Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Patent
1998-07-24
2000-12-12
Swann, J. J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
280244, 403325, B62M 114, F16D 100
Patent
active
061587575
ABSTRACT:
An occupant-propelled vehicle comprising a vehicle body and a first vehicle propulsion system that comprises a first drive wheel, a drum rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame and drivingly engaged with the drive wheel, a movable force receiver, an elongated and flexible motion conversion member drivably coupled with the force receiver with a first reference point spaced a given effective-travel distance from a second reference point and a body portion overlying the drum, and an actuator mechanism for actuating the motion conversion member between a slackened, disengaged state and a tensioned state wherein there is frictional engagement between the drum and the motion conversion member. The actuator mechanism may be automatic or manual.
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Bottorff Christopher D
Swann J. J.
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