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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
T. Gregory Blake, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Pacific Cycle LLC, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/14 ;
Abstract
In a wheeled cycle, including a bicycle, having an opposing pair of cranks with pedals for engagement by the feet of a rider for manual propulsion, a tool-free pedal-to-crank mounting assembly and method is provided for mounting the pedal to the crank with an insertion motion requiring no tools. Disassembly desirably requires a tool.