed of a main lateral member having two longitudinal members
disposed at two opposite ends of said lateral member, and a center
member extended backwardly from a center portion of said lateral
member; a pair of rear wheel shaft holding column standed at two
opposite sides of said lateral member to support two opposite ends
of said rear wheel shaft rigidly for lifting said rear wheel to
leave the ground in a small space; a friction providing device
disposed to said center member thereon.
7. A pedal-operated exercise bicycle according to claim 6, wherein
said rear wheel shaft holding columns comprises a right side column
and a left side column which said right side column consists of a
sleeve tube for inserting a right end of said rear wheel shaft
having a half-cut mouth for easy receiving said shaft end
thereinto, while said left side column consists of a lever-pushed
sleeve tube to force both end of said rear wheel shaft respectively
in to two opposite sleeve tubes therefore.
8. A pedal-operated exercise bicycle according to claim 6, wherein
said friction providing device disposed to said center member of
said base rack comprises a seesaw-typed lever having a support
center at a middle, a friction wheel at a front edge be able to
contact with said rear wheel by adjusting a position retaining bolt
at a rear end of said seesaw-typed lever.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a duel functional
pedal-operated exercise bicycle especially relates to a
backward-tread pedal-operated bicycle having a crank means rotated
in backward direction reversed to a conventional bicycle, in which
a reaction force of a backward treading will push the rider tilted
forwardly in a running manner with his (her) gravity center to a
front portion of the bicycle so as to increase the stability in a
rapid changing of riding direction with less centrifugal force, and
further having a rear wheel lifting stand attachablly for an indoor
exercising.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Various pedal-operated vehicles have been patented over the
years, most of them are mainly related to the tri-wheel vehicles
only few of them are related to the exercise bicycles. However such
bicycles have all had one or more drawbacks, for example: U.S. Pat.
No. 1,977,035 of W. R. Benjamin discloses mainly a pedal-operated
tri-wheel vehicle as shown from FIG. 1 to FIG. 8 in the patented
document, but FIG. 9 and 10 discloses an additional embodiment of a
pedal-operated bicycle having a chain wheel 69 mounted on a crank
axis 59 directly rotated by the cranks in a forward pivot there
will be a drawback that the tread force should be started at an
instant when a crank roller 60 is rotated forwardly just passing
over a top dead point of the rotating cycle. As shown in FIG. 1, a
tread force F initiated at an instant while a crank roller just
passing over a top dead point T, the direction of tread force F is
forwardly tilted down, therefore a reacting force R in a reversed
direction will naturally to push the gravity center of the rider
tend to a backward position far from the front wheel, in which a
larger centrifugal force will be occurred during a rapid change of
riding direction in a high speed running, which may caused an
accidental toppled over of the vehicle. In compare with FIG. 2, it
shows an embodiment of the present invention which
characteristically having a pair of transmitting gears 52 and 54
for providing a backward rotation of the crank means 30 for to
change the direction of the tread force F into a tilted down
backwardly. therefore a reacting force R' of the reversed direction
then will push the rider forwardly with his (her) gravity center in
a front position chose to the front wheel for high safety
therefore.
[0003] Another prior art of U.S. Pat. No. 6,179,918 of Byron C.
Coleman, the prior art discloses a pedal-operated vehicle as shown
in FIG. 2 of the document compressing a pair of pedal board
respectively to drive a rope-pulled chain system 58 and 64 to
instead the using of a crank and transmition gears however there
are drawbacks that firstly the operating mechanism is too complex,
secondary a wide lateral space is needed, and further it is too
heavy with a complex mechanism and such a thick rear wheel as
shown, and will coast too much for an exercise bicycle.
[0004] Further more, all the prior arts can not be used for an
indoor exercise.
[0005] It is, therefore, a main abject of the present invention is
to provide a pedal-operated exercise bicycle characteristically in
using a backward tread force for high safety.
[0006] Another main object is to provide a pedal-operated exercise
bicycle, which can be used for an indoor exercise as well as an
outdoor exercise.
