US 10,569,830 B2Granted

Pedal with locking and unlocking mechanism

AssigneeVectus Sport

InventorsGregory William Davis, Robert Edward Glaspie

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Abstract

Embodiments relate to a pedal system having a pedal coupled to a main drive shaft having a locked mode where the pedal does not rotate relative to the main drive shaft and a released mode where the pedal can rotate relative to the main drive shaft. In the locked mode, rotation of the pedal relative to the main drive shaft is prevented by a plunger that engages the main drive shaft. In the released mode, rotation of the pedal relative to the main drive shaft is enabled by having the plunger disengage from the main drive shaft. The pedal system is switchable between the locked and released modes. When a user's foot or footwear is engaging the pedal, the pedal is placed in the released mode, and when the user's foot or footwear is disengaged from the pedal, the pedal is placed in the locked mode.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A pedal system, the system comprising:

a pedal having a top surface configured to come in contact with a sole of footwear;
a main drive shaft secured to the pedal in a rotatable manner, the main drive shaft configured to adjoin to a body of a sport equipment;
a trigger coupled to the pedal to rotate between a locked mode and a released mode, at least part of the trigger protruding above the top surface in the locked mode and the at least part of the trigger pushed towards the top surface in the released mode;
and
a plunger system operably coupled to the trigger and configured to engage the main drive shaft to prevent rotation of the pedal relative to the main drive shaft in the locked mode and to disengage the main drive shaft to enable the pedal to rotate relative to the main drive shaft in the released mode,
wherein the main drive shaft comprises an active region along at least part of a length of the main drive shaft, the active region configured to interact with a first region of the plunger system in the locked mode and configured to interact with a second region of the plunger system in the released mode.

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