Luggage holder for a bicycle
AssigneeLondon Recumbents Ltd
InventorNigel Frost
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Abstract
A luggage holder for use with a bicycle, the luggage holder including: a structure including a channel for receiving a tongue of a handle member; the handle member being configured to be securable to luggage; and, a retaining mechanism. The retaining mechanism further includes a moveable member which is displaceable from a biased position by insertion or withdrawal of the tongue in or from the channel using a predetermined force to permit insertion or withdrawal of the tongue in or from the channel. The moveable member returns to the biased position to prevent withdrawal the tongue from the channel using a force less than the predetermined force.
Claims20
A luggage holder for use with a bicycle, the luggage holder comprising:
- a structure including a channel for receiving a tongue of a handle member;
- the handle member being configured to be securable to luggage;
- and,
- a retaining mechanism including a moveable member which is displaceable from a biased position by insertion or withdrawal of the tongue in or from the channel using a predetermined force to permit insertion or withdrawal of the tongue in or from the channel but which returns to the biased position to prevent withdrawal of the tongue from the channel using a force less than the predetermined force;
- the structure including a first rail;
- the structure including a second rail spaced from the first rail;
- and
- the structure including a third rail interposed between the first and the second rails, wherein distal ends of the first and the second rails and the third rail in combination define said channel.
A luggage holder for use with a bicycle, the luggage holder comprising:
- a structure including a channel for receiving a tongue of a handle member;
- the handle member being configured to be securable to luggage;
- a retaining mechanism including a moveable member which is displaceable from a biased position by insertion or withdrawal of the tongue in or from the channel using a predetermined force to permit insertion or withdrawal of the tongue in or from the channel but which returns to the biased position to prevent withdrawal of the tongue from the channel using a force less than the predetermined force;
- the structure including a first u-shaped rail;
- the structure including a second u-shaped rail superimposed over the first u-shaped rail in a parallel relationship therewith, wherein one of the first u-shaped rail or the second u-shaped rail is configured to be cantilevered from the bicycle;
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- the structure including a third u-shaped rail interposed between each of the first and the second u-shaped rails, wherein distal ends of the first and the second u-shaped rails and the third u-shaped rail in combination define said channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.