MOUNT FOR INSTALLING ACCESSORIES ON A BICYCLE

• US 20070108244A1
• Filed: 11/11/2005
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Louis Chuang
• Original Assignee: Louis Chuang
• Inventors: Chuang, Louis
• Application Number:
  US11/164,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20070108244A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 224/420
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 11/00 Supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening specific devices to cycles, e.g. supports for attaching maps
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/21 above or alongside the front wheel, e.g. on the handlebars

Abstract

There is disclosed a mount for installing accessories on a proper portion of a bicycle. The mount includes a first joint connected to the proper portion of the bicycle, a second joint connected to the first joint, a rod pivotally connected to the second joint and a bar pivotally connected to the rod in order to support the accessories.

Claims

1. A mount for installing accessories on a proper portion of a bicycle, the mount comprising:

a first joint connected to the proper portion of the bicycle;

a second joint connected to the first joint;

a rod pivotally connected to the second joint; and

a bar pivotally connected to the rod in order to support the accessories.

2. The mount according to claim 1 wherein the bar defines a groove for receiving the rod.

3. The mount according to claim 2 comprising a threaded bolt and a nut engaged with the threaded bolt, wherein the bar defines two openings in communication with the groove in order to receive the head of the threaded bolt and the nut, wherein the rod comprises a ring put in the groove in order to receive the threaded bolt.

4. The mount according to claim 3 wherein the nut is non-circular, wherein the related one of the openings is non-circular so that the nut cannot rotate on the bar.

5. The mount according to claim 4 wherein the nut comprises a plurality of teeth formed thereon, wherein the ring is formed with a plurality of teeth engaged with teeth of the nut, thus retaining the bar in selective one of various angular positions on the rod.

6. The mount according to claim 3 wherein the openings are slots, thus allowing the movement of the bar on the rod.

7. The mount according to claim 1 wherein the second joint comprises two lugs between which the rod is put and to which the rod is pivotally connected.

8. The mount according to claim 7 comprising a threaded bolt and a nut engaged with the threaded bolt, wherein one of the lugs defines a countersink hole for receiving the head of the threaded bolt, wherein the other lug defines a countersink hole for receiving the nut, wherein the rod comprises a ring put between the lugs in order to receive the threaded bolt.

9. The mount according to claim 8 wherein the nut is non-circular, wherein the countersink hole of the related one of the lugs is non-circular so that the nut cannot rotate on the second joint.

10. The mount according to claim 9 wherein the nut comprises a plurality of teeth formed thereon, wherein the ring is formed with a plurality of teeth engaged with teeth of the nut, thus retaining the rod in selective one of various angular positions on the second joint.

11. The mount according to claim 3 wherein the openings are slots, thus allowing the movement of the bar on the rod.

12. The mount according to claim 1 wherein the first joint comprises a neck, wherein the second joint defines a space for receiving the neck.

13. The mount according to claim 12 comprising a threaded bolt, wherein the first joint comprises a plurality of screw holes defined in the neck, wherein the second joint defines a countersink hole through which the threaded bolt is driven in selective one of the screw holes in order to keep the second joint in selective one of various angular positions on the first joint.

14. The mount according to claim 1 comprising a strap for binding the first joint to the proper portion of the bicycle.

15. The mount according to claim 14 wherein the strap is made into a loop wound around the proper portion of the bicycle.

16. The mount according to claim 15 comprising a nut and a threaded bolt driven in the nut through two sections of the strap, thus solidifying the loop.

17. The mount according to claim 16 wherein the strap defines an aperture near a first end and a plurality of aperture near a second end, wherein the threaded bolt is driven in the aperture near the first end of the strap and selective one of the apertures near the second end of the strap, thus keeping the loop in selective one of various sizes.

18. The mount according to claim 15 comprising a nut and a threaded bolt driven in the nut through the loop and the first joint, thus loading tension onto the loop.

19. The mount according to claim 18 wherein the nut defines two cavities for receiving two sections of the loop.

20. The mount according to claim 18 wherein the first joint defines a space for receiving the nut, the threaded bolt and a section of the loop.

21. The mount according to claim 1 wherein the first joint comprises two concave edges in compliant contact with the proper portion of the bicycle.

22. The mount according to claim 1 comprising a tag attached to the bar.