Roger Gilmore’s list
IHPVA – [International Human Powered Vehicle Association] especially the Source Guide.
Kathy Bilton’s BentFolk – links to pages of hundreds of HPVers.
Legs Larry’s – Dave Larrington’s impressive site with lots of HPV info and links.
Sheldon Brown’s – superb on-line bike resource.
Tim & Alley Smith’s sites – especially Cycle Design & Construction.
BentRider Online – a complete recumbent webzine.
Kevin’s Recumbent Information Page – excellent compilation of recumbent related links.
The WISIL HPVers – Warren Beauchamp’s fine recumbent site.
Wind & Water – many innovative recreational ideas and designs thanks to Hanno Smits.
BikeRod & Kustom – webzine devoted to custom bicycles and bikes as an art form.
Chris Broome’s – site with info and links for all types of HPVs.
Recumbent Trikes – Mike Deegan’s nice trike and quad site – pictures and links.
Specialized Compilations
Land Rowers – rowed bikes, trikes and quads [24] (Revised 7/14/02)
Tilting and Lean Steer Trikes – [17]
Rear Wheel Steered Bikes and Trikes – [16] (Revised 5/25/02)
Unusual Tandems – scooters, bikes, trikes and quads [25] (Revised 5/6/02)
Walking Machines – [5]
Winter Vehicles – [8]
Convertible Bikes – … recumbent to upright, etc [7] (Revised 6/13/02)
Prone Bikes and Trikes – [9]
Folding Bikes and Trikes – ¼ (Revised 8/2/02)
Unusual Human Powered Boats – [17]
“Extreme” Unicycles and Bikes – [19] (Revised 6/19/02)
Wacky HPV Patents – all sorts of really unusual ideas [21] (Revised 5/2/02
Velomobiles – Ethan Davis’ site devoted to enclosed HPVs.
Rear Wheel Steered HPVs – Erik Wannee’s page devoted to RWS bikes and trikes.
Tilting Trikes – Max Hall’s great compilation.
Four Wheelers (links) – Randy Swart’s compilation of quad (and trike) links.Kenguru – a site devoted to accelerated walking machines.
Unique Unicycles – many including the tallest, a tandem and one with the largest wheel.
Folding Bicycle Information – Steven Scharf’s compilation of available (1996) folders
Aquatic Velocipedes … – interesting and novel HPBs from the late 1800s. (6/3/02).
Human Powered Boats – Ron Drynan’s extensive site – contemporary HPBs.
Homebuilt Collections
Unusual Homebuilts – dozens from Ross Harrop (check out pics on page 1 and page 2.)
More Unusual Homebuilts, (2) – , (3) – photos of many unique bikes and trikes.
Unusual Home Built HPVs – (includes an HPB, a triple tandem and an ice-trike)
Homebuilt HPVs – – Steve Robson
Joe Kochanowski’s Homebuilt Bikes – (includes a semi-linear drive and a 2 position upright/recumbent)
Fast Fwd – Bram Smit’s creations include a divisible FWD low racer and a RWS delta trike.
Hezi Ismach’s Homebuilts – (includes a FWD ‘scooter’ and a prone bike.)
Para-Chunkular Constructions – several far-out homebuilts (includes a dragster and pedaled piano).
Atomic Zombie – devoted to extreme bicycle creations.
Malcolm Steck’s Homebuilts – several innovative designs (including ‘single-track trikes’).
Microship – Steve Robert’s on going travels in an amphibious pedal/solar/sail micro-trimaran. (4/8/02)
Andre Aublanc’s Homebuilts – 22 very unusual bikes and trikes built by Andre. (7/20/02)
– – Rowing Sites – –
Land Rowers
Rowbike – sliding seat bikes developed by Scott Olson.
Thys 222 Rowingbike – fixed seat bikes – the fastest available? [ Video clip and picture of 1994 PBP winner]
Aviroute – an innovative French sliding seat rowing bike.
Landrower – Sam Bennett’s lean steer rowed trike with sliding seat.
Ice Rower – Roger Gilmore’s fixed seat ice rowing concept [ Animated Illustration].
Land Rower – a pedal & row tandem trike by Steven Potter.
Frank Bokhorst’s experimental rowing trike.
RPI Student Project – picture of a rowed delta trike (1998).
Rowed Quad (picture) – a nice looking sliding seat quad.
Power Pumper – a molded fixed seat quad for kids (‘adult model soon’).
Modified Thys Rowing Bike, (2) – Warren Berger’s clever modification (bottom of page).
Row Across Canada – Kevin Thomson’s ambitious team project.
Homebuilt Rowed Trike (picture) – Sean Costin’s sliding seat tadpole trike (top of page)
Ocelot (picture) – Doug Young’s SWB multi-mode row bike (see #22).
Row Cycle (picture) – sliding seat, or arm rowed delta trike (see #23).
Curry Landskiff (diagrams) – a sliding seat rowed quad from 1928.
Old Rowed Trike (picture) – an early sliding seat rowing trike by George W Lee.
Row-K – Bjorn Koehler’s sliding seat delta trike.
Round Rowing, (pic 2), (pic 3) – Uli Siegl’s fixed seat rowed bike.
ScullTrek – interesting Slovak rowing bike with fixed handle bar – made by StrojCAD.
Paul De Weert’s Row Bike (picture) – a FWD sliding seat design.
Pirog – a portable, arm powered land rower.
French Rowingbike (picture) – a fixed seat design.
Irish Mail Car (diagram) – Roy Wilson’s design (a fixed seat, foot steered, arm rowed quad). (3/18/02)
Ruderrenner (picture), (2) – 4 place rowed quad, with coxswain.
Irish Mails – a compilation of Irish Mails and land rowers for children. – (Revised 4/25/01)
Rowing Bikes of the World – a French site devoted to rowed bikes.
Land Rowers – a compilation of rowing bikes, trikes and quads.
Boat Rowers
Front Rower – Ron Rantilla’s forward facing rowing system for boats.
Front Facing Rowing System – from Gig Harbor Boat Works.
ForwardFace! – check out Z-Rower and Water Strider (forward facing rowed HPBs).
Virus HPBs – see the Turbo and Kataram models with fixed seat and sliding rigger.
Sliding Riggers – advantages and history.
Centipede Rowing – Stephen Goodfellow’s sequential rowing concept (for shells).
Rowing Service – (Rachael Quarrel’s great source of rowing information and news.)
Row2K – (A general rowing site with lots of information and links.)
Miscellaneous Rowers
Karura – a Japanese effort to power a flapping wing HPA by fixed seat rowing.
Concept 2 – the most popular indoor rower.
Fixed Seat Erg (pictures), (2) – Warren Berger’s prototype. (bottom of page).
Old Rowed Railbike (picture), (2) – rowed railbike from 1906 (see item #122).
Rowing in Space – NASA evaluating the use of a rowing machine in orbit.
NASA Hand Car (picture) – 1991 test in shuttle’s payload bay. (4/12/02)
– – Winter HPVs (Sites) – –
Ice Rower – an idea for a fast winter HPV [ Animated Illustration].
Kick Sledding – a Nordic sport.
CrosSled, (2) – a kick sled with passenger seat and racing version.
Alaska Sparken – retailers of kick-powered vehicles (sleds and bikes).
Sled Hockey – arm propelled for the physically challenged.
Snowpod, (2), (3) – an arm powered climbing snowmobile from Mobility Engineering.
Is Cykel – an interesting ice bike in a Swedish museum.
Ice Bike (diagram) – simple plans for converting a standard bike for use on ice.
Ice Bike Races – MnHPVA (Mark Stonish)
2001 Ice HPV “Championship” – annual fun event in Minnesota.
Icebikes – an excellent site on winter bicycling.
Snowbike (picture and comments) – front ski with pedaled rear track
Snowbike – by Corimba is convertible to a 21 speed Mountain Bike.
Ice Prowler – a bike designed for the South Pole.
Ice-scull (drawing) – rendition of Iain M. Banks’ fictional HPV.
[ Also see Human Powered Vehicles for Winter ]
– – Ususual HPVs for Water (Sites) – –
Decavitator – MIT’s record holding hydrofoil boat.
HydroPed – another HP hydrofoiler.
Flying Fish – yet another pedaled hydrofoil HPB.
Trampofoil, (2) – a HPB without the ‘B’.
Scafo – a great looking German hydrofoil HPB.
AQUA-formula – sort of a pedaled delta trike for water.
PedalPro – a pedaled outboard motor.
Walk on Water – USD’s annual W0W contest.
Step Jet – … a water-walking product.
Hydro Bronc – a water walking wheel.
Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch for walking on water.
Dolphin Man – (see ‘Miscellaneous’).
Hobie Mirage – flipper powered kayaks.
Shuttle-Bike, (2) – a mountain to water-bike converting product.
Wave Bike – a high performance water bike from George Tatum.
Cross Trek – an air propeller driven HPB.
Water-cycle – an amphibious trike.
Lampi Limo – an amphibious bicycle.
Easyboat – a pedaled HPB from Italy with the ultimate underwater view.
Front Rower – Ron Rantilla’s forward facing rowing system.
Front Facing Rowing System – from Gig Harbor Boat Works.
ForwardFace! – a site devoted to development of forward facing HPBs.
Virus HPBs – see the Turbo and Kataram models with fixed seat and sliding rigger.
Sliding Riggers – advantages and history.
JetBLADE a clever pedaled paddle wheel attachment for canoes.
HPB Plans – naval architect Philip Thiel’s portfolio includes a pedaled canal barge and a dory.
[ Also see Ron Drynan’s Human Powered Boats ]
– – Unusual HPVs for Land (Sites) – –
Trikke – a novel ‘skating’ trike from California.
Kick Scooters (compilation), Xootr, Razor, Go-Ped, and Kickboard – the scooter craze.
Kickbike and Sidewalker (SidewalkerUSA) – scooters with a bicycle size front wheel.
Kickstart Scooters – several models of kickbikes and scooters.
Slida – a clever scooter/kickbike quad from New Zealand.
Homebuilt Kickbikes – by Jim Gallant.
Alaska Sparken – retailers of kick-powered vehicles (sleds and bikes).
Bouncer Bike – a scooter-like HPV powered by hopping.
Homebuilt Linear Drive Bike Len Grimwood’s MWB recumbent.
LIKEaBIKE – a nicely crafted wooden push bike for youngsters.
Spring Walker – you can put a little bounce in your step.
Bionic Boots – Keahi Seymour’s kangaroo inspired footwear.
PowerSkip – interesting Dutch jump amplifying footwear.
KanGoo Jumps – Swiss jump amplifying footwear.
Kenguru – a site devoted to accelerated walking machines.
Walking Machines – a modest compilation.
Crosskate – ’the first true All Terrain skate’. (4/25/02)
Surfing Scooter – folding scooter powered by ‘sea-saw’ type treadle. (6/5/02)
name=Uniandbikes> name=UniSites>Unicycles
Semcycle “giraffes” – unicycles with 2 and 3 stacked wheels.
The Big One – a unicycle with 36′ wheel.
Monocycle, (2) – the rider sits inside this unicycle wheel.
Uniracer (drawing) (see #2 â�” 2nd pic) – a streamlined version of the Monocycle.
Unicycles.org and MUni (Mountain Unicycling)
John Foss’ Garage many unusual unicycles – including 1½ and 13 wheelers.
Unique Unicycles – many – including the tallest, a tandem and one with the largest wheel.
Pedoped – a pedaled walking machine (on John Foss’ site)
Unicycle.com – an online retailer with over 40 different unicycles.
name=BikeSites>Bikes
Levitator – a jumping bicycle prototype.
Skoot – a clever folding bicycle.
Strida – a rustproof folding bike with belt drive.
Phaser – a folding SWB recumbent from Human Powered Machines.
Tiny Little Bike – Drew Devereux’s small folding bike.
Folding Bicycle Information – Steven Scharf’s compilation of available (1996) folders.
Velocino – another scooter like bike.
U-Bike (Scoot-Ped) – a folding bike/scooter invented and marketed by mailto:goldscher@earthlink.net”>Allan Goldscher. – (6/15/02)
City Scooter – a 16′ stand-up bike from MCS.
Killer Tomato – Bob Durst’s two wheel ’trike’ kinetic sculpture.
Swing Bike – with pivoting rear wheel.
Sideways Bike, (2 – #19) – Michael Killian’s sidesaddle bike with front AND rear wheel steering. (6/19/02)
Airbike – a center steered (articulated) recumbent from Germany.
Snike – an articulated upright bike from Germany.
Old RWS Bike (picture) – from 1896!
UltraBike – a commercially available pedal and hand cranked exercise bike.
HandBike – a well designed hand cycle from Mobility Engineering.
Dual Mode Bike (picture) – ride either upright or recumbent.
JoJo-Bike – a German upright/recumbent convertible
The Redundant (picture) – George Reynolds’ 26/26 convertible bike.
Rotobike – an Italian ‘no-hands’ bike.
Desert Bike – an off-road Italian bike.
Ice Prowler – a bike designed for the South Pole.
Christini AWD – an all-wheel-drive mountain bike.
Kimbike – Young Kim’s chainless FWD bicycle.
Chopper and Chunk – chopper-like bikes.
Monster Cruiser – bicycle with 36′ wheels.
Mini Monster – a novelty bike only 17 1/2 inch long.
Wheelman – a modern freewheeling high wheeler.
Penny Farthings – six models from Edlee Antique Bicycle Company.
Wooden Bikes, (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) – many from bamboo to vanished veneer.
Ype Bike – Eduardo Pinto’s wooden bike project.
Termite Taxis – plans for a nice looking no-weld LWB recumbent. (6/27/02)
World’s Largest Bicycle – over 25 feet long!
Sky Cycle II – an upright bike with a seat height of 8 feet.
Pedal Powered Lawn Mowing – attach a reel mower to your mountain bike.
HP Lawn Mower (picture) … FWD with reel mower for rear wheels.
Swiss Army Combat Bike – (for real!)
Bike Chameleon – Steven Nurse’s versatile prototype … recumbent, tandem or standard.
Homebuilt FWD Recumbent – Barnett Williams’ fully suspended, FWD, short wheelbase bent.
Tom Traylor’s FWD Recumbents – several including carbon fiber, Kevlar faired and sheet metal.
Longbow … Nice looking composite recumbent with suspension.
Kreuzotter Walter Zorn’s fully suspended carbon fiber SWB recumbent.
Carbon Fiber Prone Bike (picture) – a very nice looking design.
Risigo – bike propelled by synchronized pedals and vertical seat movements.
Wild Thing – Paul Dunham’s arm and leg powered LWB recumbent (project report).
Arm Assist Bike – mailto:DKirshner@environmentaldefense.org”>Daniel Kirshner’s SWB recumbent with arm assist (see item #1). (7/27/02)
Road Runner – Richard Thorpe’s SWB recumbent with in-motion position adjustment. (4/28/02)
Aevuum – Carlos Gomez’s SWB recumbent with innovative frame suspension. (7/2/02)
VEB – Dan Speas’ interesting ‘Variable Exercise Bicycle’. (8/11/02)
Rear Wheel Steered Bikes – Erik Wannee’s fine page devoted to RWSBs.
