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US 8,893,581 B2Granted
Adjustable pedal joint
OwnerLarry Whiteinventor
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Abstract
A pedal adjuster which may be used with a pedal device such as a bicycle or stationary bicycle and which allows a user to tilt pedals relative to the horizontal plane in order to accommodate a foot that is everted or inverted relative to the vertical midline of the user's body. The illustrated embodiment of this invention includes an outer tube with a plurality of locking pin holes and a means for attachment to a crank arm, an inner rod housed coaxially within the outer tube and having a means for attachment to a pedal and a means for adjustably positioning the inner rod within the outer tube.
Claims3
A pedal adjuster, comprising:
- an outer tube comprising a means for attaching the pedal adjuster to a crank arm of a bicycle;
- an inner rod comprising a means for attaching the pedal adjuster to a pedal,
- wherein the inner rod resides within the outer tube and pivots within the outer tube;
- the inner rod comprising a spring-loaded locking pin;
- wherein, upon pivoting the inner rod within the outer tube, the locking pin is then used in conjunction with a locking pin hole so that the locking pin holds the pedal in a particular position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.