Patents by Inventor Michael E. Criden

Michael E. Criden has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9283428
    Abstract: A housing has an upper cover, a bottom, front and rear faces, and parallel left and right side faces. The height of the rear and side faces between their top edge and bottom edge is less that the height of the front face between its top edge and bottom edge. Laterally spaced parallel guiding slots are formed in the upper cover. A pedal mount extends through each of the guiding slots and is attached to an associated left or right pedal. A glide rail beneath each guiding slot has an upwardly facing recess slidably receiving a lower extent of one of the pedal mounts. A motion imparter includes corner pulleys. A cable in a closed loop configuration is trained around the corner pulleys and is attached to the lower extents of the pedal mounts to move the foot pedals in equal and opposite directions during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Esrick, Michael E. Criden