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US 6,149,173 AGranted
Bicycle having jumping capability
OwnerWayne Bynoeinventor
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Abstract
A bicycle can have jumping capabilities by providing a spring-biased auxiliary frame directly below the primary frame, and mounting the drive sprocket on the auxiliary frame. The person riding the bicycle can transfer his weight from the bicycle seat to the foot pedals on the drive sprocket so as to lower the auxiliary frame. When the person shifts his weight back onto the seat the auxiliary frame is rapidly raised by the mounting springs, such that the auxiliary frame forcibly strikes the main frame to lift the bicycle from the ground surface.
Claims6
A bicycle with jumping capability comprising:
- a front road wheel and a rear road wheel;
- an upper main frame having rotary connections to said road wheels;
- a seat mounted on said upper main frame proximate to the rear road wheel;
- a handlebar means rotatably mounted on said upper frame proximate to the front road wheel;
- a steering connection between the front road wheel and
- said handlebar means;
- a lower frame floatably mounted on said upper frame for relative upward or downward movement;
- a propulsion means that includes a rotary sprocket carried by said lower frame, and a pedal means for operating said sprocket;
- a spring means biasing said lower frame upwardly;
- wherein said spring means comprises a first spring assembly proximate to the front road wheel, and a second and third spring assemblies proximate to the rear road wheel, and
- a stop means limiting upward movement of said lower frame,
- whereby a person riding the bicycle can exert a downward force on said pedal means to move the lower frame downwardly, after which the person can remove the dowward force on said pedal means, so that the lower frame forcibly impacts said stop means to generate an upward lifting force on said upper frame.
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