Patent ID: 7402915

Claim:
A pedal generator comprising a pedal lever connected to a drive shaft and movable between a raised position and a lowered position so that a user can impart rotation to the drive shaft: an arm one end of which is mounted on said drive shaft so as to be pivotable through an arc on movement of the pedal lever between its raised and lowered positions so as to cause rotation an input drive pulley in response to movement of the arm; a one-way clutch coupling the input drive pulley to the first gear of a gear train arranged to drive an alternator, the first gear being rotated by the drive pulley when the pedal lever is depressed from its raised position, and wherein the end of the arm remote from the drive shaft is coupled to an elongate flexible member which is also coupled to the drive pulley so that movement of the flexible member in response to movement of the arm causes rotation of the input drive pulley.