Split handlebar for a bicycle
AssigneeVroomen-White Design Inc.
InventorsDavid Killing, Robert Pike, Richard Matthews
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Abstract
A split handlebar assembly for an aerodynamic bicycle having a handlebar stem for attaching said split handlebar assembly, comprising a right handlebar and a left handlebar; the right handlebar having a mounting section at one end, and a right grip section at the other end; the left handlebar having a mounting section at one end, and a left grip section at the other end; the right handlebar mounting section being configured to engage with the left handlebar mounting section; and the engaged mounting sections being configured to secure the right handlebar and the left handlebar to the handlebar stem.
Claims20
A split handlebar assembly for an aerodynamic bicycle, comprising:
- a right handlebar having a mounting section at one end;
- a left handlebar having a mounting section at one end;
- wherein an overlapping section of the right handlebar mounting section is configured to overlap and engage with an overlapping section of the left handlebar mounting section to form a half lap splice joint;
- and
- wherein the engaged mounting sections are configured to secure the right handlebar and the left handlebar to each other and to a handlebar stem.
A bicycle frame comprising:
- a fork assembly;
- a bottom bracket;
- a top tube, a head tube, a seat tube and a down tube, wherein one end of the top tube and one end of the down tube are affixed to the head tube, another end of the top tube is affixed to the seat tube, and the fork assembly is operatively coupled to the head tube;
- first and second chain stays, wherein one end of each of the chain stays is affixed to the bottom bracket;
- and
- a split handlebar assembly including:
- a right handlebar having a mounting section at one end;
- a left handlebar having a mounting section at one end;
- wherein an overlapping section of the right handlebar mounting section is configured to overlap and engage with an overlapping section of the left handlebar mounting section to form a half lap splice joint;
- and
- wherein the engaged mounting sections are configured to secure the right handlebar and the left handlebar to each other and to a handlebar stem.
A bicycle comprising:
- a bicycle frame including:
- a fork assembly;
- a bottom bracket;
- a top tube, a head tube, a seat tube and a down tube;
- first and second chain stays;
- a front wheel;
- a rear wheel;
- and
- a split handlebar assembly including:
- a right handlebar having a mounting section at one end;
- a left handlebar having a mounting section at one end;
- wherein an overlapping section of the right handlebar mounting section is configured to overlap and engage with an overlapping section of the left handlebar mounting section to form a half lap splice joint;
- and
- wherein the engaged mounting sections are configured to secure the right handlebar and the left handlebar to each other and to a handlebar stem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.