Patent ID: 6738987
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: A63B,B62M

Abstract:
A thigh to pedal auxiliary propulsion system for a bicycle which utilizes the upward thrust of the thigh of the cyclist to apply upward force on a bicycle pedal (50) comprising:a substantially flexible elastic band (30) sufficiently long enough to encircle said thigh, having opposite first and second ends and inner and outer surfaces, said outer surface being composed of loop attachment material (80), and strips of hook attachment material (100) being irremovably attached to said first and second ends of said inner surface, one end of said inner surface being releasably attached to the opposite end of said outer surface by hook and loop attachment means, thus tightly encircling said thigh with said band; a flexible inelastic belt (40), having opposite proximal and distal ends and inner and outer surfaces, said belt being narrower than said band and sufficiently long enough to reach from the the outer side (65) of said thigh over the front (45) of said thigh to the inner end (55) of said bicycle pedal (50), a strip of said hook attachment material (120) being irremovably attached to said inner surface of said proximal end of said inelastic belt, said inner surface of said proximal end of said inelastic belt being adjustably and removably coupled by hook and loop attachment means to said outer surface of said band encircling said thigh, said distal end of said inelastic belt being fastened into a loop (160); means for coupling said loop at said distal end of said inelastic belt with said inner end of said bicycle pedal, comprising a snap hook (170) having a wide aperture approximately the same width as said inelastic belt and a narrow aperture wider than the bicycle pedal barrel (200), said narrow aperture of said snap hook being attached to the inner end of said pedal barrel and said wide aperture of said snap hook being snapped into said loop at said distal end of said inelastic belt.