| 摘要 |
A padded foot pedal assembly for exercise equipment is disclosed. The foot pedal assembly includes a platform, a side plate attached to one side of the platform, and various attachment guides for engaging the foot pedal assembly with a crank handle or other extension member of the exercise equipment. The disclosed embodiment of the side plate is attached to one side of the platform and has a flat surface disposed adjacent to and in a generally perpendicular orientation with the upper surface of the platform. The padded foot pedal assembly also includes a polyurethane foam pad removably shrouding the upper surface of the platform and a retaining shoulder extending upward from the upper surface of the platform opposite from the side plate such that the removable pad is laterally retained by the side plate and the retaining shoulder. The disclosed embodiment of the polyurethane foam pad includes a treaded upper surface of a prescribed design and an engaging mechanism for removably engaging the pad with the platform whereby the pad is securely held in a stationary position relative to the pedal platform during use of the exercise equipment and can be easily removed from the pedal platform when not in use.
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