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US 3,986,722 AGranted
Sailing bicycle
OwnerGeorge W. Pattersoninventor
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Abstract
A frame equipped with a fork on the front thereof carries either wheels or runners to engage the surface, and has a transversely extending seat mounted thereon that projects from both sides of the frame. A mast is mounted on the frame forwardly of the fork, and has a rearwardly-extending boom pivotally connected thereto, the mast and the boom carrying a sail. A hand-hold is formed on the boom, whereby a rider seated on the transversely extending seat can manipulate the sail to operate the bicycle, the seat facilitating side-to-side shifting of the rider's weight during operation. A closed loop handle on the fork makes one-hand steering of the bicycle easy to obtain.
Claims16
A wind-driven land vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a rear surface engaging means mounted on the aft end of said frame;
- fork means mounted on the forward end of said frame, said fork means carrying a front surface engaging means;
- handle means connected to said fork means, and effective to turn said front surface engaging means;
- a seat means mounted on said frame between said front and said rear surface engaging means;
- a mast;
- means mounted on said frame forwardly of said fork means for mounting said mast in a generally upright position;
- a boom;
- means connecting said boom to said mast to extend generally horizontally rearwardly therefrom;
- a sail, said sail including means for mounting the luff and foot thereof to said mast and said boom, respectively;
- and means on said boom forming a hand hold for grasping by a person using said wind-driven land vehicle, the center of effort of said sail being disposed a short distance rearwardly from and generally vertically above the mounting axis of said rear surface engaging means.
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A wind-driven land vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a rear surface engaging means mounted on the aft end of said frame;
- fork means mounted on the forward end of said frame, said fork means carrying a front surface engaging means;
- handle means connected to said fork means, and effective to turn said front surface engaging means;
- a seat means mounted on said frame between said front and said rear surface engaging means, said seat means including a transverse seat member, said seat member projecting from the opposite sides of said frame for a substantial distance whereby to facilitate a rider shifting his body weight from side to side of the frame during operation of the vehicle by sliding along the length of said seat member;
- a mast;
- means mounted on said frame forwardly of said fork means for mounting said mast in a generally upright position;
- a boom;
- means connecting said boom to said mast to extend generally horizontally rearwardly therefrom;
- a sail, said sail including means for mounting the luff and foot thereof to said mast and said boom, respectively;
- and means on said boom forming a hand hold for grasping by a person using said wind-driven land vehicle.
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A wind-driven land vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a rear surface engaging means mounted on the aft end of said frame;
- fork means mounted on the forward end of said frame, said fork means carrying a front surface engaging means;
- handle means connected to said fork means, and effective to turn said front surface engaging means;
- a seat means mounted on said frame between said front and said rear surface engaging means, said seat means including a transverse seat member projecting from the opposite sides of said frame for a substantial distance whereby to facilitate a rider shifting his body weight from side-to-side of the frame during operation of the vehicle by sliding along the length of said seat member;
- a mast;
- means mounted on said frame forwardly of said fork means for mounting said mast in a generally upright position;
- a boom;
- means connecting said boom to said mast to extend generally rearwardly therefrom, said means being arranged to permit pivotal movement of said boom in a plane including said mast and said boom;
- and a sail, said sail including means for mounting the luff and foot thereof to said mast and said boom, respectively, a portion of said boom being exposed to form a hand hold for grasping by a person using said vehicle, and the center of effort of said being disposed a short distance rearwardly from and generally vertically above the mounting axis of said rear surface engaging means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.