A tricycle for use in snow wherein the front wheel is replaced by a ski and the rear wheels are replaced by rotatable cylindrical drums having outwardly extending cleats.

A transmission for a cycle having at least two wheels and a frame and including pedal means for receiving input power and a variable gear assembly connected to one of said wheels for transmitting rotational power thereto. A manual selector means permits the cyclist to preselect the desired torque and speed ratios of the gear assembly which he desires. Interconnected between the gear assembly and pedal means is a power drive assembly comprising a torque sensing unit which includes a telescopic ro...

This invention relates to a new manually propelled watercraft with a hull either solid or hollow to act as a pontoon and platform with a paddle wheel, to provide a means for propelling the watercraft, detachably secured to the hull by means of two so spaced arms attached to the hull by means of laterally spaced pivot pins thus allowing horizontal movement of the arms thus providing one means of guidance. Another means of guidance is accomplished with ropes or wires attached to either a rudder at...

A three-wheel convertible car has a forebody having a front crossframe, a centerline frame, and a rollbar frame, which is bolted to the front of a standard two-wheel motorcycle frame from which the front wheel and front fork have been removed.

A cycle kickstand having a support leg which may be positioned in a cycle-supporting position or a storage position, includes a supporting member adapted to be secured to a cycle frame. The support leg is rotatably supported by the support member for movement between the cycle-supporting position and the storage position. A detent mechanism is provided which positively positions the support leg with respect to the support member in the cycle-supporting position and the storing position. The dete...

A device for exercising the limbs and torso of the user is disclosed. The device comprises a base, a frame rotatably mounted to the base, a support member rotatably coupled to the frame such that it is rotatable about its longitudinal axis, a flywheel coupled to the support member, and means for rotating the flywheel. As the flywheel rotates, it creates a gyroscopic effect, such that as the operator leans to one side, the precessional torque causes the frame to rotate about the base.

A windshield for a motorcycle, which when compared to other, earlier windshields, having a more upright profile and which also has a larger radius of curvature when viewed from the top, and a greater width towards the top as opposed to a shield having a tapering profile with a narrower portion at the top.

An ejector cycle with an ejector includes a nozzle for decompressing refrigerant. A receiver for storing refrigerant is disposed at a refrigerant outlet side of a condenser. A bypass passage and a switching valve for opening and closing the bypass passage are provided so that high-temperature refrigerant discharged from a compressor is introduced into an evaporator while bypassing the condenser in a defrosting operation. When the defrosting operation is set, the switching valve is opened while a...

A plurality of evaporators 5, 11 for evaporating an refrigerant at low pressure, which has passed through pressure reducing means 4, 10, are provided, an accumulator 9 is provided on the outlet side of one evaporator 5, an internal heat exchanger 3 is provided on the outlet side of the accumulator 9, the outlet side of another evaporator 11 is joined to a portion between the outlet side of the accumulator 9 and the inlet side of the internal heat exchanger 3, and the pressure reducing means 10 a...

A grip for a cycle includes a cylindrical liner extending along a liner axis between a first and a second end. The cylindrical liner has at least two elongate slots extending axially along a lengthwise portion of the cylindrical liner, each elongate slot overlapping a lengthwise part of another elongate slot, the overlapping elongate slots being radially offset. An over molding overlies a lengthwise of the cylindrical liner. The elongate slots are preferably disposed in a first set of at least t...