Suspended cycle riding device
OwnerJames L. Fisher, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A suspended cycle riding device having an upright column; an arm extended across and rotationally mounted on the upper end of the column; a pair of cycle frames individually suspended at their upper portions from the opposite ends of the arm by a pivot for centrifugally urged movement of the frame outwardly of the column as the arms and the frames rotate about the column; elements for limiting such pivotal movement and for supporting the frame on the arm in the event of failure of the pivot; a seat and a set of pedals on each frame for an operator; a hydraulic drive from the pedals for rotationally driving the arm and frames about the column, the drive substantially preventing rotation of each pedal set when it is not being pedaled.
Claims7
A suspended cycle riding device comprising
- A. a column fixed in an upright disposition and having an upper portion;
- B. an arm extended substantially horizontally from the upper portion and mounted thereon for rotation about the column;
- C. a cycle frame pendantly supported on the arm for rotation with the arm about the column;
- D. support means mounted on the frame for supporting an operator for movement therewith;
- E. pedal means mounted on the frame for pedaling by an operator at the support means;
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- F. drive means for rotationally driving the arm about the column with the frame moving in a circular orbit thereabout, the drive means including a hydraulic pump mounted on the frame in driven relation to the pedal means, a hydraulic motor mounted on the arm for rotation therewith and having a rotational output shaft, hydraulic conduit means for hydraulically connecting the pump and the motor so that the shaft is rotationally motivated by the pump, and means connecting the shaft and the column for rotating the arm about the column when the shaft is motivated by the pump.
A suspended cycle riding device comprising:
- A. an erect column having an upper portion and a lower portion,
- B. means engaging such lower portion for fixing the column in an upright disposition,
- C. a substantially horizontal arm extended across such upper portion, the arm having opposite ends spaced from the column and a central portion,
- D. bearing means mounting the central portion of the arm for rotational movement of the arm about an upright axis generally coincident with the column so that each such opposite end rotates in a circular path about the column,
- E. a pair of cycle frames individually suspended from the opposite ends for rotation with the arm about the column, each frame having an upper portion mounted on the corresponding opposite end of the arm and a lower portion,
- F. a pair of pedal cranks individually rotationally mounted on the lower portions of the frames,
- G. a pair of operator support means individually mounted on the frames for supporting an operator for movement with each frame in a position to pedal a respective crank,
- H. a pair of hydraulic pumps individually mounted on the frames and connected in driven relation to their respective cranks,
- I. a hydraulic motor mounted on the arm for movement therewith,
- J. conduit means hydraulically connecting the pumps to the motor for motivating the motor from either one of the pumps when the corresponding crank is pedaled, and
- K. means for mechanically connecting the motor to the column so that the arm is rotationally driven thereabout by the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.