US 11,807,330 B2
Articulating footrests for vehicles
Todd Granger Bank, Simi Valley, CA (US)
Filed by Todd Granger Bank, Simi Valley, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,857.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/051,895, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0017174 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B62J 25/06 (2020.01); B62K 19/36 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 25/06 (2020.02) [B62K 19/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Articulating footrests for vehicles, comprising:
a top and bottom horizontal arm or two top and two bottom horizontal arms with fulcrums at midpoint and on each end that are for receiving flange or flanges of vertical footrest arms thereof; or
a top and bottom horizontal arm or two top and two bottom horizontal arms with fulcrums at midpoint and flange or flanges on the ends for receiving fulcrums of the vertical footrest arms thereof;
a set or two sets of bolts and nuts or shafts and nuts, both with washers and/or spacers, that connect either the 2 or 4-arm version of the articulating footrest mechanism to the vehicles front frame and that the horizontal arms rotate about thereof;
left and right vertical footrest arms operably connected to the ends of the horizontal arms by means of washers and/or spacers, bolts and nuts or the like, inserted through a flange or flanges of the vertical footrest arms and the fulcrums at the ends of the horizontal arms; or
left and right vertical footrest arms operably connected to the ends of the horizontal arms by means of washers and/or spacers, bolts and nuts or the like, inserted through fulcrums on the ends of the vertical footrest arms and a flange or flanges on the ends of the horizontal arms;
a footrest such as a motorcycle peg, bicycle pedal or ATV platform for receiving the foot of a substantially weighted human being thereon that is connectable to the horizontal arms by means of vertical footrest arms or by the body of the footrest being molded in such a manner that the vertical footrest arms are not needed;
an optional support housing that is attached to a vehicle front frame, or a part of the front frame in some way or another at footrest level, and that supports the articulating footrest mechanism;
a method of connecting one or more elastomeric rubber bands from the vehicles front frame to the articulating mechanism;
a method of connecting one or more helical torsion springs from the vehicles front frame, or a part of the front frame including the optional support housing, to the articulating footrest mechanism or a part of the mechanism;
a method for connecting one or more optional electric motors from the vehicles front frame or a part of the front frame including the optional support housing to the articulating footrest mechanism;
a method for connecting one or more optional electric motors from the articulating footrest mechanism to the vehicles front frame or a part of the front frame including the optional support housing;
a method for receiving a part or parts of an optional locking device located on or in the vehicle frame that can lock the articulating mechanism so it does not rotate in any direction; and
a method for delivering a part or parts of an optional locking device located on or in the articulating footrest mechanism into a receiver of said optional locking device part or parts so the footrests do not move up or down and are locked in place.