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US 5,312,312 AGranted
Wall mounted exercise cycle apparatus
OwnerGeraldine Fernandez, John L. Fernandezinventors
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Abstract
An exercise cycle is arranged for mounting to a vertical wall support, having spaced parallel braces rotatably mounting an exercise wheel therebetween, with the exercise wheel arranged for selective frictional engagement with a roller. A modification of the invention includes a support structure permitting selective mounting of the cycle to a floor support.
Claims4
A wall mounted exercise cycle apparatus, comprising,
- a mounting plate, the mounting plate having a first end spaced from a second end, and a first side spaced from a second side, and a first V-shaped brace and a second V-shaped brace fixedly mounted to the mounting plate, with the first brace and the second brace arranged in a parallel coextensive relationship relative to one another, and the first V-shaped brace and the second V-shaped brace extending from the first end towards the second end, the first brace having a first brace apex, the second brace having a second brace apex spaced from the mounting plate a predetermined spacing, and a crank shaft rotatably directed through the first brace apex and the second brace apex orthogonally oriented relative to the first brace and the second brace.
- the crank shaft having a first rod fixedly and orthogonally mounted to a first end of the crank shaft, and a second rod fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the second end of the crank shaft, with the first rod having a first pedal, the second rod having a second pedal, and the crank shaft having a wheel member fixedly mounted to the crank shaft between the first brace and the second brace, and the wheel member having a diameter less than the predetermined spacing;
- wherein the first side and the second side of the mounting plate are arranged in a parallel relationship relative to one another, and a first adapter plate fixedly mounted to the mounting plate adjacent the first end, and a second adapter plate fixedly mounted to the mounting plate (adjacent) the second end, with the first adapter plate having a first tube adjacent to the first side, and a second tube (adjacent) to the second side, the second adapter plate having a third tube (adjacent) to the first side, and a fourth tube adjacent to the second side, with the first tube and the third tube coaxially aligned, and the second tube and the fourth tube are coaxially aligned, and a floor mounted support plate, with the floor mounting tube fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the floor mounted support plate, with the first mounting tube and the second mounting tube arranged in a parallel coextensive relationship relative to one another, and the first mounting tube received through the first tube and the third tube, and the second mounting tube received through the second tube and the fourth tube, wherein the first tube, the second tube, the third tube, and the fourth tube each include a tube fastener directed therethrough wherein said tube fastener of said first tube and said third tube engages the first mounting tube and the tube fastener of the second tube and the fourth tube engages the second mounting tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.