US 12,343,608 B2
Bicycle trainer
Ana Flooks, San Francisco, CA (US); Russell Mead, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Austin Smith Igleheart, IV, Atlanta, GA (US); Adnan Abbas, Roswell, GA (US); and Shane Adam Byler, Mableton, GA (US)
Assigned to Wahoo Fitness L.L.C., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Wahoo Fitness L.L.C., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,455.
Prior Publication US 2024/0374979 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 69/16 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/16 (2013.01) [A63B 2069/165 (2013.01); A63B 2225/093 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bicycle trainer comprising:
a frame assembly including a pair of support legs connected to a center structure, the center structure including a first curved track and a second curved track longitudinally spaced along the center structure from the first curved track, the frame assembly including a glide base having a first guide roller engaged with the first curved track and a second guide roller engaged with the second curved track, the frame assembly including a main frame member coupled to the glide base;
a first axle supported by the main frame member, the first axle adapted to be connected to a pair of drop-outs from a bicycle with a rear wheel removed from the pair of drop-outs to operably connect the bicycle to the bicycle trainer; and
a resistance unit drivingly coupled to the first axle, wherein the first curved track includes a pair of first curved track members on opposite sides of the glide base and the first guide roller includes a pair of first guide rollers on opposite sides of the glide base and each engaged with a respective one of the pair of first curved track members.