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US 4,334,695 AGranted
Walking buggy
OwnerWalter Ashbyinventor
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Abstract
A tricycle which includes a treadmill walked by a rider in order to power the vehicle, the treadmill including an endless belt, on which the rider's feet are placed, and the treadmill driving a system of pulleys, that turn an axle on which the rear wheels are affixed.
Claims1
A walking buggy vehicle, comprising, in combination, a main frame, supported at its rear upon a pair of rear wheels, and supported, at its front, on a steering post of a front wheel, a treadmill upon said main frame including an endless belt, for a rider to walk thereupon, and a transmission, between said treadmill and an axle on which said rear wheels are affixed;
- said treadmill being upwardly inclined in a forwardly direction;
- and means to adjust said upwardly incline, said treadmill additionally including a pair of side rails, between which a plurality of rollers are supported rotatably free, said endless belt extending around all said rollers, and said adjustment means comprises the rear ends of said side rails being pivoted on a transverse pin, supported in brackets mounted on said main frame, while the forward ends of said side rails are integral with a transverse bar supported upon a screw extending downward through said main frame, and vertically adjustably secured thereto at selected height by nuts adjacent a lower and upper side of said main frame being engaged on said screw.
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