Compactable bicycle
AssigneeHelix Labs Inc.
InventorPeter Boutakis
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Abstract
In an aspect, a compactable bicycle is provided, comprising a base frame portion and a steering structure, at least one of which has a first and a second frame element. Each frame element has a locking surface, an end, and an aperture. The frame elements are positionable in a first position wherein the first and second apertures are aligned and the locking surfaces face away from one another, and in a second position in which the apertures are unaligned. A plunger has first and second plunger locking surfaces and is movable to a clamping position where it extends in both the first and second apertures and engages the first frame element locking surfaces, and a release position wherein the plunger retracts from the second aperture sufficiently to permit the first and second ends to be separated from one another.
Claims12
A compactable bicycle, comprising:
- a frame including a base frame portion having a rear wheel mounted thereto for engagement with a ground surface for supporting the compactable bicycle thereon and a steering structure rotatably mounted to the base frame portion and having a front wheel connected thereto for engagement with the ground surface for supporting the compactable bicycle thereon,
- wherein at least one of the base frame portion and the steering structure includes a first frame element having a first frame element locking surface, a first end, and a first aperture at the first end, and a second frame element having a second frame element locking surface, a second end and a second aperture at the second end, wherein the first and second frame elements are positionable in a first position in which the first and second apertures are generally aligned with one another and the first and second frame element locking surfaces generally face away from one another, and in a second position in which the first and second apertures are generally unaligned with one another;
- a plunger having a first plunger locking surface, a second plunger locking surface, wherein the plunger is movable to a clamping position in which the plunger extends in both the first and second apertures such that the first plunger locking surface engages the first frame element locking surface and the second plunger locking surface engages the second frame element locking surface,
- and wherein the plunger is movable to a release position in which the plunger retracts from the second aperture sufficiently to permit the first and second ends to be separated from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.