Saddle basket brackets

• US 3,087,661 A
• Filed: 09/14/1961
• Issued: 04/30/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Margaret Glenny
• Original Assignee: Margaret Glenny
• Inventors: Glenny, Margaret
• Application Number:
  US04/138,196
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• US Class Current: 224/429
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/23 above or alongside the rear wheel B62J9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/27 characterised by mounting arrangements, e.g. quick release arrangements

Claims

1. IN A BICYCLE HAVING A FRAME INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL REAR FORK PORTION, AND HAVING A REAR WHEEL MOUNTED IN SAID FORK ON A REAR AXLE THAT IS SECURED IN PLACE IN SAID FORK BY MEANS OF NUTS THREADED ON THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID AXLE, A CARRIER BASKET DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY ALONGSIDE SAID FORK, AND AN ELONGATED BRACKET HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED AND SECURED TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID BASKET TRANSVERSELY THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO BE SECURED ALTERNATIVELY AT ONE END TO ONE SIDE OF SAID REAR FORK FOR FORE AND AFT ADJUSTMENT ON SAID FRAME AND RIGID SUPPORT ON SAID FORK IN A DESIRED SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO ONE OF THE PEDALS OF THE BICYCLE OR TO ONE END OF SAID REAR AXLE FOR SIMILAR SUPPORT, SAID BRACKET COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELONGATED HORIZONTAL PLATES DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP IN ADJUSTABLE ABUTMENT WITH THE INNER AND OUTER SIDES OF THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE BASKET, AND HAVING BOLTS ENTERED THROUGH REGISTERING OPENINGS IN SAID PLATES TO FASTEN THE SAME TOGETHER AND TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID BASKET, DISPOSED FOR CLAMPING ENGAGEMENT THEREBETWEEN, EACH OF SAID PLATES HAVING A C-SHAPED JAW PORTION ON ONE END, WHICH JAW PORTIONS WHEN DISPOSED IN OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP ARE ADAPTED TO HAVE ADJUSTABLE CLAMPING ABUTMENT ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF ONE SIDE OF THE REAR FORK, THE JAW PORTION ON ONE OF SAID PLATES HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL EXTENSION IN WHICH A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL SLOT IS PROVIDED, THE JAW PORTION ON THE OTHER OF SAID PLATES HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL LUG PROJECTING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND ADAPTED TO BE ENTERED DETACHABLY IN SAID SLOT WHEN THE C-SHAPED JAW PORTIONS OF SAID BRACKET ARE IN ADJUSTABLE CLAMPING ABUTMENT ON THE REAR FORK, WHEREBY TO PREVENT SPREADING APART OF SAID JAW PORTIONS AND CONSEQUENT LOOSENESS OF HOLD ON SAID REAR FORK, AND ONE OF SAID PLATES HAVING ON THE OTHER END THEREOF A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL EXTENSION HAVING A HOLE PROVIDED THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ONE END PORTION OF THE REAR AXLE THEREIN WHEN THE BRACKET IS FASTENED TO THE AXLE BY MEANS OF THE AXLE NUT, THE OTHER OF SAID PLATES BEING REVERSIBLE END FOR END WHEN SAID PERFORATED EXTENSION ON THE FIRST MENTIONED PLATE IS FASTENED TO THE REAR AXLE, WHEREBY TO DISPOSE THE C-SHAPED JAW PORTION OF SAID OTHER PLATE IN AND OUT OF THE WAY POSITION REMOTE FROM THE AXLE.