Recumbent History – Peter Stull’s interesting ‘The Bicycle Man’ site.
Railbikes
Bentley Railbikes – Dick Bentley’s rail bike plans (and lots of related links).
Rons Riders – rail bikes.
PedalSpeed – custom hi-tech railbikes.
Old Rowed Railbike (picture), (2) – arm rowed railbike from 1906 (see item #122).
Rail Tricycle – organized railbike tours.
Rail Bike (diagrams) – concept for bike riding on single rails. (4/7/02)
Handcars – several types of rail HPVs used in the late 1800s. (4/5/02)
Handcar Racing – a site devoted to racing modern handcars.
HPV Rail World Championship – an annual Swiss event.
Railbikes in Europe – a link compilation. (7/17/02)
name=Trikesquads> name=TrikeSites>Trikes
Tripendo – a nice looking tilting trike with full suspension.
Fun Cycle and Banana Peel – simple lean steered trikes from Trailmate.
Raven – a FWD lean steer trike.
Tilting Trikes – (Max Hall’s great compilation)
Chameleon – Bill Stites’ FWD leaning urban trike.
Baccura, (2) – a lean steered delta trike designed by Jamie MacMenemy.
Raider Recumbent Trike – Jamie MacMenemy designed lean steered FWD delta with rear suspension.
Leaning Homebuilt Trike – Thom Lester’s leaning FWD delta trike.
Lean Steer Homebuilt – Rick Wianecki’s tadpole trike.
APAK – leanable delta trike with independent rear suspension.
Pilot Lean/Steer Trike – Rick Bender’s enclosed tadpole design.
Flevobike Trike – a lean steered delta.
Hipparion – a FWD articulated delta trike.
Go-One – an articulated RWS faired trike.
RWS Homebuilt Trike – Tim Smith’s RWS delta trike project.
FWD/RWS Tadpole (homebuilt) – Dean Veale’s aluminum framed trike.
Sidewinder – a FWD, rear wheel steered, tadpole trike.
Culty – a German rear wheel steered delta trike.
FWD/RWS Trike (picture) – a fast looking low racer.
Aiolos – a folding German tadpole trike with suspension.
Lepus Foldable Trike – a delta design from Europe.
Coventry Rotary Tricycle (picture) – a two track trike from 1884!
Sanctuary Trikes – utility trikes with ½ ton capacity.
GNAT, (2) – Nick Andrew’s fully suspended, folding tadpole trike.
Land Rower – a pedal & row tandem trike by Steven Potter.
Trikesformation – Fred Trippler’s delta commuting trike
Rickshaw – 2-passenger delta arrangement.
Pedicab – several variations of a delta utility trike from Main Street Pedicabs.
Cartbike – how to build a no-weld utility trike.
Tritan – a recumbent delta trike from Human Powered Machines.
Raptor – Rich Richardson’s bolt together aluminum trike kit.
CarCycle – Bob Stuart’s nice looking enclosed trike.
Leitra – a fully enclosed, high quality tadpole trike from Germany.
Aerorider – an enclosed Dutch commuting trike with electric assist.
Cab-Bike – a fully faired recumbent tadpole trike.
L.E. – C.R.A.F.T. Andrew Phillip’s lean steered velocar.
Organic Engines’ S.U.V. an impressive lean steered delta utility trike.
A.S.Engineering – S32 – an interesting Russian FWD tadpole (Robert MacKinnon’s site).
Rear Wheel Steered Trikes – Erik Wannee’s excellent RWST page.
Hybrid Tandem Handcycle/Cycle – trike from VARNA – stoker hand-cranks with pedaled bike forward.
Lawn Mower – pedaled – Michael Shakespear’s Bachelor Thesis in Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
Tilting and Lean Steer Trikes – a modest compilation of such critters.
name=QuadSites>Quads
Crank-it – a fully suspended ‘Mountain Quad’.
Carbike – a pedaled ‘car’
Foldable Muscle Car. – Frank Didik’s folding quad.
Karbyk – a simple/fun racing quad from Italy.
Pedal Karts – low cost trikes and quads.
Pedal Cars – a great collection of children’s pedal cars. (4/26/02)
2 Bikes = 1 Quad – interesting home built quad made from 2 kids bikes.
Kinetic Sculpture Races – an annual event over land and water with one-of-a-kind HPVs.
MoonCat – University of Vermont’s 4WD, treadle powered moon buggy.
BuddyCycle – a side-by-side recumbent quad with independent drives.
Kestrel – a sociable recumbent quad from Just Two Bikes, Inc.
Animas – Greg Fisher’s off-road sociable quad.
Four Wheelers (links) – Randy Swart’s compilation of quad (and trike) links.
Racing HPVs
World HP Speed Challenge – 2001 – including Sam Whittingham’s record holding Varna Diablo.
World’s Fastest Bikes – 2000 – including Sam Whittingham’s previous record holder – Varna Mephisto.
Matt Weaver’s Edge Bikes – five high tech racing bikes.
Speed 101 – Matt Weaver’s site devoted to speed biking.
Cheetah – previous 200m record holder.
Ultimate Bike – Bruce Bursford’s carbon fiber racer.
Mini Micro Missile, (2) – .. a prone recumbent for speed trials.
Prone Racing Bike (picture) – with Thomas Wahl.
Prone Racing Trike (Picture) – a RWD tadpole configuration.
MASA Slingshot, (2) – a low racing trike from the 1970s.
Tony’s FWD Pharo Bike – a homebuilt low racer.
FWD Low Racer – prototype from Barcroft Oregon.
Wishbone”>ftp://ihpva.org/incoming/wbone2.jpg”>Wishbone (picture) … a SWB lowracer.
Vector – a fully faired racing trike from the 1980s.
Recumbent Dragster (diagrams) – a flywheel assisted trike from Jim Wilson.
Pedal Car Racing – a British site devoted to quad racing.
name=Multiperson>
Multi-person HPVs
7 Person Trike – by Eric Staller for Hammacher and ConferenceBike.
Love Bike – Eric Staller’s 5 person trike for Conference Bike
Octos – an 8 person tadpole trike.
Human Powered Bus – from Frank Didik.
Didik Duplicity – a 3 person scooter from Frank Didik
Unusual Triple (picture), (2) – with semi prone front rider and one crankset.
Just Two Bikes – side-by-side recumbent tandem.
Granny Bike – a kit for combining 2 regular bikes.
Side by Side Trike – Workman’s delta trike with independent drives.
Carbike – plans for combining two bikes.
Tandette – device for making a 3-wheel tandem from 2 bikes.
GEM (picture) – a side-by-side recumbent trike (middle of page).
2 Can – a sociable delta trike with independent drives. (3/18/02)
Sociable Recumbent Bike (picture) – (middle of page)
Sociable Trike – by Gary Adderton.
PPV – a sociable Pedal Powered Vehicle (quad) from the 1970s. (4/25/02)
ZEM – a 2-4 place pedaled Swiss quad.
Back-to-back Tandem Bike – a nice looking design from Flevobike.
Homebuilt Back-to-Back Tandem Bike – by Jim Gallant.
Back-to-back tandem trike (photo) from 1885.
SWB Kowall Tandem (picture) – recumbent with captain in front.
TriFrame – a folding tandem bike.
Sociable Bike (picture) – side-by-side on 2 wheels (near bottom of page)
Quad for three (picture) … with riders in upright position.
ZOX Dual Drive Tandem, (2) – with independent drives for captain and stoker.
Homebuilt Back-to-Back Recumbent, (2) – Ray Brick’s carbon fiber racer.
BuddyCycle – a side-by-side recumbent quad with independent drives.
Canoe-carrying Suitcase Trike Richard Guy Briggs’ modified tandem Greenspeed Trike.
Fumair Flyer, (2) – a 24-person trike.
ViewPoint Waltz … a partially recumbent ‘back-to-back’ triplet.
Six Man Bike – a one-of-a-kind built for advertising.
Quadrant – a 4 person homebuilt bike.
Runner Triple – a nice looking 3 person recumbent.
name=Drivesystems>Drive Systems
Snek – Derk Thijs’ simple cable transmission for row bikes.
String Bike – a cable drive system for bikes.
Step’n Go – a reciprocating pedal trike.
Linear Drive System – from ST Manufacturing in Japan.
Power Curve – vari-speed ‘Liquid Drive’ system.
Christini AWD – an all-wheel-drive mountain bike.
PowerCranks – independent clutched pedal cranks.
Retro-Direct Gearing, (diagram) – clever means for lower gears by pedaling backwards.
Schlumpf Bicycle Transmissions – internally geared Mountain-drive and Speed-drive.
Rohloff SPEEDHUB – 14 speed internally geared hubs.
K-drive – a semi-linear (elliptical) drive from Kingcycle.
Elliptical Drivetrain – Frank Bokhorst’s interesting project. (3/30/02)
AMIS Chainless Bicycles – a commercially available drive shaft system.
[ Also see IHPVA’s Source Guide – ]
Flying HPVs (Sites) – –
HPA Pioneers – early human powered flying efforts.
HPA Development, (2), (3), (4), (5) summaries by Nihon University.
Helios – ETS’s human powered helicopter project.
Raven – an active HPA project.
Skycycle – a project from the Burnie Tafe College of Tasmania.
Karura – a human powered Ornithopter
Human Powered Helicopter – a Cal Poly project.
White Dwarf – a pedal powered blimp.
Sblimp – a Swiss design for a pedaled blimp.
Velair – a recent German HPA.
Airglow – a British HPA.
Human Powered Hovercraft – plans available.
The Royal Aeronautical Society – Human Powered Aircraft Group (5/25/02)
[ Also see Chris Broome’s HPA links ]
name=UnderwaterSites>- – Underwater HPVs (Sites) – –
Turtle – the first human powered submarine.
Manatee – a pedaled one-man submarine.
World Submarine Invitational (1998) – HP race highlights.
Human Powered Sub Contest (2000) – annual college design competition.
Easyboat – sitting underwater, these HPB operators have a great view.
Human Powered Vehicle Patents
Underwater
| Note: Links to the US Patents below display only the front page. To |
| view the full patent, enter patent number at US Patent Office .
– – Land Rowers (Patents) – –
( Special thanks to mailto:eldberg@cstone.net” title=”E-mail Warren”>Warren Berger for his many contributions )
US 44,256 – Goodman’s fixed seat, hand steered rowing trike (1864)] (4/4/02)
US 88,366 – Case’s hand steered trike with push/pull row bar and rocking seat assist (1869)] (4/11/02)
US 224,415 – French’s clever sliding seat ‘rowed wagon’ (1880)]
US 248,531 – Troutmann’s clever rowed trike with vertical seat movement assist (1881)] (4/4/02)
US 273,815 – Carr’s innovative rowed ‘monocycle’ with steered front wheel (1883)] (3/22/02)
US 288,219 – Elliott’s sliding seat delta trike (1883)]
US 293,366 – Silver’s fixed seat delta trike – unique steering and gear adjustment (1884)] (4/4/02)
US 294,753 – Bown’s fixed seat rowed delta trike with hand steering (1884)] (4/4/02)
US 305,053 – Cumming’s rowed sliding seat delta trike (1884)]
US 305,198 – Kempster’s ‘rowing vehicle’ with sliding seat (1884)]
US 314,236 – Gormley’s rowed trike with fixed seat, foot steering and oars (1885)] (4/2/02)
US 348,325 – Hamshaw’s fixed seat delta rowing trike â�” hand steered (1886)] (4/2/02)
US 348,619 – Courtney’s sliding seat rowing trike (1886)]
US 369,860 – Kempster’s improved sliding seat trike (1887)]
US 427,110 – Quevedo’s ‘oar’ propelled and steered trike (1890)]
US 443,890 – Belyea’s interesting rowed (or linear drive) fixed seat quad (1890)] (4/4/02)
US 474,279 – Arnolds fixed seat trike â�” push/pull row lever â�” foot assist â�” hand steered (1892)] (5/17/02)
US 516,786 – Clark’s interesting rowed bike with ‘moving’ seat (1894)]
US 519,596 – Voigt’s fixed seat ‘rowed’ sled (1894)]
US 604,226 – Cain’s fixed seat row bike with legs only or leg and arm drive options (1898)] (3/22/02)
US 618,580 – Paine’s delta rowing trike with fixed seat (1899)] (3/22/02)
US 606,854 – Bergstrom’s interesting fixed seat rowing bike (1898)]
US 608,350 – Stockford’s fixed seat upright bike with arm rowing lever (1898)]
US 614,320 – Dennison’s upright bike with pivoting arm rowing lever (1898)]
US 631,531 – Sargeant’s rower with sliding seat AND foot stretcher (1899)]
US 642,544 – Burbank’s interesting ‘oar’ propelled and steered sliding seat bike (1900)]
US 651,941 – Von Wedel’s interesting arm rowed FWD velocipede (1900)] (4/15/02)
US 664,231 – Andreen’s fixed seat trike â�” linked row lever and foot pegs (1900)] (5/17/02)
US 697,104 – Pietsch’s sliding seat rowing cycle (1902)]
US 749,153 – Batchelor’s sliding seat row bike. (1904)]
US 813,741 – Rudbeck’s fixed seat delta rowing trike with hand steering (1906)] (5/9/02)
US 813,742 – another Rudbeck’s fixed seat delta rowing trike with hand steering (1906)] (4/4/02)
US 834,368 – Dew’s fixed seat rowing quad â�” hand steered (1906)] (4/4/02)
US 961,370 – Wheeler’s interesting rowed quad with steering wheel and energy storage (1910)] (4/4/02)
US 926,131 – McGowan’s sliding seat quad with rack and pinion drive (1909)]
US 968,355 – Hopkins’ fixed seat, arm rowed quad â�” foot steered (1910)] (4/23/02)
US 1,020,432 – McBarnes’ interesting fixed seat delta trike (1912)]
US 1,154,208 – Rundle’s arm rowed, foot steered quad with passenger seat (1915)] (4/15/02)
US 1,154,616 – Davis’ rowed upright bicycle with fixed seat (1915)] (4/2/02)
US 1,273,693 – Tucker’s fixed seat arm rowed cycle â�” foot steered (1918)] (4/23/02)
