Alternative bicycle drive device

Details Alternative bicycle drive device Alternative bicycle drive device

1988-10-28

1990-02-13

Marmor, Charles A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Occupant propelled type

280246, 280243, 280234, 272 73, B62M 116

Patent

active

049000454

ABSTRACT:
An alternative drive device for a bicycle comprising a drive wheel assembly having two drive shafts and a drive wheel with dual rachet assemblies therein; vertical frame for mounting the drive wheel assembly in frictional engagement with the bicycle front tire and connected to a first horizontal bar; vertical frame extension connected to said first horizontal bar and a second horizontal bar, and attachable to a bicycle's handle bars; a pair of handles slidably mounted on the second horizontal bar, attached to a cable and pulley system that engages the drive wheel assembly, and capable of driving the device by reciprocal motion along the second horizontal bar wherein the motion of the handles causes the drive wheel, and hence the bicycle's front tire, to rotate.

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