Patent ID: 8141456
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A multipurpose pedal, comprising: a spindle assembly, the spindle assembly including a spindle adapting to assemble with a bicycle crank and a tube sleeved on the spindle, the tube having a rib formed on an outer periphery thereof, the tube being rotatable relative to the spindle; a pedal pivotally assembled with the spindle assembly, the pedal including a first frame and a second frame mounted in the first frame, each of the first frame and the second frame having a space defined therein, the second frame positioned in the space in the first frame, each of the first frame and the second frame having two connecting portion respectively disposed on two ends thereof, the first frame having a first wing and a second wing respectively formed on two sides thereof, the second frame having a third wing and a forth wing respectively formed on two sides thereof, each connecting portion having a spindle hole defined therein and extending therethrough for receiving the tube with the spindle, the two spindle holes in the first frame aligned to each other, the two spindle holes in the second frame aligned to each other, each spindle hole having at least one groove defined in an inner periphery thereof for movably receiving the rib, the two spindle holes in the first frame respectively aligned with the two spindle holes in the second frame, the tube with the spindle inserted into the two spindle holes in the first frame and the two spindle holes in the second frame, each of the at least one groove having a width greater than that of the rib such that the first frame and the second frame are restrictedly pivotable relative to the tube, the first wing of the second frame mounted on a top of the third wing of the first frame, the fourth wing of the first frame mounted on a top of the second wing of the second frame, the first frame and the second frame crossly assembled with respect to the tube, multiple stubs mounted between the third wing and the frost wing and between the fourth wing the second wing, the multiple stubs being replaceable to be multiple stubs having different rigidity for providing multipurpose.