US 1,299,696 – Evan’s ‘oar’ rowed delta trike â�” boat shaped – for children (1919)] (5/28/02)
US 1,368,066 – Starr’s arm rowed child’s trike with rack and pinion drive (1921) (4/15/02)
US 1,439,465 – Callaghan’s arm-rowed, fixed seat quad with rack and pinion drive (1922)] (4/15/02)
US 1,455,124 – Swinland’s arm rowed quad with moving wheel base/seat movement assist (1923)] (4/16/02)
US 1,479,887 – Bitner’s fixed seat, hand and foot lever ‘rowed’ quad (1924)]
US 1,503,832 – Hubbard’s fixed seat, hand steered, children’s quad (1924)] (4/4/02)
US 1,571,202 – Karcher’s arm rowed trike with treadle and seat weighting assist (1926)]
US 1,595,857 – Coffman’s fixed seat rowed LWB bike (1926)] (4/4/02)
US 1,620,926 – Trullinger’s fixed seat rowing quad (1927)] (4/4/02)
US 1,735,601 – Curry’s rowed quad with sliding seat (1929)]
US 1,845,044 – Curry’s RWS/FWD sliding seat rowing quad (1932)]
US 2,012,683 – Johnson’s sliding seat quad (1935)]
US 2,049,345 – Young’s ‘Irish Mail’ with multi speed cable drive (1936)]
US 2,135,347 – Lorbeski’s fixed seat, hand steered rowing quad (1938)] (4/4/02)
US 2,177,793 – Taylor’s innovative sliding seat RWS tadpole velomobile (1939)]
US 2,198,717 – Bottos’ upright bike with fixed seat and pivoting row bar]
US 3,174,767 – Sendoykas’ â��oar’ rowed 3 wheeled â��boat’ for children (1965)] (5/12/02)
US 3,498,634 – Sheldon’s fixed seat rowed quad (1970)] (4/4/02)
US 3,760,905 – Dower’s row type land vehicle (1973)]
US 3,895,825 – Sink’s fixed seat bike with pivoting row lever (1975)]
US 4,126,329 – Tchernyak’s ‘oar’ propelled, sliding seat tadpole trike]
US 4,305,600 – Mendez’s ‘moving’ seat row cycle (1981)]
US 4,437,677 – Ksayian fixed seat rowed bike (1984)]
US 4,508,358 – Erel’s interesting fixed seat rowing vehicle (1985)]
US 4,632,414 – Ellefson’s sliding seat land rowing trike (1986)]
US 4,639,007 – Lawrence’s fixed set rowed land vehicle (1987)]
US 4,664,400 – Date’s unusual see-saw rowing cycle]
US 4,700,962 – Salmon’s sliding seat, seat steered“Rowcycle” (picture #23) – (1987)]
US 4,796,907 – Geller’s sliding seat row type vehicle (1989)]
US 4,811,964 – Horn’s arm rowed wheelchair] (4/2/02)
US 4,861,055 – Jones’ fixed seat pivoting row lever cycle – Power Pumper – (1989)]
US 4,886,287 – Krause’s fixed seat rowing vehicle â�” wheels (1989)]
US 4,925,200 – Jones’ fixed seat rowed delta trike or quad – Power Pumper – (1990)]
US 4,928,986 – Carpenter’s interesting fixed seat rowing cycle (1990)]
US 4,941,673 – Benett’s lean steer, sliding seat Landrower – (1990)]
US 4,976,451 – Kamenov’s sliding seat row type vehicle (1990)]
US 5,087,060 – Rogalsi’s thrust lever propelled rowed sled]
US 5,209,506 – Klopfenstein’s fixed seat arm-rowed vehicle (1993)]
US 5,272,928 – Young’s fixed seat rowing bike Ocelot – , (2) – , (3 â�” picture #22) – (1993)]
US 5,280,936 – Schmidlin’s fixed seat rowed bike (1994)]
US 5,330,218 – Escudero’s sliding seat rowing bicycle (1994)]
US 5,354,083 – Liu’s multi mode row like propulsion system]
US 5,492,349 – Ferez’s rowing/steering system]
US 5,536,029 – Gramckow’s sliding seat rowing cycle (1996)]
US 5,653,663 – McCohan’s fixed seat LWB bike with dual (alternating) row bar drives]
US 5,690,346 – Keskitalo’s fixed seat cycle with independent hand and foot ‘rowing’ levers]
US 5,826,897 – Beard’s fixed seat, flywheel assisted arm-rowing vehicle]
US 5,829,772 – Jones’ fixed seat rowed delta trike or quad –Power Pumper – ] (4/15/02)
US 5,833,256 – Gilmore’s fixed seat winter rowing vehicle –
US 5,876,052 – Olson’s sliding seat Rowbike (1999) –
US 5,997,020 – Borg’s stand-up arm rowed bike]
US 6,012,732 – Potter’s pedal & row tandem Land Rower –
US 6,086,078 – Ferez’s fixed seat row cycle]
US 6,206,394 – Olson’s sliding seat Rowbike –
US 6,276,703 – Caldwell’s arm propelled delta trike with independent wheel drives]
US 6,328,325 – Greenwood’s 4 place sliding seat land rowing quad]
US 6,352,274 – Redman’s arm rowed, fixed seat tadpole trike] (3/22/02)
US 6,375,208 – Lee’s arm rowed FWD delta trike scooter (2002)] (5/1/02)
DE 435,559 – Pohle’s sliding seat quad (1926)]
DE 2,260,626 – Bergmann’s sliding seat quad with seat suspension and ski option]
DE 2,426,011 – Herbst’s sliding seat rowing system]
DE 2,830,691 – Facco’s LWB sliding seat bike with forward coxswain]
DE 3,516,322 – Hirschmann’s slide seat rowing vehicle]
DE 3,534,974 – Geller’s sliding seat land rower]
DE 3,717,934 – Geller’s improved sliding seat land rower]
DE 4,415,611 – Steinbock’s sliding seat and feet (fixed handle bar) rowing system]
DE10,002,572 – Siegl’s fixed seat Round Rower –
DE19,525,766 – Vakulenko’s fixed seat FWD center steered cycle]
DE19,614,836 – Raatz’s sliding seat rowing and steering system]
DE19,934,817 – Schibalsky’s sliding seat, foot steered delta trike]
EP0 197,569 – De Weert’s FWD rowed bike with sliding seat (see picture) –
EP0 461,286 – Horst’s lo-rider row bike with sliding seat]
EP0 706,934 – Mareschs’ sliding seat, fixed handle bar land rower]
FR 507,212 – Falke and Salce’s sliding seat, cable driven quad (1920)]
FR 545,427 – Falke and Salce’s sliding seat, ‘oar’ driven quad (1922)]
FR 606,051 – Perret’s sliding seat rowing quad with ‘oar’ drive (1926)]
FR 612,851 – Alaphilippe’s ‘oar’ driven tadpole trike (1926)]
FR 658,935 – Paunin’s arm rowed, foot steered tadpole trike (1929)]
FR 666,011 – Quenault’s rear facing tadpole ‘boat’ with ‘oar’ drive (1929)]
FR 769,594 – Ulysse’s sliding seat row bike]
FR 775,167 – Guerineau and Giron’s sliding seat quad]
FR 793,761 – Agacho’s sliding seat delta trike]
FR 905,598 – Bollengier’s interesting fixed seat, dual drive tadpole trike]
FR 912,078 – Mandoff’s sliding seat powered tadpole trike]
FR 917,929 – Liblin’s sliding seat quad with ‘oar’ driven FWD and 4 wheel steering]
FR 929,537 – Barnasson’s fixed seat, arm rowed trike]
FR 1,364,371 – Lochon’s fixed seat, arm rowed tadpole trike]
FR 2,424,178 – Chatillon’s lean steered, sliding seat trikes]
FR 2,455,540 – LeMarchand’s interesting fixed seat delta rowing trike]
FR 2,474,431 – Chatillon’s sliding seat tilting tadpole trike]
FR 2,494,202 – Another variation of Chatillon’s sliding seat tadpole rowing trike]
FR 2,657,324 – Drapeau’s sliding seat rowing system]
FR 2,677,944 – Gerard’s sliding seat rowing trike]
FR 2,682,660 – Lesbre’s foot steer, ‘oar’ driven, sliding seat row trike â�” Ramebike (picture #10) –
FR 2,728,532 – Etienne’s interesting hand/foot linear drive – bike]
FR 2,730,170 – Lesbre’s sliding seat, foot-steered land rowers â�” Ergobike (picture #4) –
FR 2,794,098 – Suptil’s sliding seat Aviroute with expandable drive mechanism –
GB 343,338 – Lazzarotto and Congiu’s rear facing delta trike with dual ‘oar’ drives]
GB 2,151,562 – Zarco’s combined pedal and row cycle]
GB 2,303,594 – Rupp’s rowing system]
JP 10,053,186 – Yoshijirou’s fixed seat LWB row bike]
JP 51,050,142 – Takaoka’s sliding seat tandem land rower with coxswain (in Japanese)]
JP 53,007,045 – Yoshioka’a sliding seat delta trike (in Japanese)]
JP 2002029484 – Fixed seat delta trike with dual arm-rowing levers (in Japanese) (2002)] (4/21/02)
PT 101,845 – Ferreria’s sliding seat quad]
WO 94/18059 – Stickler’s sliding seat rowbike with hydraulic steering option]
WO 00/12378 – Thijs’ Snek transmission for row bikes –
WO 01/03996 – Dzvonik’s interesting sliding seat AND feet ScullTrek –
WO 01/96174 – Koehler’s sliding seat trike – Row-K –
– – Boat Rowers (Patents) – –
US 184,031 – Blakeman’s fixed seat, sliding rigger rowing system (1879)] (4/28/02)
US 185,032 – Isaacs’ unusual sliding seat AND ‘sliding row-lock’ system (1879)] (4/28/02)
US 269,924 – Elliott’s interesting sliding seat, moving oarlock system – to extend strokes (1883)] (5/5/02)
US 284,984 – Schunk’s front facing rowing gear (1883)] (4/28/02)
US 401,736 – Curlin’s paddlewheel or prop driven HPB â�” row lever with linked foot pegs (1889)] (6/3/02)
US 522,545 – Wright’s ‘Bow Facing Oars’ (1894)] (4/28/02)
US 535,584 – Harbers’ forward facing rowing device (1895)] (4/28/02)
US 562,369 – Berron’s forward facing rowing oars (1896)] (4/28/02)
US 568,707 – Shnicke’s ‘Bow Facing Oars’ (1896)] (4/28/02)
US 578,815 – Fryer’s propeller driven HPB â�” powered and steered by ‘oars’ (1897)] (4/28/02)
US 611,497 – Lucier’s ‘Bow Facing Oars’ (1898)] (4/28/02)
US 718,156 – Putman’s forward facing boat rowers (1903)] (4/28/02)
US 788,884 – Buff’s ‘Bow Facing Oars’ (1905)] (4/28/02)
US 808,720 – another of Buff’s ‘Bow Facing Oars’ (1906)] (4/28/02)
US 892,418 – Hallman’s interesting front facing rowing mechanism (1908)] (5/17/02)
US 1,345,860 – Kohl’s ‘Bow Facing Oars’ (1920)] (4/28/02)
US 1,381,923 – Kemp’s ‘Bow Facing Oars’ (1921)] (5/5/02)
US 1,476,987 – Larsen’s ‘Bow Facing Oars’ (1923)] (4/28/02)
US 2,873,713 – Baastrup’s unusual pivot flap rower â�” â��row’ forward or reverse (1959)] (5/17/02)
US 3,729,369 – Trull’s forward facing rower with automatic end-of-stroke feathering] (4/28/02)
US 3,857,356 – Jewett’s unusual forward facing rower – with ‘self-surfacing’ oar blades] (4/28/02)
US 3,884,175 – Bellis’ forward facing oars â�” with storage facilitating feature] (4/28/02)
US 3,898,950 – Martin’s drop-in Oarmaster rower –
US 4,052,951 – Farr’s forward facing boat rowing system (1977)]
US 4,383,830 – Cartwright’s fixed seat, pivoting rigger rowing system (1983)] (5/2/02)
US 4,623,314 – Waugh’s fixed seat, sliding rigger, forward facing rowing arrangement (1986)] (5/2/02)
US 4,649,852 – Plantedosi’s sliding seat rower attachment â�” attached to gunnels] (4/28/02)
US 4,781,630 – Gertsch’s sliding seat, propeller driven rowing arrangement]
US 4,867,718 – duPont’s interesting ‘Hydrofoil Oars’ â�” with sliding seat (1989)] (5/2/02)
US 4,960,396 – Stolzer’s foot operated sculling device]
US 5,037,339 – Smith’s forward facing boat row apparatus]
US 5,112,951 – Humphrey’s front facing row system â�” boats (1992)]
US 5,127,859 – Rantilla’s Front Rower – forward facing rowing system (1992)]
US 5,215,482 – Henry’s front facing boat rower]
US 5,248,272 – DuPont’s front facing boat rowing device]
US 5,360,357 – Drake’s single oar, fixed seat, sideways seating HPB with outrigger]
US 5,630,739 – Mele’s forward facing boat rowing system]
US 5,647,782 – Henry’s interesting fixed seat front facing rower]
US 5,669,793 – Walton’s sliding paddle rowing device]
US 5,685,750 – Rantilla’s Front Rower â�” for boats –
US 5,899,780 – Robbins’ drop-in sliding seat rowing unit]
US 6,083,066 – Wright’s front facing rowing system â�” with automatic blade feathering option]
US 6,109,988 – Dunn’s fixed seat, moving oar lock, forward facing rowing device]
US 6,113,447 – Roy’s forward facing rowing HPB with integral riggers]
US 6,241,565 – Doroftel’s front facing sliding seat HPB â�” with unusual helical drive to a propeller] (4/26/02)
CA 2,028,867 – Dustan’s forward facing rowing apparatus]
CA 2,269,516 – Salvail’s front facing HPB]
DE 3,205,905 – Nowatny’s front facing paddling device]
DE 3,609,299 – Affeld’s front facing rowing system]
DE 3,729,651 – Woelky’s sliding seat water jet propulsion]
DE 3,902,367 – Werner’s linear rower with sliding seat]
DE 3,925,387 – Trauten’s sliding seat air-jet system]
DE 4,341,781 – Werner’s between hull catamaran rower]
FR 800,666 – Ravon’s sliding seat rowing system with paddlewheel or prop drive]
FR 2,577,513 – Hurtaud’s forward facing boat rowing system]
FR 2,603,248 – Girard’s front facing rowing system – boats]
FR 2,705,081 – Lefeuvre’s front boat rowing system]
GB 2,101,946 – Waugh’s forward facing boat rower]
GB 2,118,506 – Byung’s row driven propeller system]
GB 2,233,946 – Dunstan’s front rowing system for boats]
GB 2,322,610 – Davis’ hydrofoil rowing boat]
WO 95/13963 – Capuzzo’s front rowing system for boats]
– – Rail HPVs (Patents) – –
( Thanks to mailto:eldberg@cstone.net” title=”E-mail Warren”>Warren Berger for this contribution )
US 167,119 – Ray’s hand-car quad with dual row lever drive (1875)] (4/11/02)
US 213,254 – Sheffield’s recumbent hand-car with foot pegs linked to row lever (1879)] (4/8/02)
US 225,585 – Fox’s pedaled ‘Railway Velocipede’ with reversible seating direction (1880)] (4/21/02)
US 226,304 – Glover’s 4 person hand-car with dual tandem row lever drives and 4 wheels (1880)] (4/8/02)
US 246,000 – Ferres’ 2WD arrangement with push/pull lever drive (1881)] (4/8/02)
