EP2127708A1

EP2127708A1 - Rodeo or Riding Device

Info

Publication number: EP2127708A1
Application number: EP08157316A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jin Chen Chuang; Lung Fei Chuang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-05-30
Filing date: 2008-05-30
Publication date: 2009-12-02

Abstract

A riding device includes a crank device rotatably attached to a base, and a rider support supported on a carrier and movable relative to the base for supporting a rider, the carrier has a front portion pivotally coupled to the base and a rear portion coupled to the cranks for moving cyclically relative to the base and for allowing the carrier to be moved in an elliptical action relative to the base by the crank device, and a motor or motorized rotating device for rotating the crank device relative to the base in the cyclic action to actuate the carrier and the rider support to move relative to the base in an elliptical action.

Description

The invention relates to a rodeo or riding device.
Typical riding or rodeo devices comprise a drive mechanism having a crank arm coupled to a rider support to simulate the bucking and/or spinning motions of a rodeo animal attempting to unseat its rider.
However, the drive mechanism is solidly coupled to the rider support with the crank arm such that the rider support may not be moved relative to the crank arm and the drive mechanism in an elliptical action and in different moving stroke.
The invention is to provide a rodeo or riding device including a rider support supported on a carrier which is movable relative to a base by the user or by a motorized driving or rotating device.

FIGS. 1, 2 are perspective views of a riding device;
FIGS. 3, 4 are partial exploded views of the riding device; and
FIGS. 5, 6 are side plan views of the riding device.

Referring to FIGS. 1-5, a riding device comprises an I-shaped base 10 including a column 11 extended from one or front end 18, a stud 12 extended from the other or rear end 19, a crank device 13 or one or more (such as two) cranks 13 attached to the stud 12 with an axle 14, a pole 15 is attached to the free end of each crank 13. A carrier 30 includes one or more (such as two) levers 31, 32 having one or front end 33 coupled together with a barrel which is coupled to the column 11 with a link 16 and a pin 17, in which the link 16 may be directly or indirectly coupled to the column 11, a bar 34 is coupled between the levers 31, 32. The carrier 30 includes a rear end 35 coupled to the poles 15 of the cranks 13 directly or indirectly with a pendulum 39 for being moved by the cranks 13 or for swinging relative to the cranks 13 with the pendulum 39. A housing 36 is disposed on the bar 34 for supporting a rider support 37 and a rider, the rider support 37 may be adjusted up and down relative to the housing 36 and the carrier 30.
The rear portion 35 of the levers 31, 32 or the carrier 30 may move cyclically relative to the base 10 with the cranks 13, and may swing with the pendulum 39, and the front end 33 of the carrier 30 is pivotally coupled to the base 10 with the link 16 and the pin 17 for swinging relative to the base 10 such that the carrier 30 may be moved relative to the base 10 in an elliptical action by the cranks 13 and by the rider. A driving or rotating device 20 is disposed on the base 10 and coupled to the cranks 13 in order to rotate the cranks 13, and includes a pulley 21 attached to the stud 12 with a shaft 22, and a motor 23 disposed on the base 10 and having a spindle 24 (FIG. 3) coupled to the pulley 21 with a coupling belt or device 25, for rotating the pulley 21, and a fly wheel 26 attached to the stud 12 with the axle 14 and coupled to the shaft 22 of the pulley 21 with another coupling belt or device 27 (FIGS. 5-6), for allowing the pulley 21 and the cranks 13 to be driven by the motor 23. A brake device 28 may be engaged with the belt 27 for braking the fly wheel 26 of the motor driving or rotating means or device 20.
An arm 40 may be coupled to the column 11 with a pin 41, and the link 16 has an upper portion 44 coupled to the arm 40 with a pole 45 which is spaced from the pin 41, and an actuating lever 42 is coupled to one of the cranks 13 and coupled to the arm 40 with a rod 43 which is spaced from the pin 41 and the pole 45, and the pole 45 is disposed between the pin 41 and the rod 43, such that the arm 40 may be moved by the cranks 13, and the pole 45 or the upper portion 44 of the link 16 may be moved in a curve around the pin 41 and may be moved up and down relative to the column 11 for allowing the carrier 30 and the rider support 37 to be moved in a changing or increased or different moving strokes.
The link 16 may be directly coupled to the column 11 and may swing relative to the column 11, but may not be moved up and down relative to the column 11. The pivotal coupling of the upper portion 44 of the link 16 to the arm 40 with the pole 45 allows the pole 45 or the upper portion 44 of the link 16 to be moved up and down relative to the column 11 and allows the rider support 37 to be moved in the changing or increased or different moving strokes.

Claims

A riding device comprising a base and a rider support, characterized in that:
the base includes a column and a stud, a crank device is attached to the stud with an axle, a carrier includes a front end coupled to the column and a rear end coupled to the crank device, a rider support is supported on the carrier for supporting a rider, and a rotating device for rotating the crank device relative to the base in the cyclic action.
A riding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating device includes a motor coupled to the crank device.
A riding device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotating device includes a fly wheel attached to the base and coupled to the crank device, and a pulley attached to the base and coupled to the fly wheel, and the motor is coupled to the pulley.
A riding device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the carrier includes a housing for supporting the rider support.
A riding device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the base includes an arm coupled to the column with a pin, and a link coupled to the arm with a pole, the front end of the carrier is coupled to the link.
A riding device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the crank device is coupled to the arm with an actuating lever.
A riding device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the actuating lever is coupled to the arm with a rod.
A riding device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the rear end of the carrier is coupled to the crank device with a pendulum.