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Battery system for sustained bicycle pathway illumination, and methods

  • US 5,597,225 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1995
  • Issued: 01/28/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A combination comprising:

  • a bicycle comprising a frame and a pathway illuminating light;

    a water bottle cage mounted by fasteners to the frame so as to be entirely open at one end at all times;

    a portable source of electrical power comprising a longitudinal axis, terminals free of contact with the water bottle cage and an external casing encasing the source of electrical power in a stationary position therein and comprising at least one exterior side surface removably force compression-fit transverse to said longitudinal axis into tight compressively contiguous relation with the water bottle cage so that (a) the terminals are adjacent to the entirely open end of the cage, (b) the one side surface of the external casing is subjected to transverse force thereby holding the power source in the water bottle cage and (c) the one side surface of the external casing is also substantially exposed to the atmosphere, the terminals being electrically connected to the pathway-illuminating light.

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