US 249,895 – Campbell and Prindle’s pedaled ‘Railroad Velocipede’ (1881)] (4/21/02)
US 260,903 – Sheffield’s face-to-face tandem hand car â�” row lever propelled (1882)] (4/8/02)
US 269,237 – Sheffield’s clever hand-car with seat movement assist between rowing strokes (1882)] (4/8/02)
US 269,490 – Walz’s clever FWD system with seat movement assist between strokes (1882)] (4/8/02)
US 269,906 – Willits’ FWD row lever drive with on-demand seat movement assist (1883)] (4/8/02)
US 270,320 – Linsley’s row lever, foot-peg propelled hand car with retractable outrigger (1883)] (4/8/02)
US 270,480 – Randall’s FWD hand car with options of side-by-side seating and electric assist (1883)] (4/8/02)
US 271,720 – Linsley’s rowed hand car with rack and pinion drive (1883)] (4/8/02)
US 288,507 – Spencer’s rowed rail vehicle with seat movement assist between strokes (1883)] (4/8/02)
US 286,623 – McGaffey’s FWD hand-car with push/pull row lever drive (1883)] (4/8/02)
US 447,935 – Brady’s pedaled upright rail-bike with row lever assist and outrigger (1891)] (4/8/02)
US 462,908 – Brady’s pedaled upright single or tandem rail bike (1891)] (4/8/02)
US 468,671 – Mann’s face-to-face tandem hand car with common row lever (1892)] (4/8/02)
US 468,673 – Mann’s row lever and foot-peg propelled hand car with outrigger (1892)] (4/8/02)
US 468,674 – another of Mann’s row lever and foot-peg propelled hand cars (1892)] (4/8/02)
US 492,337 – Randolph’s face-to-face tandem hand car with common row lever (1893)] (4/8/02)
US 495,529 – Taft’s face-to-face tandem 4 wheel hand car with common row lever (1893)] (4/8/02)
US 514,449 – Donovan’s pedaled upright rail bike with dual row lever assist (1894)] (4/8/02)
US 542,326 – Brady’s upright rail trike with pedal cranks and on-demand row lever assist (1895)] (4/8/02)
US 550,520 – Mellor’s upright ‘Railway Tricycle’ – pedaled (1895)] (4/21/02)
US 567,362 – Small’s hand-car quad with dual row lever drive (1896)] (4/11/02)
US 601,439 – Heaton’s 2WD vehicle with dual reciprocating row lever drive (1898)] (4/8/02)
US 611,808 – Donovan’s rail quad â�” propelled by row lever with linked foot pegs (1898)] (4/8/02)
US 617,344 – Milliron’s ‘Hand Car’ â�” 6 wheels â�” mid wheel drive via pump type lever (1899)] (5/1502)
US 645,115 – Mattews’ rail bike with push/pull row lever and retractable outrigger (1900)] (4/8/02)
US 693,128 – Gorneman’s device for converting an upright bike for use on rails (1902)] (4/21/02)
US 734,491 – Brady’s pedaled upright rail bike with row lever assist (1903)] (4/8/02)
US 753,106 – Pierce’s pedaled ‘Railway Velocipede’ (1904)] (4/21/02)
US 783,463 – Reed’s low profile rail bike with row lever and linked foot slide (1905)] (4/8/02)
US 890,790 – O’Connor’s rail velocipede with row lever and linked foot pegs (1908)] (4/8/02)
US 925,818 – Mangels’ arm rowed multi-person ‘boats’ and parallel race tracks (1894)] (4/8/02)
US 941,420 – Kerr’s arm rowed rail dicycle (1909)] (4/8/02)
US 1,013,041 – Mossman’s face-to-face tandem rail car with common push/pull row lever (1911)] (4/8/02)
US 1,107,579 – Brady’s pedaled upright rail bike with linked row lever and outrigger (1914)] (4/8/02)
US 1,254,434 – Rea’s attachment for converting upright bicycles for use on rails (1918)] (4/21/02)
US 1,436,532 – Revny’s apparatus for converting upright cycles for railways (1922)] (4/21/02)
US 4,230,046 – Smart’s clever rail-or-road convertible upright bicycle (1980)] (4/21/02)
DE 2,225,845 – Veltmann’s hanging monorail cycle â�” pedaled (1973)] (4/21/02)
JP2001334933 – Noguchi’s ‘Cycling Train’ with multiple upright bikes (in Japanese) (2001)] (4/21/02)
WO 98/46466 – Burman’s upright rail bike with outrigger (1999)] (4/21/02)
– – Winter HPVs (Patents) – –
US 500,826 – Thacher’s oar propelled ice boat (1893)]
US 519,596 – Voigt’s fixed seat ‘rowed’ sled (1894)]
US 526,556 – Bolton’s pedaled ‘Ice Velocipede’] (4/26/02)
US 541,426 – Detreux’s upright ‘Traction Vehicle’ â�” pedaled track with wheel forward] (4/26/02)
US 551,442 – Korff’s ‘Ice Velocipede’ – pedaled (1895)]
US 654,291 – Stith’s bike with conveyor-belt like traction wheels (1900)]
US 869,170 – Foote’s hand powered sled (1907)]
US 1,070,158 – Mercier’s hand powered sled (1913)]
US 1,318,166 – Matheus’ pedaled sled with spring loaded track] (4/26/02)
US 1,604,245 – Taylor’s hand powered, flexible ‘paddlewheel’ propelled sled (1926)]
US 2,475,250 – Petersen’s complex looking ‘Runner Vehicle’ – pedaled]
US 3,336,037 – Brozovich’s pedaled ice vehicle]
US 3,441,285 – Rogers’ device for using bikes on ice or snow]
US 3,833,233 – Sugiyama’s pedaled snow vehicle with retractable drive wheel (1974)]
US 3,915,468 – Hoareau’s pedaled track snow bike]
US 3,931,983 – Kanouse’s snow cycle]
US 3,960,387 – Nerio’s HP snowmobile for children]
US 4,146,101 – Plourde’s snow cycle – pedaled or motor driven track (1979)]
US 4,168,841 – Uhlyarik’s bicycle conversion system for use on ice and snow]
US 4,466,626 – Leritz’s ice/snow vehicle â�” pedaled, retractable rear wheel (1984)]
US 4,592,563 – Dean’s reciprocating drive vehicle]
US 4,828,280 – Kies’ pedaled ice bike with runners and retractable wheel (1989)]
US 5,087,060 – Rogalsi’s rowed sled – thrust levers]
US 5,102,153 – Rhode’s bike to snow cycle converting kit – pedaled track drive (1992)]
US 5,423,559 – another Rhode’s snow cycle]
US 5,433,466 – Timmer’s bicycle attachment for over-width rear wheel and forward ski] (4/26/02)
US 5,482,302 – Yu’s pedaled skibob (1996]
US 5,738,361 – Landucci’s pedaled track snow cycle]
US 5,833,256 – Gilmore’s Ice Rower – Animated Illustration –
US 6,112,840 – Forbes’ snow cycle â�” pedaled or motor driven track with forward ski (2000)] (5/6/02)
US 6,164,670 – Abarca’s pedaled track snow cycle]
US 6,279,923 – Cardillo’s snow cycle with pedaled rear track and forward ski (2001)]
CA 2,127,159 – Riopelle’s Ice Cycle â�” pedaled FWD with rear runners (1994)]
CA 2,154,729 – Savard’s pedaled track type snow bike (1997}]
CA 2,299,718 – Millstein’s pedaled track snow cycle (2000)]
DE 4,308,414 – Lubos’s pedaled bike attachment â�” for skis and drive wheel elevation adjustments (1994)]
DE19,609,837 – Schulze’s pedaled ice bike â�” drive wheel and adjustable rear runner (1997)]
EP 799,763 – Mauro’s pedaled snow bike â�” 3 skis and rear drive wheel (1997)]
WO 99/43540 – Forbes’ snow cycle â�” pedaled or motor driven track with forward ski (2000)]
– – Water Walkers (Patents) – –
US 22,457 – Rowlands’ two section ‘Life Raft’ walkers (1858)]
US 838,986 – Hannan’s ‘Water Shoe’ (1906)]
US 974,520 – Risso’s interesting paddle wheel propelled water skis (1910)]
US 1,013,818 – Rochat’s amphibious water skates (1912)] (5/1/02)
US 1,014,993 – Anderson’s HP water ‘skees’]
US 1,057,731 – Halbow’s interconnected water skis with rudder (1913)]
US 1,248,013 – Risso’s improved paddle wheel propelled water skis (1917)]
US 1,264,523 – Jelalian’s balloon assisted water walkers (1918)]
US 1,275,727 – Niec’s ‘Water Skates’ (1918)]
US 1,413,602 – Michalski’s ‘Water Skates’ (1922)]
US 1,476,905 – Mardus’ ‘Water Shoes’]
US 1,533,023 – Meredith’s HP water skis (1925)]
US 1,692,055 – Sheldon’s interconnected water walking skis â�” with rudder (1928)] (5/8/02)
US 1,693,967 – Reinwald’s ‘water shoes’ (1928)]
US 1,714,352 – Echola’s water walking skis]
US 2,153,939 – Schaupp’s connected water skis]
US 2,297,496 – Pomilio’s clever water walking skis with buoyant mid hull (1942)
US 2,430,466 – Hedman’s inflatable ‘Air Boots’ (1945)] (5/17/02)
US 2,482,074 – Stephens’ buoyant water skis â�” multiple pivoting fin enabled (1946] (5/1/02)
US 2,651,790 – Geiger’s liftable water shoes]
US 2,694,209 – Lippincott’s HP water skis (1954)]
US 2,707,789 – Brown’s ‘Pontoon Water Skates’ – inflatable with pivoting fin drive (1955)] (5/1/02)
US 2,893,021 – Lundborg’s ‘Water Ski Poles’ – for water walkers (1959)] (5/1/02)
US 3,015,830 – Clark’s buoyant water walking skis â�” with retractable fin drive (1962)] (5/1/02)
US 3,031,696 – Brabb’s water walking skis (1962)]
US 3,034,157 – Abajian’s water walking skis (1962)]
US 3,063,071 – Van Vorst’s ‘Traction Activated Skis’ (1962)]
US 3,112,504 – Carlton’s HP ‘Water Shoes’ (1963)]
US 3,121,892 – Plumlees’s ‘Floating Skis’ (1964)]
US 3,134,114 – Stimm’s ‘Buoyant Shoes’]
US 3,284,824 – Chymbur’s water walking shoes]
US 3,479,674 – Beymer’s HP water jet shoes (1969)]
US 3,541,623 – Duda’s enhanced traction water skis (1970)]
US 3,566,427 – Davis’ water walkers – forward movement biased bottom shape (1969)] (5/17/02)
US 3,601,828 – Fairchild’s ‘water-walking apparatus’ (1971)]
US 3,606,624 – La Rocca’s weight shift propelled water shoes (1971)]
US 3,609,782 – Mabuchi’s weighting activated linked water skis (1969)]
US 3,621,500 – Senghas’ interesting ‘Water Walking Stilts’ (1971)] (5/1/02)
US 3,716,881 – Tilings’ buoyant HP skis (1973)]
US 3,745,187 – Livaudais’ walk on water device]
US 3,747,236 – Sidlauskus’ ‘Floatation Shoes’ with pivoting vanes on bottom (1973)] (5/17/02)
US 3,750,203 – Ceccato’s inflatable water walking skis with pole propulsion assist (1973)]
US 3,758,898 – Dougherty’s ‘Wading Pontoons’ with adjustable buoyancy and flippers (1973)] (5/1/02)
US 3,783,532 – Harradine’s buoyant ‘Water Shoes’ â�” flexible fins attached to bottom (1974)] (5/17/02)
US 3,808,622 – Webster’s water walker (1974)]
US 3,833,956 – Meehan’s ‘Water Skates’ – foot movements vertically move underwater fin (1974)]
US 3,835,494 – Dougherty’s ‘Water Walking Pontoons’ (1974)]
US 3,877,409 – Krogseng’s interesting water skis with paddle wheel drives and rudders (1775)]
US 3,936,897 – Schaumann’s ‘Buoyant Water Walkers’]
US 3,952,353 – Word’s inflatable devise to convert water skis to water walkers (1976)]
US 4,034,430 – Joyce’s water walking skis (1977)]
US 4,037,280 – Klepsch’s water or land walking apparatus â�” ‘L’ cross section, pivoting vanes (1977)] (5/1/02)
US 4,060,866 – Robinson’s inflatable and interconnected buoyant water skis â�” paddle assisted (1977)] (5/1/02)
US 4,117,562 – Another of Schaumann’s water walkers (1978)]
US 4,129,912 – Robinson’s paddled skis with legs controlled rudders (1978)]
US 4,154,188 – Flagg’s water walking wheel (1979)]
US 4,157,597 – Trebnick’s Operator Propelled water skis (1979)]
US 4,261,069 – one of Schaumann’s walk on water devices (1981)]
US 4,530,668 – Braun’s liftable walking walkers (1985)]
US 4,541,809 – another of Schaumann’s water walkers (1985)]
US 4,599,072 – Pollini’s ‘Towless Aquatic Skis’ â�” with thrust poles (1986)] (5/1/02)
US 4,618,329 – Celez’s ‘Water Sliders’ â�” forward movement biased tail shape (1986)] (5/17/02)
US 4,698,039 – Watson’s water walking apparatus (1987)]
US 4,731,039 – Zeiss’ walk on water device (1988)]
US 4,801,284 – Lieu’s ‘Water Walking Shoes’ (1989)]
US 4,804,345 – Lee’s towless water skis with buoyant propulsion poles (1989)] (5/1/02)
US 4,846,743 – Chang’s water walking shoes (1989)]
US 4,915,659 – Sanders’ water or land walking skis â�” ridges and flexible cups on bottom (1990)] (5/17/02)
US 4,952,184 – Graziano’s water walker (1990)]
US 4,954,106 – Shuh-Chin’s stepping activated water jet propelled skis (1990)]
US 4,985,006 – Brunet’s ‘hydro dynamically designed’ water walking skis (1991)]
US 5,080,621 – Nayes’ water walking apparatus (1992)]
US 5,192,237 – Pegoraro’s stepping activated water walking skis]
US 5,194,023 – Stone’s skiing type propulsion (1993)]
US 5,236,381 – Keogh’s water walking skis (1993)]
US 5,277,636 – Seith’s water walking skis (1994)] (5/1/02)
US 5,421,759 – Morin’s water walker (1995)]
US 5,445,549 – Lekhtman’s walking motion propelled catamaran]
US 5,462,466 – Hull’s weight shift activated linked skis]
US 5,558,553 – Okano’s water walker (1996)]
US 5,593,334 – Thayer’s walk on water apparatus (1997)]
US 5,607,331 – Lekhtman’s Step Jet –
US 5,616,060 – Morin’s leg support apparatus for HP water skis]
US 5,697,822 – Souter’s water walker]
US 5,860,841 – Welz’s oar assisted water walkers]
CA 664,576 – Stimm’s walk on water apparatus]
CA 2,223,343 – Welz’s water walker]
EP 523,787 – Paolo’s water walking skis]
name=NotPedWaterPat>Not Pedaled � Water
US 381,729 – Tibbles’ paddle wheel propelled boat â�” operated by dual hand levers (1888)] (5/15/02)
US 637,051 – Wasek’s swinging foot pedal HPB drive â�” paddlewheel or prop (1899)] (4/22/02)
