Recumbent bicycle

Details Recumbent bicycle Recumbent bicycle

1987-12-09

1988-09-27

Mitchell, David M.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Occupant propelled type

280263, 280274, 280270, 280281LP, B62M 102

Patent

active

047736631

ABSTRACT:
A recumbent bicycle is powered by the driving of a crank spindle that rotates on an axis generally coincident with that of the front wheel. The crank spindle is disposed within a spindle housing supported from the front of the bicycle frame, and the spindle housing supports the front wheel through a steerably turnable intermediate hub. Steering of the handlebars causes the front wheel to turn to steer the bicycle, while the crank spindle remains in a fixed orientation to the frame so that the bicycle can be continuously driven with pedals connected to the crank spindle, which in turn is connected to the rear wheel through a sprocket and drive chain assembly.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1342688 (1920-06-01), Millward
patent: 1598869 (1926-09-01), McCann
patent: 2482472 (1949-09-01), Fried
patent: 4534578 (1985-08-01), Keller
SAE Technical Paper 840021, "Evolution of Recumbent Bicycles and the Design of the Avatar Bluebell", David Gordon Wilson et al., Feb. 1984.

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