US Patent Issued to SARKA PARTY BIKE on June 2 for "Pedal bar system and method" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,626, issued on June 2, was assigned to SARKA PARTY BIKE LLC (Tiffin, Ohio).

"Pedal bar system and method" was invented by Kendall Todd Sarka (Tiffin, Ohio), Richard L Sutter III (Tiffin, Ohio) and Stephen J. Steinmetz (Tiffin, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal bar system includes a frame, a motor, a pedal shaft, a pedal assembly, and a tensioner. The motor is selectively operable in a forward mode and a reverse mode and is disposed on the frame. The motor shaft is rotatably coupled to the pedal shaft via a drive belt. The pedal assembly is rotatably coupled to the pedal shaft. The tensioner, in communication with the motor s...