US 1,692,753 – Meyer’s hand cranked prop drive for swimmers (1928)] (5/15/02)
US 2,021,815 – Strout’s manually operated whale tail outboard drive unit (1935)] (5/8/02)
US 2,367,765 – Fickler’s manually operated whale tail outboard drive unit (1945)] (5/8/02)
US 2,518,808 – Nadolinski’s hand cranked ‘outboard motor’] (4/21/02)
US 2,520,804 – Hollar’s fin propelled HPB â�” operated by side-to-side rocking motions (1950)] (5/8/02)
US 2,555,886 – Jones’ foot activated sculling fin for HPB steering and propulsion (1951)] (5/2/02)
US 2,592,498 – Wells’ foot pedal operated paddling system for boats (1952)] (5/15/02)
US 2,684,045 – Cato’s hand cranked ‘outboard motor’] (4/22/02)
US 2,803,837 – Virobik’s unusual no-hands ‘Sportsman’s Boat’ â�” wet feet enabled (1957)] (5/2/02)
US 2,962,283 – Casey’s manually propelled fish tail – on fish shaped HPB (1960)] (5/8/02)
US 3,010,421 – Perkins’ hand cranked outboard – flexible drive shaft (1961)] (5/2/02)
US 3,019,760 – Berliner’s surfboard with treadle driven propeller (1962)] (5/5/02)
US 3,039,422 – Baker’s swing pedal operated paddling system for boats (1962)] (5/15/02)
US 3,139,061 – Johnston’s semi-linear driven â��fish tail’ for HPBs (1964)] (5/15/02)
US 3,180,306 – Gouedy’s prone ridden craft with dual hand cranked paddlewheels (1964)] (5/5/02)
US 3,272,173 – Avellino’s hand cranked, prop driven HPB for children (1966)] (5/5/02)
US 3,361,106 – Hildrebrand’s HPB with manually operated fish tail propulsion (1968)] (5/8/02)
US 3,408,976 – Ellis’ water-jet propelled surfboard â�” manual (or electric) (1968)] (5/1/02)
US 3,426,722 – Dragich’s fin type ‘Swimming Aid’ â�” leg operated (5/1/02)
US 3,487,806 – Ch’iu’s water-jet propelled catamaran â�” foot sea-saw enabled (1970)] (5/1/02)
US 3,695,211 – Gross’ boat propelled by swim fin linked to foot levers (1972)] (5/5/02)
US 3,718,109 – Skitsko’s stand-up HPB – propelled by imparting pitching movements (1973)] (5/5/02)
US 3,756,187 – Livaudais’ catamaran – propelled by ‘walking’ motions while seated (1973)] (5/8/02)
US 3,874,319 – Martin’s HPB â�” prone user, hand cranked paddlewheels â�” foot operated flaps (1975)] (5/1502)
US 3,903,834 – Velandia Arevalo’s hand cranked, foot steered, prone position craft – prop (1975)] (5/5/02)
US 3,971,330 – French’s manually operated outboard ‘propulsion pump’ for HPBs (1976)] (5/1/02)
US 4,389,196 – Gander’s ‘swivel fin’ propelled HPB]
US 4,464,126 – Maisonneuve’s stand up HPB â�” whale tail operated by push pull lever (1984)] (5/8/02)
US 4,576,580 – Gulko’s catamaran â�” propelled (?) by boards attached to underwater pedals (1986)] (5/6/02)
US 4,642,056 – Keivanjah’s fin (as in fish tail) powered catamaran]
US 4,795,381 – Willem’s treadle drive recumbent HPB]
– su]www.delphion.com/cgi-bin/viewpat.cmd/US04926777__”>US 4,926,777 – Davis’ floating amphibious wheelchair with manually turned paddle wheels (1990)] (5/5/02)
US 4,968,273 – Momot’s stand up craft â�” whale tail propelled â�” sea saw motion enabled (1990)] (5/8/02)
US 5,127,855 – Heywood’s interesting HPB â�” propelled by vertical moving pedaled foil (1992)] (5/6/02)
US 5,145,424 – Han’s ‘sea-saw’ (weight shift) operated propeller driven boat (1992)] (5/5/02)
US 5,163,857 – Hinsley’s flexible fin propelled HPB â�” reciprocating foot pedal enabled (1992)] (5/2/02)
US 5,194,023 – Stone’s HPB operated by x-country ski motions â�” complete with poles (1993)] (5/2/02)
US 5,427,554 – Foglia’a trimaran with dual manually driven paddle wheels (1995)]
US 5,441,454 – Race’s ‘seesaw’ propelled catamaran]
US 5,445,549 – Lekhtman’s walking motion propelled catamaran]
US 5,453,031 – Gagnier’s hand cranked paddle wheel HPB]
US 5,549,491 – Domancic’s HP fin drive system]
US 5,577,940 – Adler’s articulated paddle wheel HPB]
US 5,584,732 – Owen’s HPB paddle system]
US 5,702,274 – White’s ski-machine powered HydoSkier –
US 5,743,772 – Assawah’s propulsion device for swimmers]
US 5,785,564 – Von Ohain’s hydro-foil paddlewheel driven HPB â�” with linear foot drive (1998)]
US 5,816,871 – Proverbio’s stand-up HPB – propelled by imparting pitching movements (1998)] (5/5/02)
US 5,938,489 – McNeil’s ‘Leg-Powered Boat’ â�” with sliding seat driven pivoting flap] (5/1/02)
US 5,997,369 – Triantafyllon’s ‘fish like’ HPB]
US 6,022,249 – Ketterman’sHobie Mirage boat flippers –
US 6,033,276 – Han’s surfboard like fin propelled water craft â�” prone user (2000)]
US 6,077,134 – Lam’ HPBs include catamaran with hand lever enabled fish tail propulsion (2000)] (5/5/02)
US 6,099,369 – Puzey’s human powered hydrofoil â�” Trampofoil – (5/1/02)
US 6,241,565 – Doroftel’s front facing sliding seat HPB â�” with unusual helical drive to a propeller] (4/26/02)
US 6,375,530 – Earl’s ‘Whaletail’ device for swimmers (2002)] (5/1/02)
DE 3,436,924 – Huber’s linear driven propeller system for HPBs]
DE 4,212,920 – Henker’s fin propelled catamaran]
FR 761,581 – Schaeffer’s recumbent HPB with reciprocating foot drive] (4/22/02)
GB 329,038 – Holworthy’s recumbent watercraft with reciprocating foot drive (1930)] (4/22/02)
GR 80,979 – Emmanouilidis’ pivoting row bar propelled boat]
Pedaled � Water
US 577,269 – Powley’s bicycle powered (via prop) catamaran (1897)] (4/22/02)
US 586,851 – Knepper’s pedaled craft with buoyant fore and aft paddle wheels (1897)] (4/22/02)
US 637,547 – Clark’s ‘Marine Velocipede’ â�” pedaled prop driven catamaran (1899)] (4/22/02)
US 839,476 – Hartlett’s system for adapting bikes ’to cross streams’ (1906)]
US 858,093 – Mitchell’s ‘Nautical Velocipede’ â�” 3 pedaled pontoons (1899)] (4/22/02)
US 956,533 – Krause’s ‘Marine Bicycle’ â�” pedaled belt with pivoting flaps â�” rudder aft (1910)] (5/15/02)
US 1,072,027 – Mosteller’s unusual in-water hand and foot cranked ‘Water Bicycle’ (1913)] (5/2/02)
US 1,244,073 – Pavese’s pedaled amphibious boat â�” prop and/or front wheel driven (1917)] (5/15/02)
US 1,578,395 – Chapin’s pedaled ‘Water Bicycle’ â�” propeller driven (1926)] (5/5/02)
US 1,761,883 – Froedtert’s pedaled, prop driven catamaran â�” with retractable features (1930)] (5/2/02)
US 2,273,327 – Metaxas’ pedaled propeller drive arrangement for boats (1942)] (5/6/02)
US 2,420,422 – Gilliam’s unusual pedaled HPB â�” with prop drive (1946)] (5/5/02)
US 2,468,889 – Montalbano’s ‘portable’ pedaled paddle wheel drive for boats â�” rudder aft (1949)] (5/15/02)
US 2,484,720 – Montalbano’s pedaled outboard HPB drive] (4/22/02)
US 2,542,143 – Jones’ pedaled HPB for prone swimmers] (4/22/02)
US 2,663,278 – Skinner’s ‘Water Bicycle’ â�” 3 floats (delta) and paddles on pedals (1953)] (5/17/02)
US 2,910,035 – Johnson’s pedaled paddle wheel system]
US 2,990,804 – Garehime’s unusual pedaled quad â�” collapsible with four buoyant spheres (1961)] (5/6/02)
US 2,990,805 – Jacus’ HPB with under-water pedals and prop (1961)] (5/2/02)
US 3,083,382 – Etal’s pedaled recumbent catamaran â�” prop driven with fore and aft rudders (1963)] (5/6/02)
US 3,143,992 – Beams’ pedaled paddle wheel ‘Pontoon Boat’- rudder aft (1964)] (5/15/02)
US 3,211,125 – Yarbrough’s pedaled outboard drive for HPBs] (4/22/02)
US 3,249,084 – Plants’ ‘Water Tricycle’ â�” buoyant steerable â��paddle wheels’ forward (1966)] (5/15/02)
US 3,257,987 – Liard’s foldable ‘Water Cycle’ â�” pedaled propeller (1966)] (5/2/02)
US 3,352,276 – Zimmerman’s pedaled pontoon boat â�” prop â�” forward rudder (1967)] (5/15/02)
US 3,410,244 – Graham’s ‘Amphibous Boat’ â�” pedaled paddle wheels – catamaran (1968)] (5/15/02)
US 3,440,995 – Welch’s pedaled outboard propulsion unit with flexible drive shaft (1969)] (5/2/02)
US 3,570,436 – Le Vaseur’s ‘Submersible Water Bicycle]
US 3,640,239 – Petroskey’s bike attachment comprising 4 floats and paddle wheel (1972)] (4/22/02)
US 3,954,079 – Gof’s amphibious catamaran bicycle â�” prop driven in water (1976)] (5/15/02)
US 3,999,501 – Duarte’s 2 segment, knockdown pedaled paddlewheel HPB (1976)] (5/2/02)
US 4,072,124 – Meyrin’s HPB with pedaled inflatable wheels]
US 4,170,188 – Jamison’s interesting HPB drive attachment for bicycles (1979)] (5/2/02)
US 4,285,674 – Chew’s attachment for bicycles to permit use on water (1981)] (5/8/02)
US 4,317,422 – Gabriel’s bike adaptation for water]
US 4,318,700 – Price’s pedaled paddlewheel driven catamaran (1982)] (5/2/02)
US 4,323,352 – Warren’s Cerf Cycle a multi propeller pedaled catamaran]
US 4,349,340 – Hoffmann’s pedaled hydrofoil boat â�” with air propeller (1982)] (5/2/02)
US 4,395,237 – Watanabe’s amphibious bicycle]
US 4,427,392 – Schneider’s pedal driven outboard propeller and steering device (1984)] (5/2/02)
US 4,459,116 – Moore’s pedaled catamaran]
US 4,474,502 – Daoud’s pedaled surfboard â�” prop drive with aft rudder] (4/22/02)
US 4,493,657 – Zietler’s bike conversion for water]
US 4,493,658 – Hildebrand’s pedaled HPB with dual paddle wheels (1985)] (5/2/02)
US 4,496,325 – Tweg’s recumbent catamaran – propelled by pedaled paddles] (4/22/02)
US 4,511,338 – Fanelli’s pedaled paddlewheel attachment for sail boards (1985)] (5/5/02)
US 4,533,330 – Chun’s pedal powered amphibious sailboat (1985)] (5/2/02)
US 4,631,037 – Dicken’s pedaled paddle wheel HPB]
US 4,648,846 – Hsu’s inflatable pedaled catamaran â�” prop driven (1987)] (5/6/02)
US 4,698,034 – Anthonijsz’s pedaled catamaran â�” prop driven (1987)] (5/2/02)
US 4,772,237 – Zalkauskas’ pedaled HPB propelled by ’track’ with pivoting vanes (1988)] (5/6/02)
US 4,789,365 – Jones’ bicycle powered catamaran (1988)]
US 4,828,517 – van Liefland’s ‘Portable Water Bicycle’ â�” pedaled paddlewheels (1989)] (5/6/02)
US 4,891,024 – Benjamin’s pedaled outboard – Pedal Pro (1990) –
US 4,936,801 – Herrit’s bicycle propelled and steered catamaran] (4/22/02)
US 4,943,251 – Lerach’s pedaled outboard HPB drive (1990)] (5/2/02)
US 4,968,274 – Gregory’s pedaled catamaran with ‘lean steering’ – Water Bike – (1990)]
US 5,011,441 – Foley’s pedaled catamaran â�” prop driven (1991)]
US 5,178,088 – Howard’s pedaled amphibious vehicle]
US 5,183,422 – Guiboche’s inflatable ring â�” with pedaled paddlewheels (1993)] (5/6/02)
US 5,194,024 – Shiraki’s ‘Propeller Driven Surfboard’ – pedaled (1993)] (5/2/02)
US 5,217,398 – Meron’s ‘Pedal Operated Catamaran’ â�” prop driven (1993)]
US 5,224,886 – Cunningham’s bicycle driven catamaran â�” with prop (1993)] (5/2/02)
US 5,282,762 – Cerreto’s portable HPB prop drive and steering mechanism â�” pedaled (1994)] (5/6/02)
US 5,308,268 – Schmid’s pedaled trimaran with inflatable hulls]
US 5,316,508 – Landucci’s ‘Water Bicycle’ with 4 pontoons and prop drive (1994)] (5/6/02)
US 5,362,264 – Parant’s pedaled SurfBike (1994) –
US 5,374,206 – Gregory’s pedaled HPB with arm power and steering enhancements]
US 5,387,140 – Cunningham’s bicycle propelled catamaran â�” with prop (1995)] (5/2/02)
US 5,405,275 – Schlanger’s bike-like propelled catamaran]
US 5,413,066 – Spencer’s pedaled inflatable catamaran]
US 5,429,064 – Cardenas’ human powered ‘jet ski’]
US 5,443,405 – Zeyger’s bicycle propelled surf board]
US 5,460,551 – Beres’ pedal powered kayak â�” prop drive (1995)]
US 5,509,831 – Gelbart’s ‘Unicycle for Operation in Water’ (1996)]
US 5,522,741 – Yun’s amphibious bicycle]
US 5,540,604 – Dayton’s HPB with articulated hulls for steering]
US 5,547,406 – White’s Suncatcher – – with prop and rudder driven by a bicycle – (1996)]
US 5,626,501 – He’s pedaled pontoon water bike]
US 5,643,020 – Harris’ prone HPB with dual pedaled propellers]
US 5,651,706 – Kasper’s inflatable pontoon Pedal Boat â�” prop drive (1997)] (5/2/02)
US 5,718,611 – Schlangen’s pedaled catamaran]
US 5,722,865 – Tatum’s canard balanced Wave Bike –
US 5,782,480 – Reuben’s ‘Wheeled amphibious vehicle’]
US 5,803,774 – White’s amphibious bicycle system]
US 5,807,148 – Siviero’s amphibious bike converting device – Shuttle-Bike9 –
US 5,845,593 – Birkestrand’s pedaled track boat]
US 6,050,864 – Perdue’s ‘Amphibious Bicycle’ â�” paddle wheel] (4/23/02)
US 6,083,065 – Hall’s pedaled paddle-wheel attachment for canoes and the like] (5/1/02)
US 6,135,835 – Lekhtman’s pedaled ‘jet-ski’ with folding prop]
US 6,165,030 – Lewis’ pedal driven outboard for canoes and the like]
US 6,210,242 – Howard’s pedaled propeller powered catamaran] (5/1/02)
US 6,309,263 – Mier-Maza’s bicycle like water vehicle]
CA 753,066 – Liard’s portable and foldable water cycle â�” pedaled] (4/22/02)
