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US 9,604,695 B2Granted
Bicycle pedal with integrated security system
AssigneePedal Lock, LLC
InventorsRyan G. Hensley, Thomas Muller
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Abstract
A locking bicycle pedal includes a ratcheting coiled cable with a male locking plug that mates with a female locking port. A lock, such as a resettable combination lock, secures and releases a catch that secures and releases the plug in the port. When locked in the port, the plug depresses a plunger which constrains a pawl that engages teeth of a toothed wheel of the spool. An optional tracker wirelessly emits GPS location data if a theft is detected.
Claims15
A bicycle pedal comprising:
- a pedal body providing a surface against which a user's foot may exert a force, a first side of the pedal body, and a second side of the pedal body opposite the first side of the pedal body;
- a threaded spindle rotatably coupled to the pedal body, the pedal body being rotatable relative to the spindle about an axis extending through the spindle, the spindle being configured for threaded engagement of a crank arm of a bicycle;
- a sole spool and axle, said sole spool and axle being concentric, and said sole spool being rotatable about said axle, and said axle being generally perpendicular to the surface of the pedal body against which a user's foot may exert a force and being generally perpendicular to the axis extending through the spindle;
- a security cable wound on the sole spool, the security cable having a first free end with a male locking plug;
- a female locking port fixed in the pedal body, said female locking port being sized to receive the male locking plug;
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- a catch in the female locking port, the catch being movable from a locked position to an unlocked position, and
- a lock operably coupled to the catch, said lock being user configurable to a locked state and to an unlocked state, and said lock preventing movement of the catch from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock is in the locked state, said lock comprising a combination lock, said combination lock comprising three rotating discs, each rotating disc including a central aperture and notch, and a toothed locking pin having three teeth, and the rotating discs being rotatable about the toothed locking pin when the teeth of the locking pin are not within the notches of the discs, said pedal body including a window, and said combination lock being accessible through said window.
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