| US 7,419,458 B2 | ||
| Adjustable stationary exercise bicycle | ||
| John Forcillo, Laval (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to STS World Concept Ltd., Quebec (Canada) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 30, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/609,320. | ||
| Application 10/609320 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/008414, filed on Nov. 13, 2001, granted, now 6,612,970. | ||
| Application 10/008414 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/696948, filed on Oct. 27, 2000, granted, now 6,669,603. | ||
| Application 09/696948 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/263858, filed on Mar. 08, 1999, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/101573, filed on Sep. 24, 1998. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0053750 A1, Mar. 18, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63B 22/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 482—57 [482/63; 482/119] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A braking system for a stationary exercise bicycle operable to apply rotational resistance to a wheel rotatably mounted
to a bicycle frame, the braking system comprising:
a bicycle frame;
a brake pad movably attached to the frame and engageable against a rotatable wheel, that is mounted to the bicycle frame,
to provide rotational resistance to the wheel, and
an adjustment mechanism disposed on the frame and operable to vary contact pressure of said brake pad against said wheel,
said adjustment mechanism having a force transmitting member displaceable relative to the frame, and a biasing member operatively
engaged with the force transmitting member and being elastically deformable by displacing said force transmitting member against
a biasing force thereof when compressed, the force transmitting member being movable toward the brake pad to apply additional
contact pressure between the brake pad and the wheel, and away from the brake pad by further compressing the biasing member
to thereby temporarily reduce the contact pressure between the brake pad and the wheel.
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