CA 2,069,605 – Chase’s device for using a bike to propel a watercraft]
CA 2,112,520 – Landucci’s pedaled HPB quad (4 pontoons)]
CH 24,624 – Enderli’s upright pedaled HPB â�” prop drive, aft rudder (1903)] (5/15/02)
CH 377,214 – Pennese’s upright pedaled catamaran â�” paddlewheel] (4/22/02)
DE 316,629 – Bettinger’s bicycle propelled catamaran â�” paddle wheel] (4/22/02)
DE 1,960,373 – Drazdal’s two section HBB with submerged pedal drive] (4/22/02)
DE 2,315,913 – Eichholz’s upright pedaled surfboard] (4/22/02)
DE 2,418,614 – Schaeffer’s recumbent pedal drive for HPBs] (4/22/02)
DE 3,329,357 – Kuehn’s hand or foot cranked HPB â�” with forward propeller steering] (4/22/02)
DE 3,407,778 – Pietraszek’s pedaled watercraft with ‘ball paddlewheel drive’] (4/22/02)
FR 902,023 – Bonneau’s recumbent pedaled catamaran] (4/22/02)
FR 1,315,814 – Allegrand’s portable recumbent pedal drive for HPBs] (4/22/02)
FR 2,544,691 – Deshors’ HP ‘jet ski’]
FR 2,689,086 – Estadella’s dual paddle wheel propelled floating delta trike â�” pedaled]
– – Unusual HPVs for Land (Patents) – –
Not Pedaled � Land
US 88,930 – White’s dicycle â�” foot stirrup propelled with hand assist (1869)] (5/12/02)
US 90,546 – Huntington’s hand cranked dicycle (1869)] (5/12/02)
US 98,092 – Neale’s velocipede (delta trike) with push/pull row lever drive (1869)] (4/16/02)
US 155,270 – Thiesen’s tandem quad â�” push/pull lever driven (1874)] (5/17/02)
US 169,774 – Bodel’s clever trike- linked treadles and reciprocating hand levers (1875)] (5/12/02)
US 222,034 – Gornall’s self-propelled 3-wheel roller skates â�” foot rocking actuated (1879)] (4/23/02)
US 243,476 – Vreeland’s hand cranked trike â�” with foot assist and shoulder steering (1881)] (5/17/02)
US 273,007 – Baker’s treadle propelled quad (1883)]
US 285,035 – Holland’s velocipede with manual up/down drive levers (1883)] (4/11/02)
US 297,388 – Hall’s self-propelled 3-wheel roller skates – weight transfer actuated (1884)] (4/23/02)
US 302,090 – Bernhard’s foot steered delta trike with dual row lever drive (1884)] (4/11/02)
US 316,146 – Hennig’s clever multiple treadle driven trike â�” for 1-3 people (1885) (5/12/02)
US 327,397 – King’s two person, rocking chair propelled quad (1885)]
US 375,755 – Kidder’s treadle driven delta trike – rack and pinion linkage (1888)] (4/15/02)
US 393,417 – Brown’s foot lever propelled FWD and rear wheel steered bike (1888)] (5/5/02)
US 397,015 – McCoy’s dual hand lever propelled quad â�” passenger seat â�” tiller steered (1889)] (5/12/02)
US 422,087 – Loser’s quad â�” hand levers and/or foot treadle propelled â�” foot steered (1890)] (5/17/02)
US 443,890 – Belyea’s clever reciprocating foot and arm propelled quad (1890)]
US 444,620 – Rouveyre’s upright delta trike with treadle drive (1891)] (5/28/02)
US 535,593 – Mann’s push/pull hand lever propelled and steered quad (1895)] (5/17/02)
US 556,802 – Boyle’s upright bicycle with linear drive (1896)] (4/23/02)
US 581,453 – Boldt’s self-propelled, weight transfer actuated roller skates (1897)] (4/23/02)
US 588,472 – Raymond’s treadle drive trike with vertical seat movement assist (1897)] (5/28/02)
US 618,580 – Paine’s hand steered delta trike â�” propelled by push/pull arm lever (1899)] (4/4/02)
US 719,595 – Huss’ upright bicycle with linear drive (1903)] (4/23/02)
US 726,001 – Smith’s ‘Hand Actuated’ quad – pump type lever propels and steers (1903)] (5/15/02)
US 833,100 – Wells’ ‘Pedemobile’ â�” lean steered roller skates with brakes (1906)] (4/23/02)
US 873,889 – Palmer’s weight transfer propelled roller skates (1907))] (4/23/02)
US 891,872 – Smith’s multi speed quad â�” reciprocating hand levers â�” foot steered (1908)] (5/17/02)
US 941,121 – Worthington’s push/pull hand lever propelled and steered quad (1909)] (5/15/02)
US 942,333 – Lennox’s self-propelled roller skates – weight transfer actuated (1909)] (4/23/02)
US 1,008,187 – Nannenhorn’s lean-steered roller skates (1911)] (4/23/02)
US 1,222,613 – Felicetti’s thrust lever propelled amphibious vehicle (1917)]
US 1,234,614 – Bordner’s ‘Child’s Wagon’ – pump type lever propels and steers (1917)] (5/15/02)
US 1,273,079 – Matson’s unique swinging-chair propelled quad (1918)] (4/23/02)
US 1,292,445 – Drexler and Hollo’s 4 person quad â�” multiple push/pull levers, steering wheel (1919)] (5/12/02)
US 1,309,855 – Johnson’ s arm rowed scooter (1919)] (5/12/02)
US 1,334,609 – Guindon’s roller skates â�” propelled by vertical foot motions (1920)] (4/23/02)
US 1,359,957 – Bolen and McKee’s child’s stand-up trike – lift handle to propel (1920)] (5/12/02)
US 1,368,696 – Butterfield’s ‘Irish Mail’ propelled by dual reciprocating arm levers (1921)] (4/2/02)
US 1,387,281 – McCarthy’s hand steered children’s trike – propelled by push/pull lever (1921)] (4/4/02)
US 1,418,817 – Mack’s push/pull lever propelled quad â�” foot steered (1922)] (5/12/02)
US 1,443,904 – Parson’s reciprocating lever propelled quad (1923)]
US 1,449,643 – Wenderhold’s clever ‘hobbyhorse’ driven by vertical seat movements (1923)]
US 1,464,414 – Finch’s FWD trike for children – propelled by push/pull arm lever (1923)] (4/4/02)
US 1,500,809 – Giufri’s quad with independent linear foot drives (1924)]
US 1,503,878 – Brady’s dual hand lever propelled trike â�” foot steered (1924)] (5/12/02)
US 1,568,412 – Parkes’ scooter with â��steering wheel’ and seat (1926)] (5/12/02)
US 1,585,258 – Moore’s ‘Pole Monocycle’ (sort of a Segway look-alike from 1926)]
US 1,604,888 – Dews’ ‘Toy Vehicle’ (bike) with semi linear drive (1926)] (5/15/02)
US 1,617,357 – Walter’s 3 wheel scooter with oscillating foot plate drive (1927)] (4/23/02)
US 1,637,266 – Maxson’s child’s scooter with one-foot treadle drive (1927)] (4/23/02)
US 1,658,068 – White’s folding scooter with seat (1928)] (5/12/02)
US 1,688,024 – Scholer’s treadle driven scooter (1927)]
US 1,696,927 – Snyder’s delta trike with treadmill drive (1929)] (4/23/02)
US 1,723,553 – Lundahl’s â��Hand Car’ type quad â�” pump like lever propels and steers (1929)] (5/15/02)
US 1,801,526 – Neuman’s arm rowed scooter (1930)] (5/12/02)
US 2,002,046 – Scholtes’ scooter with one-foot linear drive] (4/23/02)
US 2,023,889 – Kramps’ upright bicycle with reciprocating drive] (4/23/02)
US 2,025,446 – Frantz’s treadle drive system for bicycles] (4/2/02)
US 2,114,648 – Bevier’s FWD stand up vehicle â�” driven by up/down handle bar (1938)] (5/15/02)
US 2,436,619 – Swindell’s hand cranked ‘Armcycle’ â�” with 5 wheels and dual drives (1948)] (5/12/02)
US 2,449,871 – Bohler’s self propelled roller skates â�” with 3 wheels and brakes] (4/23/02)
US 2,536,569 – Purkey’s self-propelled roller skates â�” operated by weight transfer] (4/23/02)
US 2,707,112 – Ludwigson’s treadle operated 3-wheel scooter] (4/23/02)
US 2,831,703 – Shrimpton’s stand up bike with ‘swinging pedal’ drive]
US 2,861,814 – Rebhun’s hand or foot propelled scooter â�” rear wheel drive (1958)] (5/12/02)
US 2,892,638 – Stadden’s ‘Play Hand Car ‘ – pump type lever propels and steers (1959)] (5/15/02)
US 3,039,790 – Trott’s treadle driven bicycle]
US 3,052,486 – Malmquist’s hand cranked 3 wheeled â��boat’ â�” independent drives (1962)] (5/12/02)
US 3,164,391 – O’Neal’s stand-up quad with circular platform and step-on drive pedals] (4/23/02)\
US 3,336,047 – Burgess’ stand-up â��hand car’ for children â�” up/down hand lever (1967)] (5/15/02)
US 3,450,416 – Mulder’s children’s trike â�” 2 hand turned wheels and 1 swivel wheel (1969)] (5/12/02)
US 3,690,697 – Bohanski’s trike with push/pull hand lever drive and swivel seat steering (1972)] (5/12/02)
US 3,701,543 – Clark’s clever FWD for bikes â�” handle bar operated (1972)] (5/15/02)
US 3,759,543 – Clark’s bicycle with independent treadle drives and a variable speed feature] (4/2/02)
US 3,834,733 – Harris’ treadle powered bike with adjustable drive ratio] (4/2/02)
US 3,843,157 – Wyman’s trike propelled by pulling band that surrounds rider (1974)]
US 3,848,891 – Vittori’s hand cranked delta trike (1974)]
US 3,884,501 – Elias’ children’s trike with semi-linear foot drive (1975)] (4/2/02)
US 3,889,974 – Kallander’s treadle drive for bikes (1975)]
US 3,891,235 – Shelly’s linear drive for upright bikes] (4/23/02)
US 3,913,945 – Clark’s ‘Bicycle with Variable Speed Lever Action Drive’ (1975)]
US 3,977,094 – Rivera’s self-propelled ‘Pogo Shoes’ (1976)] (4/11/02)
US 3,979,135 – Meritzis’ trike propelled by reciprocating sliding seat motions]
US 3,992,029 – Washizawa’s scooter driven by single foot treadle (1976)] (5/12/02)
US 3,998,469 – Ruys’ treadle drive for bikes]
US 4,019,230 – Pollard’s bicycle with drive capable of reciprocating or rotary motion] (4/23/02)
US 4,066,273 – Loir’s children’s ‘Toy Car’ â�” 2 hand turned wheels and 1 swivel wheel (1978)] (5/12/02)
US 4,077,647 – Nagayama’s circular children’s trike â�” 2 hand turned wheels and swivel wheel (1978)] (5/12/02)
US 4,077,648 – Seul’s treadle driven bicycle (1978)] (5/15/02)
US 4,109,927 – Harper’s hand cranked and controlled delta trike (1978)]
US 4,161,328 – Efros’ upright bicycle with linear drive] (4/23/02)
US 4,169,609 – Zampedro’s linear drive arrangement for upright bicycles] (4/23/02)
US 4,189,166 – Lindsey’s FWD scooter â�” operated by pull/pull handle bar (1980)] (5/12/02)
US 4,227,712 – Dick’s variable speed treadle drive – for upright bicycles] (4/23/02)
US 4,243,218 – DeSousa’s hopping vehicle (sort of a multi-track pogo stick) (1981)]
US 4,319,760 – Romano’s skateboard – propelled by manually pulling drive chain] (4/23/02)
US 4,334,695 – Ashby’s ‘Walking Buggy’ â�” a treadmill propelled delta trike] (4/23/02)
US 4,379,566 – Titcomb’s reciprocating pedal cycle]
US 4,394,029 – Holmgren’s small (skate like) scooter (1983)] (5/12/02)
US 4,411,442 – Rill’s foot powered skateboard vehicle]
US 4,421,334 – Efros’ treadle driven upright bicycle] (4/23/02)
US 4,445,698 – Stillwell’s stepping powered roller skates]
US 4,458,895 – Turcotte’s human powered hollow sphere for land or water]
US 4,506,901 – Tosti’s hand cranked ‘Child’s Chariot’ (1985)] (5/12/02)
US 4,561,668 – Klopfenstein’s combined seat/treadle drive]
US 4,592,563 – Dean’s multi track HPV with movable traction wheel and reciprocating drive]
US 4,602,801 – Vincent’s self propelled roller skates – with brakes] (4/23/02)
US 4,616,840 – Green’s independent row lever drive for bicycles (1986)] (5/15/02)
US 4,660,299 – Omilusik’s ‘Spring Boots’ â�” each with 4 coil springs (1987)] (5/28/02)
US 4,664,400 – Date’s unusual see-saw rowing cycle]
US 4,666,173 – Graham’s treadle powered bicycle] (4/2/02)
US 4,705,284 – Stout’s reciprocating arm powered tadpole trike (1987)]
US 4,717,164 – Levavi’s enclosed tiltable tandem with reciprocating drives]
US 4,798,395 – Shaffer’s trike propelled and steered by reciprocating land levers (1989)] (4/15/02)
US 4,807,896 – Philippi’s arm-propelled skateboard (1989)]
US 4,828,284 – Sandgren’s Step’n Go treadle drive –
US 4,846,488 – Szadkowski’s ‘spring-drive’ (treadle) scooter (1989)]
US 4,875,699 – Levavi’s reciprocated drive tandem race vehicle]
US 4,912,859 – Ritts’ ‘Spring Shoes’ for enhanced jumping]
US 5,016,869 – Dick’s Spring Walker –
US 5,022,671 – Jones’ hand cranked tadpole trike]
US 5,039,121 – Donovan’s skating powered trike]
US 5,039,122 – Deutch and Miralles’ reciprocating hand lever front wheel drive for bikes (1991)] (5/15/02)
US 5,163,696 – Pesco’s treadle powered scooter]
US 5,242,181 – Fales’ reciprocating drive recumbent]
US 5,242,182 – Bezerra’s bicycle with treadle drive] (4/23/02)
US 5,257,553 – Cheng’s pneumatic FWD system operable by up/down handle bar movement] (4/15/02)
US 5,282,640 – Lindsey’s push/pull handle bar FWD for scooters and bikes (1994)] (5/12/02)
US 5,290,054 – Po’s linear drive recumbent bike (1994)]
US 5,308,097 – Bono’s reciprocating arm powered FW drive device (1994)]
US 5,328,195 – Sommer and Quintana’s bicycle with ‘Arm Assisted Drive’ (1994)] (5/12/02)
US 5,354,084 – Lofgren’s hand powered articulated trike – Freedom Ryder – (1994)]
US 5,368,321 – Berman’s stand-up scooter with treadle drive (1994)] (4/23/02)
US 5,383,676 – Valentino’s FWD hand cranked delta trike] (4/15/02)
US 5,465,989 – Grove’s arm powered bicycle for the disabled]
US 5,490,686 – Clouse’s rocking handle powered and steered hand car â�” with 6 wheels] (4/16/02)
US 5,492,345 – Kruczek’s self-propelled Roller Skate.]
