| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 074594700 | Adjustable or folding | 8 |
| 20080229876 | Foldable Pedal that is Folded Easily and Quickly - A foldable pedal includes an inner pedal body, an outer pedal body provided with a receiving chamber and a receiving channel, a biasing mechanism including a resting bar and a compression spring, and a stop member movably mounted in the receiving channel and provided with a through hole that is movable to align with the receiving chamber to allow passage of the resting bar. Thus, the outer pedal body is locked on the inner pedal body by an interlocking action of the resting bar and the stop member, so that the compression spring biased between the outer pedal body and the resting bar needs not to have a higher strength, and a user only needs to apply a little force to compress the compression spring so as to fold the foldable pedal easily and conveniently. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090211395 | Adjustable pedal system for exercise bike - An adjustable pedal system for changing the position of pedals along the crank arms of an exercise bike. The system provides a locking member, such as a rack, located along the crank arm and a locking member, such as one or more gear teeth formed on a slide sleeve to which the pedal is affixed. Thus the slide sleeve and pedal can be slid along the crank arm to the desired position whereupon the locking members intermesh to positively lock the pedal in the desired location. The intermeshing is maintained by a clamping device, such as a thumb screw that is tightened to lock the pedals in the desired location and loosened to disengage the locking members to allow the movement of the pedals to another location. The system can be operated without the need for tools and can be retrofitted to existing exercise bikes. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100192722 | ARTICULABLE CRANKSET FOR CONVERTING A PEDAL-POWERED VEHICLE INTO A PUSH-POWERED VEHICLE - The teachings provided herein relate to an articulable crankset for converting a pedal-powered vehicle into a push-powered vehicle having the articulable crankset in a retracted position to provide at least less of an obstruction to a user's legs during use of the push-powered vehicle than a non-retractable crankset. The vehicle can be a bicycle, and the articulable crankset can be a component of a production bicycle or a component of a conversion kit that will convert a bicycle from a pedal-powered bicycle to a convertible bicycle that can also function as a push-powered bicycle. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20120234132 | CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONOUS FOLDING PEDALS FOR BICYCLE - A controlling device for synchronous folding pedals for bicycle includes bicycle pedal folding assembly. The assembly includes pedal base configured for pivotal connection with pedal cranks of the bicycle, braking ring and folding transmission subassembly. A foldable pedal is rotatably attached to the pedal base, and the pedal base has the first t axial line, the foldable pedal has the second axial line. The foldable pedal has a working position and a folded position along its rotating track. The braking ring is configured to reciprocate along the first axial line, and the braking ring drives the foldable pedal by the transmission subassembly shifting from the working position to the folded position. When folding pedals, only driving the braking ring can fulfill folding process of the foldable pedal, which operation is simplified and during the course of folding pedals, it is not necessary to touch the foldable pedals by hand. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130061715 | PEDAL OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT - A pedal for exercise equipment concentrates foot effort applied for driving and realizes stable stepping of pedal bodies with soles. The pedal includes a pedal body and a connection shaft connected to a crank rod of pedal exercise equipment. A pair of first and second inclination control plates are respectively mounted at the front and rear surfaces of the pedal body, and hinge-connected to the pedal body at the crank rod connection side thereof. A pair of fixing screws fix the second and first inclination control plates to the pedal body, wherein the positioning angle of the sole is set to be larger than 0° for effective driving power transmission to the crank rod, and deviation of the sole from the pedal body is prevented under the free control of the sole positioning angle according to the body type of a user. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20150033908 | FOLDABLE BICYCLE CRANK - A foldable bicycle crank includes a crank having outer and inner ends, a central shaft passing through two axial holes of the inner end and an axial hole of the outer end, a crank head rotatable around the central shaft by a limited angle, and a slider. A piercing hole is on one side of a flank mortise between the two vertical axial holes. A tenon is formed on a recess at the inner end. A pedal hole and a vertical axial hole are on the crank head, and a tenon is on a recess on the crank head. At least one mortise and a protrusion are formed on the slider. An elastic member is placed into a room on a top portion of the protrusion which can be positioned into or can pass through the piercing hole. A press button in the room pushes against the elastic member. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150297943 | ADJUSTABLE PEDAL ASSEMBLY FOR FITNESS MACHINE - An adjustable pedal assembly for use in a fitness machine is disclosed to include a pedal holder frame including two lateral plates, two guide axles connected in parallel between the lateral plates and a mounting unit for mounting on the fitness machine, two pedals slidably supported on the guide axles of the pedal holder frame, and an adjustment device including an actuation member inserted through and connected with the pedals and rotatable to move the pedals relative to each other, and a rotary adjustment knob fastened to one end of the actuation member and operable to rotate the actuation member in adjusting the transverse distance between the two pedals. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160016636 | FOLDING PEDAL MOUNT - An apparatus includes a mount supporting a pedal and rotatably engaging a crank arm, a resilient member fixed to the mount, and a bracket fixed to the resilient member. The bracket selectively mechanically locks the mount in first and second positions relative to the crank arm. The first position of the mount locates the pedal in an operating position away from the crank arm, and the second position of the mount locates the pedal in a storage position along the crank arm. | 01-21-2016 |
