Zero turn vehicle
OwnerDylan Weitz, Ashraf Elghandour +1inventors
InventorsDylan Weitz, Ashraf Elghandour, Gabriel Elghandour
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Abstract
A vehicle propellable by a human comprising a front assembly having a front wheel and a pair of hand pedals connect thereto; a rear assembly having a first rear wheel and a second rear wheel rotatably connected thereto; a chest rest located between the front assembly and the rear assembly, the chest rest configured to support the chest of a rider lying forward on the vehicle; and a first foot support structure operatively coupled to rotate the first rear wheel, and a second foot support operatively coupled to rotate the second rear wheel wherein the first rear wheel and second rear wheel are independently rotated by opposite feet of a rider when said feet are within said first and second foot support, respectively.
Claims18
A vehicle propellable by a human comprising:
- a front assembly having a front wheel and a pair of hand pedals connect thereto;
- a rear assembly having a first rear wheel and a second rear wheel rotatably connected thereto;
- a chest rest located between the front assembly and the rear assembly, the chest rest configured to support the chest of a rider lying forward on the vehicle;
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- a first foot support operatively coupled to rotate the first rear wheel, and a second foot support operatively coupled to rotate the second rear wheel wherein the first rear wheel and second rear wheel are independently rotated by opposite feet of a rider when said feet are within said first and second foot support, respectively.
A stationary vehicle system, the stationary vehicle system being operated by a human rider, the stationary vehicle system comprising:
- a stationary platform comprising a track frame;
- a front assembly operatively coupled to the stationary platform, the front assembly comprising an extension system, the extension system comprising a sliding track coupled to the track frame, the sliding track being capable of directing movement of a sliding member, the sliding member being operatively coupled to at least one hand pedal;
- a rear stationary assembly coupled to the stationary platform, the rear stationary assembly comprising:
- a first foot support operatively coupled to slide a first rear pedal in a first track, and a second foot support operatively coupled to slide a second rear pedal in a second track wherein the first rear pedal and second rear pedal are independently slidable by opposite feet of a rider when said feet are within said first and second foot supports, respectively;
- a braking system coupled to the first rear pedal and the second rear pedal;
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- a chest rest located between the front assembly and the rear stationary assembly, the chest rest being capable of providing chest support to the human rider operating the stationary vehicle system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.