US 5,496,051 – Farmos’ upright bicycle with linear drive] (4/23/02)
US 5,542,689 – Chalfant’s rocking handle bar enabled FWD for bicycles] (4/15/02)
US 5,690,345 – Kiser’s rectilinear bicycle drive]
US 5,690,346 – Keskitalo’s multi-mode linear drive vehicle]
US 5,732,963 – White’s reciprocated drive, prone bike]
US 5,762,350 – Jolly’s delta trike with push/pull lever drive and hand steering] (4/15/02)
US 5,769,441 – Namngani’s unusual dicycle with adjustable wheel positions (1998))] (5/12/02)
US 5,775,708 – Heath’s treadle and reciprocating arm lever powered cycle – twist grip steering] (4/15/02)
US 5,779,247 – Anselmo’s mono wheel roller skates (1998)] (6/20/02)
US 5,826,897 – Beard’s flywheel driven trike â�” powered by dual hand rowing levers] (4/23/02)
US 5,839,737 – Kruczek’s HP skateboard]
US 5,853,184 – Lofgren’s FWD handcycle – delta trike (1998)] (4/15/02)
US 5,979,922 – Becker’s linear drive recumbent]
US 5,980,432 – Ahman’s hopping vehicle (1999)]
US 5,997,020 – Borg’s reciprocating arm drive cycle]
US 6,000,707 – Miller’s linear drive recumbent bike]
US 6,007,083 – Currie’s reciprocating FWD cycle]
US 6,070,894 – Augspurger’s arm cranked trike (2000)]
US 6,079,724 – Lin’s stand-up trike with step-on pedals, rack and pinion drive (2000)] (5/12/02)
US 6,179,307 – Mao’s arm rowed scooter/skateboard (2001)] (5/12/02)
US 6,193,253 – Barnett’s hand cranked trike with twist grip steering]
US 6,206,388 – Oubetor’s scooter with steered front wheels (2001)]
US 6,220,612 – Beleski’s non-pedaled, articulatedTrikke – ,(2)] –
US 6,241,269 – Fan’s foot drive mechanism for scooters (2001)] (5/12/02)
US 6,306,065 – Liang’s telescoping wheel base propelled quad]
US 6,336,646 – Bernardini’s LWB recumbent with swinging foot lever drive]
US 6,349,956 – Fujiwara and Maniya’s treadle driven upright bike]
US 6,352,494 – McAlonan’s bungee powered pogo stick] (3/22/02)
US 6,371,891 – Speas’ swing pedal powered bike with interesting shifting system (2002)]
US 6,378,882 – Devine’s linear drive folding recumbent â�” tadpole trike (2002)] (5/9/02)
US 6,382,640 – Killian’s laterally aligned mono-wheel roller skates (2002)] (6/20/02)
US 6,398,244 – Chuch’s sea-saw type treadle powered scooter – Surfing Scooter – (?) (2002)] (5/12/02)
US 6,402,173 – Chiu’s treadle powered stand-up trike (2002)] (6/20/02)
US 6,412,802 – Kugel’s vertically aligned linear bike drive (2002)] (7/11/02)
CA 2,207,786 – Currie’s linear driven bicycle]
DE 3,737,294 – Mueller’s reciprocating lever (hands and feet) driven bicycle]
EP 1,182,124 – Ming and Hung’s rocking-treadle driven scooter]
NL 8,200,455 – Henricus’ stand-up quad with bi-directional row lever drive]
GB 2,113,627 – Harding’s linear drive recumbent]
GB 2,279,918 – Entwistle’s linear drive recumbent]
GB 2,328,914 – Hon’s bike driven by pedals or vertical seat movements]
JP 51,112,043 – Kikuchi’s shaft drive delta trike with linear hand and foot drives (in Japanese)]
JP 56,067,682 – Mizutani’s prone delta trike with ‘expanding wheelbase’ drive (in Japanese)]
Pedaled � Land
US 86,235 – Laubach’s FWD, center steered bike (1869)]
US 212,492 – Otto’s pedaled dicycle (1879)] (5/12/02)
US 286,593 – Deputy’s interesting pedaled dicycle (1883)] (5/12/02)
US 352,885 – another of Otto’s pedaled dicycles (1886)] (5/12/02)
US 558,069 – Heaton’s convertible upright bike â�” single to tandem (1896)] (5/9/02)
US 575,692 – Buell’s convertible bike â�” single to tandem (1897)] (5/9/02)
US 601,107 – Simpier’s pedaled dicycle (1898)] (5/12/02)
US 609,498 – Campbell’s interesting upright bike with rack and pinion drive (1898)] (4/15/02)
US 641,426 – Allen’s sociable tandem trike â�” dual pedal drives (1900)] (5/12/02)
US 690,733 – Jarvis’ LWB recumbent bicycle â�” with indirect steering (1902)] (4/4/02)
US 846,033 – Kidney’s prone bicycle (1907)]
US 1,453,046 – Gabke’s ‘Toy Vehicle’ (quad) â�” pedaled with steering wheel (1923)] (5/15/02)
US 1,511,147 – Towers’ ‘Side Wheel Attachment’ for bikes (1924)] (4/21/02)
US 1,610,016 – Kuchta’s folding upright bicycle â�” small wheels (1926)] (5/1/02)
US 1,792,045 – Sieken’s one-foot pedaled scooter (1931)]
US 2,147,732 – Boynton’s LWB semi-recumbent bike â�” with steering wheel (1939)] (5/9/02)
US 2,458,127 – Ahrens’ convertible children’s bike to delta trike (1949)] (5/9/02)
US 2,482,472 – Fried’s MWB recumbent] (4/28/02)
US 3,015,498 – Tanaka’s folding upright bicycle (1962)] (7/5/02)
US 3,143,362 – Willsea’s pedaled dicycle (1964)] (5/12/02)
US 3,183,020 – Hawver’s pedaled dicycle (1964)] (5/12/02)
US 3,336,817 – Madden’s steering wheel for bicycles] (4/28/02)
US 3,429,584 – Hendricks’ recumbent tadpole trike (1969)] (5/9/02)
US 3,533,305 – Hill’s bike with ‘variable steering wheel’] (4/28/02)
US 3,561,778 – LaBrie’s tiltable tadpole trike (1971)
US 3,623,749 – Jensen’s ‘portable’ small wheel upright bicycle (1971)] (5/9/02)
US 3,653,679 – Howard’s ‘wheelie’ attachment for upright bicycles] (4/21/02)
US 3,695,375 – Splawinski’s pedaled dicycle with canted semi-spherical wheels (1972)] (5/12/02)
US 3,664,684 – Long’s sociable (tandem) delta trike]
US 3,753,577 – Robinson’s ‘sporting’ delta trike recumbent â�” with above seat steering (1973)] (5/9/02)
US 3,801,130 – Belden’s Swing Bike with pivoting rear wheel –
US 3,827,310 – Gates’ pedal car – sociable (tandem) PPV – delta trike or quad (1974) – (4/21/02)
US 3,909,043 – Black’s FWD, front wheel steered tadpole trike]
US 3,913,929 – Matsuura’s low rider tadpole trike MASA Slingshot (?) (1975) –
US 3,958,814 – Smith’s tiltable tadpole trike]
US 4,037,854 – Large’s ‘Flywheel Aided Bicycle’ (1977)] (5/15/02)
US 4,067,589 – Hon’s foldable small wheel bicycle (1978)] (5/9/02)
US 4,102,542 – Pirre’s monocycle trike with rider inside a large front wheel]
US 4,186,935 – Rudwick’s tadpole trike with anti-sway bar]
US 4,198,072 – Hopkin’s variable steering geometry FWD trike]
US 4,248,448 – Dmitrowsky’s prone position bike (1981)]
US 4,272,095 – Ptaszek’s interesting children’s trike with variable axis castered rear wheels (1981)] (5/12/02)
US 4,283,070 – Forrestall and Wilson’s Avatar – LWB recumbent with under seat steering – (1981)] (5/9/02)
US 4,303,256 – Mortensen’s LWB recumbent with suspension and above seat steering (1981)] (5/9/02)
US 4,324,413 – Bensette’s unicycle with ‘water balance’] (4/15/02)
US 4,335,899 – Hiscock’s pedaled ‘Toy Vehicle’ with dual axis rear wheels (1982)] (5/15/02)
US 4,373,740 – Hendrix’s delta recumbent trike with provisions for moving in reverse (1983)]
US 4,395,237 – Watanabe’s amphibious bicycle]
US 4,408,776 – Randolph’s FWD, laterally movable rear wheel steered tadpole trike]
US 4,410,198 – Ferdandes’ faired racing trike Vector –
US 4,411,443 – Pollard’s streamlined, prone position bike]
US 4,432,561 – Feikema and Bakker’s lean steer Banana Peel trike (1984) –
US 4,451,064 – Perkin’s FWD, rear wheel steered delta trike (1984)]
US 4,455,816 – Porath’s pedaled ‘Tricycle Lawn Mower’]
US 4,456,277 – Carpenter’s FWD tadpole trike – Cyclodyne (1984) –
US 4,460,191 – Ishibashi’s folding upright bicycle (1984)] (5/9/02)
US 4,469,343 – Weatherford’s FWD, RWD multi speed delta trike with pedals at FW hub (1984)]
US 4,480,848 – Georgiev ’s semi-recumbent bicycle (1984)] (5/9/02)
US 4,497,502 – Forbes’ FWD, rear wheel steered delta trike (1985)]
US 4,502,705 – Weaver’s tandem bike with recumbent captain and upright stoker (1985)]
US 4,526,392 – Berkstresser’s rear wheel steered leaning delta trike Vacuum Velocipede – (1985)]
US 4,541,501 – Kawasaki’s articulated trike]
US 4,548,421 – Wiener’s recumbent tadpole trike â�” above seat steering (1985)] (5/9/02)
US 4,572,535 – Stewart and Lofgren’s FWD, lean steered delta trike – Brike (1986) –
US 4,618,160 – McElfresh’s recumbent with enclosed drive train and adjustable seat position]
US 4,634,137 – Cocksedge’s tiltable recumbent delta trike]
US 4,647,059 – Shan Hai’s bicycle that can be converted to a unicycle (1987)] (5/9/02)
US 4,647,060 – Tomkinson’s prone position bicycle] (4/23/02)
US 4,657,270 – Allen’s convertible children’s trike â�” high/low seating or bicycle (1987)] (5/9/02)
US 4,659,098 – Jacobson’s SWB semi-recumbent bike (1987)] (5/9/02)
US 4,674,762 – Nelson’s SWB recumbent quad (1987)]
US 4,740,004 – McMullen’s tiltable tadpole (upright) trike]
US 4,767,130 – Fu-Chao’s clever ‘Foldable Pedicab’ (1988)] (5/9/02)
US 4,773,663 – Sawyer’s FW steered recumbent bike with fixed crank axis at FW hub (1988)]
US 4,786,069 – Tang’s simple dicycle (2 wheel unicycle) â�” without a seat (1988)] (4/23/02)
US 4,786,070 – Adee’s three section folding CLWB recumbent bicycle (1988)]
US 4,789,173 – Lofgren and Stewart’s FWD, center steered (articulated) delta trike (1988)]
US 4,799,704 – Colarusso’s FWD, rear wheel steered delta trike (1989)] (5/9/02)
US 4,826,190 – Hartmann’s delta trike with enclosed drive chain and rear differential (1989)]
US 4,878,684 – Lemle’s LWB recumbent with fore and aft adjustable seat position (1989)] (5/12/02)
US 4,895,385 – Becoat’s kit to convert a bike to 2 wheel drive â�” flexible drive cable (1990)] (5/15/02)
US 4,903,857 – Klopfenstein’s leaning trike (1990)]
US 4,925,202 – Barker’s FWD, rear wheel steered tadpole trike]
US 4,986,556 – Hartmann’s semi-prone bicycle with chainless drive] (4/23/02)
US 4,993,733 – Eilers’ low CG, leaning trike (1991)]
US 4,995,626 – Montague’s folding tandemTriFrame –
US 5,002,295 – Lin’s unicycle with an eccentric wheel] (4/15/02)
US 5,004,258 – another Becoat’s kit to convert a bike to 2 wheel drive â�” flexible drive cable (1991)] (5/15/02)
US 5,069,469 – Rosengrant’s tilt steered tadpole trike(1991)]
US 5,145,196 – Langkamp’s ‘collapsible’ tadpole trike (1992)] (5/9/02)
US 5,178,088 – Howard’s pedaled amphibious vehicle]
US 5,201,538 – Mayn’s ‘Ergonomic Cycle'(bike or delta trike) with adjustable seat and handle bar –
US 5,224,725 – Eriston’s two wheel drive bicycle]
US 5,240,267 – Owsen’s FW leaning trike]
US 5,261,686 – Buckler’s ‘Semi-Recumbent’ MWB bicycle (1993)] (4/28/02)
US 5,301,969 – Bynoe’s energy storing jumping bike]
US 5,326,121 – Fisher’s side-by-side off road quad]
US 5,380,025 – Thorpe’s SWB recumbent – in motion position adjustment – Road Runner (1995)] (4/28/02)
US 5,419,574 – Krumm’s adjustable frame recumbent bike (1995)]
US 5,454,579 – Chen’s unicycle with spring loaded training wheels (sort of) (1995)]
US 5,484,152 – Nunes’ differential braking steered tadpole trike]
US 5,501,478 – Doan’s FWD, rear wheel steered delta trike]
US 5,509,678 – Ullman’s CLWB recumbent – BikeE (1996) – (5/9/02)
US 5,542,689 – Chalfant’s front wheel drive system for bikes]
US 5,544,906 – Clapper’s cleverly constructed Landstrider trike –
US 5,568,935 – Mason’s FWD lean steer Raven trike –
