Bicycle pedal reflector
OwnerHelmut T. Zwahleninventor
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Abstract
A reflector has a trapezoidal shape and is mounted to the pedal of a bicycle. The reflector is mounted on a front or rear facing pedal surface and extends downwardly below the pedal to provide a greater reflective surface area than previously provided by pedal reflectors without affecting the minimum tilt angle of the bicycle frame with respect to the ground. The reflector includes a proximal side adjacent to the crank of the bicycle when the reflector is mounted to the pedal and a bottom forming an acute angle with respect to the proximal side. The acute angle is generally equal to the minimum tilt angle of the bicycle.
Claims18
A reflector for a pedal mounted to the crank of a bicycle, the pedal having front and rear facing pedal surfaces, the reflector comprising a reflectorized member having a reflective area greater than one of the front and rear facing pedal surfaces, and mounting means for mounting the reflectorized member on the one pedal surface, the reflectorized member including a proximal side adjacent to the crank when mounted on the one pedal surface and a bottom forming an acute angle with respect to the proximal side.
A reflectorized pedal assembly for a bicycle having a frame generally in a single plane and a crank rotatably mounted on the frame, comprising a pedal shaft, coupling means for coupling the pedal shaft to the crank, a pedal frame, first mounting means for rotatably mounting the pedal frame to the pedal shaft, pedal treads providing front and rear facing pedal surface areas, second mounting means for mounting the treads to the pedal frame, reflectorized means on at least one of the front and rear facing pedal surface areas, the reflective means having a reflective surface area greater than the said one pedal surface area, and including a bottom forming an acute angle with respect to the plane of the frame when the pedal shaft is mounted to the crank.
A reflector for a pedal mounted to the crank of a bicycle, the pedal having front and rear facing pedal surface areas, the reflector comprising reflectorized means having a generally trapezoidal shape, the reflectorized means including a reflective surface area greater than one of the front and rear facing pedal surface areas, mounting means for mounting the reflectorized means on the pedal so that the reflective surface area extends downwardly below the pedal.
A reflector for a pedal mounted to the crank of a bicycle, the pedal having side frame members rotatably mounted to the crank, and pedal platforms mounted transverse to the side frame members, the pedal platforms providing front and rear facing pedal surfaces, the reflector comprising a first reflectorized member, a second reflectorized member, a third reflectorized member, mounting means for mounting the reflectorized members on the pedal, each of the first and second reflectorized members having proximal sides adjacent to the crank when mounted on the pedal, a distal side, and a bottom forming an acute angle with respect to the proximal side, connecting means for connecting the third reflectorized member to one of the sides of both first and second reflectorized members, thereby providing a reflectorized unit having front, rear, and side reflective surface areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.