Necessity is the mother of invention. The father is unknown.
The following patent was issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office on April 19, 2005.
Wind-Assisted Bicyclepatent#: US 6880844 filed under Bicycles Let's face it bicycling is hard work. It's great not to be able to go from A to B without burning any fossil fuels, but how about a little help? Can we work an environmentally friendly push into the picture?
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Comments on Wind-Assisted Bicycle
jamie | Feb 21, 2008 9:47 PM
It seems like a lot of HOT AIR...
China travel | Jan 23, 2008 3:03 AM
I would not go for it. There are so many effecient equipments available already.
tyler humer | Nov 26, 2006 6:25 PM
a wind powered bicycle? that is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard of. its for the fatties of the world who think a little hard work is too much for their daily regiment. might as well still be driving a car. bikes are for those of us who want to remain healthy well into our later years. not for those that just want things to get easier for their thick thighs and thicker heads.
Nat | Nov 20, 2005 11:18 PM
Should have been "deprive me of the," and you would have to remove the turbo intake and make the turbines with 2- or 3-scoop Savonius type blades to take turbulent winds from all directions.
Nat | Nov 20, 2005 11:16 PM
What if you took those two turbines, rotated them so they were vertical, and mounted them behind the bicycle seat instead? Then if there were a side wind, headwind, or backwind (?), the resulting power would drive the rear wheel as a power assist. I've had this idea burning in the back of my mind for several weeks after commuting to work daily by bike and hitting the occasional headwind from Hell. But if I developed a successful version, it might deprive me of a beneficial exercize I get from cycling.
Simon Brooks | Oct 31, 2005 10:28 PM
i agree with Mike Garrett
Daniel | Sep 27, 2005 5:07 PM
Steamboat Mickey... ha ha... nice
Cassandra | Sep 25, 2005 4:00 PM
Humm I wonder if I could have a motor added and mow my large lawn with this? Only thing is I'd be picking up everything from dog poop to baby wabbits. :-)
Mike Garrett | Sep 22, 2005 8:56 PM
Number one reason that this won't work: DRAG. Ask an areonautical engineer what is the first principle of airplane design and he (or she), will tell you. "That which draggeth, falleth". Even if thus did work, which it won't, this monster would be Hell to steer. And even if you could steer it, which you can't this engine would suck up dust, trash, small animals and other less savory items that would be no fun to clean out of the works. I'm thinking cat tartare. No thanks.
Tricia | Sep 19, 2005 10:03 PM
Steamboat Mickey's ride. Sweet.
tiny | Sep 19, 2005 12:19 PM
Just add a motor to harvest wheat.....
eric | Sep 10, 2005 8:27 AM
...but yes... on the other hand, I would love to ride this in NYC just to piss-off the ahole delivery van drivers from Queens. Not to mention the SUV drivers from Jersey, the Escalade-driving gangstas, and the oh-so-cosiderate hacks (cabbies and carservice alike).
eric | Sep 10, 2005 8:22 AM
okay... I love to ride my bike, and, I would rather climb alp d'huez with no wind, than ride on a flat country road when it's briskly windy. That is to say wind sucks for cyclists - for me, it's unbearable. I'd rather ride in meatball hail. Couple of issues here, though... first, I'd have to ask Bernoulli if this would work... of course, maybe this guy's talking about someone else, cause he misspelled the man's name... who the hell is Bernouilli? Second, clearly this guy has never been to the supermarket, cause WTF is up with those casters? This design is bound to become a wobbly-wheel brain-rattling nightmare.
Daniel | Sep 8, 2005 10:39 PM
Sorry about the link not working. It looks like the USPTO site is having problems at the moment.
AndyL | Sep 8, 2005 8:05 PM
The link to the patent is dead.
But if that works the way I think it works then it won't work. It looks like he's trying to use the bike's forward velocity as an energy source to power the bike's forward velocity!
If it worked it'd be the world's first perpetual motion bike! (Notice he didn't draw any pedals.)
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