US 5,607,171 – Labranche’s LWB recumbent with variable ratio steering]
US 5,678,835 – Sung’s tilting delta trike]
US 5,762,351 – SooHoo’s leaning tadpole Aileron trike –
US 5,772,227 – Michael’s folding bike with rear wheel suspension]
US 5,782,480 – Reuben’s ‘Wheeled amphibious vehicle’]
US 5,803,774 – White’s amphibious bicycle system]
US 5,833,257 – Kohlheb’s cable driven String Bike –
US 5,887,882 – Atchison’s prone bicycle]
US 5,938,224 – Douglas’ hydraulic Power Curve bike –
US 5,951,034 – Mayo’s upright to semi recumbent bike conversion kit (1999)] (5/9/02)
US 6,012,732 – Potter’s pedal & row tandem Land Rower –
US 6,032,969 – Kurgan’s crank or treadle propelled exercise trike]
US 6,042,134 – Rector’s forkless steering for low racers]
US 6,062,581 – Stites’ FWD leaning trike Chameleon –
US 6,068,278 – Kock’s quad made from two recumbent bikes]
US 6,095,540 – Kim’s chainless FWD bicycle Kimbike –
US 6,161,855 – Christini’s two wheel drive bicycle (2000)]
US 6,203,043 – Lehman’s FWD quad with suspension (2001)]
US 6,371,501 – Jenkins’ innovative bike with indirect drive, regenerative braking/power assist (2002)] (4/29/02)
US 6,402,174 – Maurer’s interesting tilting trike â�” common lever to steer and adjust lean (2002)] (6/20/02)
US 6,406,047 – Sawyer’s ‘center steered’ two wheel drive upright bike (2002)] (7/5/02)
FR 806,333 – Biguet’s SWB recumbent with adjustable boom and mid drive (1936)] (5/8/02)
GB 453,687 – Raymond’s SWB recumbent bicycle (1936)] (5/8/02)
GB 496,086 – Kelley’s LWB recumbent bike with mid drive and linked steering (1938)] (5/8/02)
WO 99/25602 – Jessen’s tilt stabilized tadpole trike]
Pedaled with Arm Assist � Land
US 86,856 – Monroe’s FWD bike with suspension, arm rower assist and passenger seat (1869)] (4/4/02)
US 565,556 – Murray’s bike with FWD assist from vertically reciprocating handlebars (1896)] (4/2/02)
US 581,985 – Fritz’s pedaled bike with rocking handle bar assist (1897)] (4/15/02)
US 519,384 – Gatling’s interesting bicycle with drive assist from dual pull handles (1894)] (4/23/02)
US 2,225,230 – Ott’s FWD children’s trike with arm ‘rowing’ assist (1940)] (4/4/02)
US 2,232,120 – Letsch’s pedaled bike with row lever assist]
US 2,884,259 – Snodgrass’ pedaled tadpole trike with hand lever assist]
US 3,910,599 – Thomas’ hand and foot cranked FWD bicycle (1975)] (4/2/02)
US 4,147,370 – Lindsey’s bicycle with reciprocating handle bar FWD assist (1979)] (4/2/02)
US 4,152,005 – Vanore’s arm and leg cranked delta trike (1979)]
US 4,270,766 – Thomas’ arm and leg powered cycle]
US 4,417,742 – Intengan’s unusual hand and foot cranked bicycle (1983)] (4/15/02)
US 4,541,647 – Braun’s recumbent with reciprocating arm assist levers (1985)]
US 4,708,356 – Levavi’s tandem arm and leg powered streamliner]
US 4,733,880 – Wilhelm’s push/pull handle bar â�” linked to assist bicycle pedals (1988)] (5/15/02)
US 4,773,662 – Philips’ Ultrabike foot pedaled with FWD hand crank assist (1988) –
US 4,838,568 – Arroyo’s prone position bike with linear hand drive assist (1989)] (5/12/02)
US 4,858,942 – Rodriguez’s pedal bike with FWD hand cranks (1989)] (4/15/02)
US 5,002,298 – Motto’s hand lever assist for pedaling bikes (1991)] (4/15/02)
US 5,082,302 – Nacar’s ‘Hand Crank Bicycle Drive’ â�” pedal assist – rear wheel (1992)] (5/15/02)
US 5,372,374 – Hudson’s one hand lever for bicycle pedaling assist and exercise (1994)] (4/15/02)
US 5,511,810 – Tong’s add-on pedal assisting hand levers for bicycles (1996)] (4/15/02)
US 5,700,228 – James’ foot and hand cranked ‘Gyrocycle’ – quad] (4/15/02)
US 5,775,708 – Heath’s pedal and row assist cycle]
US 5,785,336 – Jang’s pivoting handle bar assist for bicycles] (4/15/02)
US 5,816,598 – Dodakian’s FWD hand crank device for bicycles] (4/15/02)
US 6,032,970 – Porter’s bike with pedals and reciprocating arm levers]
US 6,099,009 – Schroeder’s ’two wheel drive bicycle’ â�” arm powered front wheel ]
US 6,105,985 – Cosgrave’s arm (reciprocate) and leg (pedal) powered bicycle]
US 6,264,224 – Phillip’s FWD hand crank for bikes (2001)]
GB 2,151,562 – Zarco’s combined pedal and row cycle (1985)]
JP 60,071,385 – Furanshisu’s hand and foot propelled bike (in Japanese)]
WO 00/56595 – Dahlem’s bike with laterally rocking handle-bar assist]
name=WheelchairPat>Wheelchairs .
US 287,789 – Arbogast’s wheelchair with independent hand cranked drives (1883)] (5/12/02)
US 2,946,602 – Lee’s wheelchair â�” propelled by pulling arm rests towards user (1960)] (5/17/02)
US 3,301,574 – Good’s wheelchair â�” propelled by pushing hand levers away from user (1967)] (5/17/02)
US 3,666,292 – Bartos’ foldable wheelchair â�” propelled by reciprocating hand levers (1972)] (5/9/02)
US 4,274,651 – Dumond’s wheelchair â�” propelled by dual independent hand cranks (1981)] (5/15/02)
US 4,453,729 – Lucken’s wheelchair – propelled by dual reciprocating hand levers (1984)] (5/12/02)
US 4,455,029 – Taylor’s wheelchair with means for surmounting obstacles]
US 4,460,190 – Spiess’ hand propelled and steered tadpole trike wheelchair â�” dual levers (1984)] (5/9/02)
US 4,560,181 – Herron’s wheelchair propelled by dual pivoting hand levers]
US 4,758,013 – Agrillo’s hand cranked wheelchair drive (1988)] (5/12/02)
US 5,028,064 – Johnson’s rear wheel steered ‘Racing Wheelchair’ (1991)] (5/12/02)
US 5,037,120 – Parisi’s hand cranked wheelchair – independent drives (1991)] (5/12/02)
US 5,232,236 – Korpi’s ‘Leveraged Wheelchair Propeller’ with brakes (1993)] (5/15/02)
US 5,242,179 – Beddome’s wheelchair attachment â�” linked pedal and hand lever drives (1993)] (5/15/02)
US 5,322,312 – Cammack’s foldable wheelchair â�” propelled by dual hand levers (1994)] (5/15/02)
US 5,480,172 – James’ ‘Three Wheeled Competition Wheelchair’ (1996)] (5/12/02)
US 5,492,349 – Ferez’s arm rowed and steered wheelchair type quad] (4/16/02)
US 5,865,455 – Taylor’s wheelchair with independent push lever drives (1999)] (5/12/02)
– – HP Drive Systems (Patents) – –
US 566,838 – Boyle’s linear drive system for upright bikes (1896)] (4/23/02)
US 588,698 – Eickershoff’s interesting linear drive (vertical) with braking and drive shaft (1897)] (5/17/02)
US 2,541,872 – Hendricks’ ‘Two Speed Direct Transmission’ for pedaling bikes etc. (1951)] (5/15/02)
US 3,834,721 – Gobby’s twin chain drive for trikes]
US 3,843,145 – Templeton’s differential drive with coaster brakes]
US 4,303,255 – Thomas’ multi-speed arm and legs powered FWD]
US 4,447,068 – Brook’s constant torque bicycle transmission]
US 4,548,420 – Patroni’s linear arm drive system (1985)]
US 4,953,882 – Craig’s linear drive apparatus for bicycles] (4/23/02)
US 5,050,864 – Pertramer’s bi-directional row lever drive]
US 5,054,960 – Farmo’s linear drive system]
US 5,121,654 – Fasce’s treadle drive mechanism for bicycles] (4/23/02)
US 5,125,677 – Ogilvie’s variable speed, linear drive system]
US 5,156,412 – Meguerditchian’s vertically oriented linear drive for bikes] (4/23/02)
US 5,236,211 – another Meguerditchian’s vertically oriented linear drive system] (4/23/02)
US 5,405,157 – Bezerra’s treadle drive system]
US 5,419,572 – Stiller and Walton’s reciprocating bicycle drive] (3/30/02)
US 5,431,614 – Jeranson’s FWD unit for mounting on bikes] (4/16/02)
US 5,820,151 – Cheng’s front wheel drive mechanism for bicycles] (4/16/02)
US 5,833,257 – Kohlheb’s cable driven String Bike –
US 5,895,065 – Khomo’s ‘walking-motion’ drive system]
US 5,908,199 – Rigato’s FWD hand crank system for bicycles] (4/15/02)
US 5,915,710 – Miller’s prone reciprocating drive system]
US 5,938,224 – Douglas’ hydraulicPower Curve bike –
US 5,979,922 – Becker’s linear drive system]
US 6,000,707 – Miller’s linear drive system]
US 6,146,297 – Kimura’s automatic bicycle transmission]
US 6,155,584 – Dallet’s linear arm and leg drive system (2000)]
US 6,209,900 – Yoshizawa’s moving fulcrum treadle drive]
US 6,237,928 – Islas’ linear drive system]
US 6,258,005 – Rohloff’s multispeed gear shifting system]
US 6,382,043 – Lin’s transmission for reciprocating foot pedal drive (2002)] (5/17/02)
US 6,383,108 – Yoo’s bottom bracket transmission for bi-directional pedaling (2002)] (5/17/02)
CA 2,305,550 – Miller’s linear drive system for cycles]
DE 2,426,011 – Herbst’s sliding seat rowing system]
DE 3,346,139 – Backer’s semi-linear pedal drive system]
DE 3,707,669 – Geith’s pantograph-to-crank, semi linear drive]
DE 3,940,311 – Selter’s ‘punt pole’ drive system (1990)]
FR 2,657,324 – Drapeau’s sliding seat rowing system]
GB 1,413,844 – Wilde’s reciprocating lever drive system]
GB 2,272,748 – Storr’s hydraulic bike transmission]
WO 00/12378 – Thijs’ Snek transmission for his Rowingbike –
WO 01/36259 – Heo Hyan’s bi-directional pedaling system]
– – Flying HPVs (Patents) – –
US 1,036,033 – Twining’S arm (push-ups) powered flapping winged ‘Airship’ (1912)] (5/28/02)
US 1,450,480 – Buck’s ‘Mechanical Bird’ – pedaled ornithopter (1923)] (5/28/02)
US 1,486,991 – Silvenius’ flying bicycle with flapping wings (1924)]
US 1,505,376 – Close’s tandem pedaled blimp (1924)] (5/28/02)
US 1,548,676 – Gonzalez’s pedaled ornithopter/bike combination (1925)] (5/28/02)
US 1,563,571 – Huffman’s propeller assisted ‘Jumping Balloon’ (1925)]
US 1,568,095 – Silver’s ‘Cycle Plane’ â�” bike with forward canard and pusher prop (1926)] (5/28/02)
US 1,582,482 – Miraula’s portable HP helicopter (1926)]
US 1,736,541 – Leka’s pedaled fixed wing ‘aeroplane’ â�” dual counter rotating props (1929)] (5/28/02)
US 1,777,941 – Szakacs’ ‘Unicycle Glider’ (1926)]
US 1,813,468 – Snyer’s prone HP aircraft (1931)]
US 2,611,558 – Mackiewicz’s lighter than air assisted ornithopter]
US 2,704,192 – Paul’s combination balloon and HP helicopter]
US 3,467,375 – Bush’s propeller assisted pogo stick (sort of) (1969)]
US 3,750,981 – Prather’s ‘Man Powered Glider’ â�” pedaled propeller linked to unicycle (1973)] (5/28/02)
US 4,007,893 – Khachikian’s HP ‘Homocopter’]
US 4,053,122 – Gar’s prone position ornithopter â�” independent foot drive levers (1977)] (5/28/02)
US 4,061,293 – Lo’s lighter than air balloon with helicopter blades]
US 4,081,155 – Kuan’s flying wing â�” pedaled flapping vanes on trailing edge (1978)] (5/28/02)
US 4,417,707 – Leong’s human powered hang glider (1983)]
CA 2,123,346 – Zunic’s wing flapping aircraft]
DE19,509,774 – Amesbichler’s arm rowed ornithopter]
FR 1,537,211 – Ernst’s arm rowed flapping wing HPA]
FR 2,797,844 – Dellis’ rowed ornithopter powered by stand and squat motions]
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– – Underwater HPVs (Patents) – –
US 1,324,961 – Grantham’s pedaled fish shaped sub with fish tail propulsion (1919)] (5/5/02)
US 3,570,436 – Le Vaseur’s ‘Submersible Bicycle’ (1971)]
US 3,943,869 – Frechette’s adjusted buoyancy propelled submarine ]
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