US 2023/0415844 A1Published application

Pedal

AssigneeKenneth Belknap

InventorsKenneth Belknap, Matthew Mercier, Mark Baptista

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Abstract

Various embodiments of a pedal for use on a device such as a bicycle or stationary bicycle are provided. A pedal may include a pedal body member having an internal cavity. The pedal may include an axle having a shaft adapted to extend into the internal cavity. A sliding bearing block may be secured to a distal end of the axle shaft. The pedal body member may be adapted for transverse or side-to-side rotatable movement relative to a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft. The pedal body member may be self-centering and include one or more springs to apply force to move the pedal body member toward a home or resting position relative to the axle shaft. The pedal may be adapted so that the user's foot can be placed on either a top surface or a bottom surface of the pedal body member.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A pedal comprising:

a pedal body member having a shaft cavity, the shaft cavity having a forward side and a rear side;
a shaft bearing mounted to the pedal body member adjacent to a left side of the pedal body member, the shaft bearing having a central pivot axis and being rotatable around the central pivot axis;
an axle including a threaded end and a shaft, the shaft extending into the shaft cavity and being rotatably mounted to the shaft bearing adjacent a first location on the axle shaft, the axle shaft having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the central pivot axis of the shaft bearing;
at least one distal bearing rotatably mounted to the axle shaft adjacent a second location on the axle shaft, the first location on the axle shaft being spaced apart from the second location on the axle shaft, the at least one distal bearing being located within the shaft cavity;
the pedal body member being rotatable relative to the axle shaft around the central pivot axis;
a forward spring supported by the pedal body member and adapted to impart a force to move the axle shaft toward the rear side of the shaft cavity;
and
a rear spring supported by the pedal body member and adapted to impart a force to move the axle shaft toward the forward side of the shaft cavity.

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A pedal comprising:

a pedal body member having a shaft cavity, the shaft cavity having a forward side and a rear side;
a shaft bearing mounted to the pedal body member adjacent to a left side of the pedal body member, the shaft bearing having a central pivot axis and being rotatable around the central pivot axis;
an axle including a threaded end and a shaft, the shaft extending into the shaft cavity and being rotatably mounted to the shaft bearing adjacent a first location on the axle shaft;
at least one distal bearing rotatably mounted to the axle shaft adjacent a second location on the axle shaft, the first location on the axle shaft being spaced apart from the second location on the axle shaft, the at least one distal bearing being located within the shaft cavity;
the pedal body member being rotatable in a first direction around a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft and in a second direction around the central pivot axis;
a forward spring supported by the pedal body member and adapted to impart a force to move the axle shaft toward the rear side of the shaft cavity;
and
a rear spring supported by the pedal body member and adapted to impart a force to move the axle shaft toward the forward side of the shaft cavity.

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A pedal comprising:

a pedal body member having a shaft cavity, the shaft cavity having a forward side and a rear side;
a shaft bearing mounted to the pedal body member adjacent to a left side of the pedal body member, the shaft bearing having a central pivot axis and being rotatable around the central pivot axis;
an axle including a threaded end and a shaft, the shaft extending into the shaft cavity and being rotatably mounted to the shaft bearing adjacent a first location on the axle shaft;
at least one distal bearing rotatably mounted to the axle shaft adjacent a second location on the axle shaft, the first location on the axle shaft being spaced apart from the second location on the axle shaft, the at least one distal bearing being located within the shaft cavity;
the pedal body member being rotatable in a first direction relative to the axle shaft and in a second direction relative to the shaft bearing;
a forward spring supported by the pedal body member;
a rear spring supported by the pedal body member;
and
a sliding bearing block secured to the axle shaft at a location spaced apart from the shaft bearing, the forward spring being positioned to impart a force to a forward side of the sliding bearing block to move the sliding bearing block and axle shaft toward the rear side of the shaft cavity, and the rear spring being positioned to impart a force to move the sliding bearing block and axle shaft toward the forward side of the shaft cavity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/243,420Filed 7 Sep 2023
Priority: 2 Dec 2021
Published: 28 Dec 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification2 codes

B62M 3/08
Construction of cranks operated by hand or foot: pedals
B62M
Rider propulsion of wheeled vehicles or sledges

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