ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,042, issued on May 27, was assigned to Kenneth Belknap (Magnolia, Texas).
"Pedal" was invented by Kenneth Belknap (Magnolia, Texas), Matthew Mercier (Windermere, Fla.) and Mark Baptista (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a pedal for use on a device such as a bicycle or stationary bicycle are provided. A pedal may include a pedal body member having an internal cavity. The pedal may include an axle having a shaft adapted to extend into the internal cavity. The pedal body member may rotate around a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft and around an axis through a shaft bearing attached to the axle shaft....