Cycle pedal
OwnerOz Cabiriinventor
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Abstract
A cycle pedal including a pedal frame rotatably mounted on a rotation axis of a pedal pin, the pedal pin being securable to a crank arm of a cycle, a clamping mechanism for securing a rider's foot to the cycle pedal, and a ratchet mechanism coupled to the rotation axis and operative to permit rotation of the pedal frame about the rotation axis only in a first direction, wherein in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the ratchet mechanism does not permit rotation of the pedal frame about the rotation axis and is operative together with the clamping mechanism to transmit power in the second direction to the crank arm.
Claims7
An article comprising:
- a cycle pedal comprising a pedal frame rotatably mounted on a rotation axis of a pedal pin, said pedal pin being securable to a crank arm of a cycle;
- a clamping mechanism for securing a rider's foot to the cycle pedal;
- and
- a ratchet mechanism coupled to said rotation axis and operative to permit rotation of said pedal frame about said rotation axis only in a first direction, wherein in a second direction opposite to the first direction, said ratchet mechanism does not permit rotation of said pedal frame about said rotation axis and is operative together with said clamping mechanism to transmit power in the second direction to the crank.
A method comprising:
- providing a cycle pedal comprising a pedal frame rotatably mounted on a rotation axis of a pedal pin, said pedal pin being securable to a crank arm of a cycle, and a ratchet mechanism coupled to said rotation axis and operative to permit rotation of said pedal frame about said rotation axis only in a first direction, wherein in a second direction opposite to the first direction, said ratchet mechanism does not permit rotation of said pedal frame about said rotation axis and is operative to transmit power in the second direction to the crank arm;
- securing a rider's foot to the cycle with a clamping mechanism;
- and
- pedaling said cycle pedal, wherein as the rotary motion of the pedal moves from bottom dead center radially upwards about said rotation axis, said ratchet mechanism together with said clamping mechanism applies power to said crank arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.