Adjustable pedal assembly for fitness machine
An adjustable pedal assembly for use in a fitness machine is disclosed to include a pedal holder frame including two lateral plates, two guide axles connected in parallel between the lateral plates and a mounting unit for mounting on the fitness machine, two pedals slidably supported on the guide axles of the pedal holder frame, and an adjustment device including an actuation member inserted through and connected with the pedals and rotatable to move the pedals relative to each other, and a rotary adjustment knob fastened to one end of the actuation member and operable to rotate the actuation member in adjusting the transverse distance between the two pedals.
1. An adjustable pedal assembly for fitness machine, comprising:
a pedal holder frame comprising two lateral plates, two guide axles connected in parallel between said two lateral plates, and a mounting unit for mounting on a fitness machine;
two pedals slidably supported on said guide axles, each said pedal comprising a footplate, and two structural walls respectively formed integral with two opposite lateral sides of said footplate and slidably coupled to said guide axles; and
an adjustment device comprising an actuation member inserted through and connected with said two pedals and rotatable to move said two pedals relative to each other, and a rotary adjustment knob fastened to one end of said actuation member and operable to rotate said actuation member, wherein
said actuation member is a screw rod having two threads extending around two opposite ends thereof in reversed directions and
each said pedal further comprises a connection block fixedly mounted at a bottom side of the footplate thereof, said connection block comprising an adjustment screw hole threaded onto one said thread of said actuation member.
2. The adjustable pedal assembly for fitness machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said mounting unit comprises two rectangular frame bars fixedly connected between said two lateral plates at an elevation below said guide axles.