[0007] Still another object is to provide a pedal-operated exercise
bicycle, which is light and low coast.
INTRODUCTION OF DRAWINGS
[0008] FIG. 1 showing a prior art, which a crank means is rotated
forwardly to drive a chain system directly.
[0009] FIG. 2 showing an embodiment according to the present
invention, which the crank means is rotated backwardly to drive the
chain system indirectly through a pair of transition gears.
[0010] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a preferable embodiment of
the present invention.
[0011] FIG. 4 is a partial explosive view of FIG. 3.
[0012] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a rear wheel-lifting stand
used for an indoor exercise according to the present invention.
[0013] FIG. 6 is a perspective view to show the rear wheel-lifting
stand is used to the exercise bicycle for an indoor exercising.
[0014] FIG. 7 is an embodiment, which has a group of reduction
chain wheels mounted at a rear portion of the chain system.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION TO THE DRAWINGS
[0015] Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a preferable embodiment of
the present invention showing a pedal-operated exercising bicycle
10 comprises:
[0016] a front wheel 12;
[0017] a rear wheel 14 mounted on a rear wheel shaft 16 at a rear
end of a frame 18;
[0018] a pedal means 20 including a pair of pedal board 24 mounted
on a padded shaft 22 at a front end of the frame 18, a vertical
flange 26 upwardly raised from an inner side of each pedal board 24
respectively to protect to foot from an accidental slipping, and a
slide slot 28 disposed under the pedal board 24;
[0019] a crank means 30 having a crank shaft 32 disposed on the
frame 18, and two opposite cranks 34 each having a lateral roller
36 at an tip end thereof respectively inserted into a corresponding
slide slot 28 of the pedals 24 to slide reciprocally therein, in
which the cranks 34 rotated backwardly around the crank shaft 32 by
a backward treading force of the feet of the rider so as to push
the rider in a manner of running with his (her) gravity center G to
a front portion of the bicycle (as shown in FIG. 2) for providing a
high safety therefore;
[0020] a chain system 40 including: a chain wheel shaft 42 disposed
on the rear wheel shaft 16, a chain wheel 44 mounted on the shaft
42, a free wheel 46 mounted on the rear wheel shaft 16 drove by a
chain 48 for running the rear wheel 14 forwardly therefore;
[0021] a pair of matched transmitting gears including a driving
gear 52 mounted on the crank shaft 32 and a driven gear 54 mounted
on the chain wheel shaft 42 for transmitting a backward rotation of
the chain system 40 so as to provide a forward rotation of the rear
wheel therefore.
[0022] Referring to FIG. 5, which showed a rear wheel lifting stand
60 to support the rear wheel 14 fixedly thereon for an indoor
exercise comprising:
[0023] a base rack including a main lateral member 62 and two
longitudinal members 64 disposed at two opposite ends of the
lateral member 62 respectively, and a center member 66 extended
backwardly from a center portion of the lateral member 62
[0024] two rectangular columns 68 standed vertically from two
opposite side of the lateral member 62 for holding two extended
ends of the rear wheel shaft 16 which on a top of a right side
column 68, a sleeve tube 72 with a half-cut mouth 74 is disposed
thereon for receiving the right side end of the rear wheel shaft 16
and pushed thereinto, while on a top of a left side column 68
having sleeve tube 76 with a push lever 78 be able to push the
sleeve tube 76 sliding to sleeve the left end of the rear wheel
shaft 16 therein;
[0025] a seesaw-typed friction device 80 disposed on the center
member 66 including a supporting axis 82 at a center, a friction
wheel 86 at a front end of seesaw-typed lever 84 be able in contact
to the rear wheel 14 with an adjustable friction controlled by a
position retaining bolt 88 at a rear end of the lever 84.
[0026] FIG. 6 is a perspective view to show the present invention
is in an indoor exercise with the rear wheel had been lifted by the
rear wheel-lifting stand.
[0027] FIG. 7 shows an embodiment, which has a group of reduction
chain gears 90 mount to a rear portion of the chain system 30 used
for speed reducing while the bicycle is climbing up to a high ratio
slop.
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