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US 7,726,667 B2Granted
Bicycle for use on snow
OwnerSerge Ferroninventor
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Abstract
A snow bike has a frame which can be either a custom frame or an existing bicycle frame. A pair of footrests consisting of two rods extending perpendicularly from the frame at a location usually set for the pedal means of a bicycle provides a user with a way of resting his feet while using the snow bike.
Claims1
A snow bike with a frame and comprised of:
- a pair of footrests consisting of two rods extending perpendicularly from said frame at a location usually set for said pedal means of a bicycle;
- a front snowboard like implement and a rear snowboard like implement;
- said front snowboard like implement being mechanically fastened to a fork on said frame by way of a front bracket;
- said front bracket being mechanically fastened to said front snowboard like implement and rotationally attached to said fork;
- said rear snowboard like implement being mechanically fastened to said frame by way of a rear bracket;
- said rear bracket being fixedly attached to said rear snowboard like implement;
- said front snowboard like implement having rotational capability along a horizontal axis which is limited by way of a blocker and is biased, by way of a double spring in such a way so as to maintain said front snowboard like implement level;
- said front part of said rear snowboard like implement having an anti torsion device being made out of two distinct and separate parts:
- a bottom plate, which is fixedly attached to said rear snowboard like implement, and an abutment part which is fixedly attached to a wheel crank mount of said bicycle frame;
- said bottom plate having a nut protruding perpendicularly therefrom and which sits within said abutment part by way of an opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.