Bicycle training aid device
OwnerShaun Greeneinventor
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Abstract
A bicycle training aid device comprising a cantilevered handle member for grasping by a user and guiding and/or supporting a bicycle, the cantilevered handle member disposed laterally adjacent to and extending in a direction outwardly away from a rear wheel of the bike and is retained on the frame of the bicycle using a plurality of attachment plates, wherein the plurality of attachment plates are configured to be coupled together with fasteners and each having a plurality clips configured to receive frame members on the frame of the bicycle.
Claims20
In combination with a bicycle having a front wheel and a rear wheel both rotatably coupled to a frame assembly with two frame members disposed proximal to one of the at least two wheels, the improvement comprising:
- a cantilevered handle member with a first free end, with a second end opposing the first free end, with a handle member length separating the first free end and the second end, and disposed laterally adjacent to and extending in a direction outwardly away from the rear wheel and terminating at the first free end disposed above the rear wheel;
- a first attachment plate directly coupled to the cantilevered handle member, with an upper first plate end, a lower first plate end opposing the upper first plate end, a first plate length separating the upper and lower first plate ends, a left first plate side, a right first plate side opposing the left first plate side, a first plate width separating the left and right first plate sides, with a first plate lower U-shaped clip rotatably coupled to the first attachment plate in a cantilevered configuration, defining a first plate adjustment channel spanning longitudinally along the first plate length, and a first plate upper U-shaped clip vertically adjustable within the first plate adjustment channel and disposed in a cantilevered configuration with respect to the first attachment plate;
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- a second attachment plate with an upper second plate end, a lower second plate end opposing the upper second plate end, a second plate length separating the upper and lower second plate ends, a left second plate side, a right second plate side opposing the left second plate side, a second plate width separating the left and right second plate sides, with a second plate lower U-shaped clip rotatably coupled to the second attachment plate in a cantilevered configuration, defining a second plate adjustment channel spanning longitudinally along the second plate length, and a second plate upper U-shaped clip vertically adjustable within the second plate adjustment channel and disposed in a cantilevered configuration with respect to the second attachment plate, the first attachment plate and the second attachment plate coupled together with a plurality of plate fasteners in a plate attachment configuration that includes the first plate lower U-shaped clip and the second plate lower U-shaped clip collectively compressively retaining at least one of the two frame members disposed proximal to one of the at least two wheels and the first plate upper U-shaped clip and the second plate upper U-shaped clip compressively retaining at least one of the two frame members disposed proximal to one of the at least two wheels.
A bicycle training aid device comprising:
- an elongated handle member with a first free end, with a second end opposing the first free end, with a handle member length separating the first free end and the second end;
- a first attachment plate directly coupled to the cantilevered handle member, with an upper first plate end, a lower first plate end opposing the upper first plate end, a first plate length separating the upper and lower first plate ends, a left first plate side, a right first plate side opposing the left first plate side, a first plate width separating the left and right first plate sides, with first plate lower U-shaped clip rotatably coupled to the first attachment plate in a cantilevered configuration and with a surface defining the U-shape thereon that is of an elastic material, defining a first plate adjustment channel spanning longitudinally along the first plate length, and a first plate upper U-shaped clip vertically adjustable within the first plate adjustment channel, disposed in a cantilevered configuration with respect to the first attachment plate, and with a surface defining the U-shape thereon that is of an elastic material, the handle member projecting outward from the first attachment plate in a cantilevered configuration;
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- a second attachment plate with an upper second plate end, a lower second plate end opposing the upper second plate end, a second plate length separating the upper and lower second plate ends, a left second plate side, a right second plate side opposing the left second plate side, a second plate width separating the left and right second plate sides, with a second plate lower U-shaped clip rotatably coupled to the second attachment plate in a cantilevered configuration and with a surface defining the U-shape thereon that is of an elastic material, defining a second plate adjustment channel spanning longitudinally along the second plate length, and a second plate upper U-shaped clip vertically adjustable within the second plate adjustment channel, disposed in a cantilevered configuration with respect to the second attachment plate, and with a surface defining the U-shape thereon that is of an elastic material, the first attachment plate and the second attachment plate operably configured to couple together with a plurality of plate fasteners in a plate attachment configuration with the first plate lower U-shaped clip and the second plate lower U-shaped clip facing and aligned with one another and the first plate upper U-shaped clip and the second plate upper U-shaped clip facing and aligned with one another.
In combination with a bicycle having a front wheel and a rear wheel both rotatably coupled to a frame assembly with two frame members disposed proximal to the rear wheel, the improvement comprising:
- a cantilevered handle member with a first free end, with a second end opposing the first free end, with a handle member length separating the first free end and the second end, having a plurality of handle attachment apertures defined thereon along the handle member length, and disposed laterally adjacent to and extending in a direction outwardly away from the rear wheel, terminating at the first free end, and disposed above the rear wheel;
- a first attachment bracket directly coupled to one of the two frame members and with a sidewall defining an upper aperture, a lower aperture opposing the upper aperture of the sidewall of the first attachment bracket, a first bracket channel separating the upper and lower apertures of the sidewall of the first attachment bracket, and a first bracket fastener aperture;
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- a second attachment bracket directly coupled to another of the two frame members and with a sidewall defining an upper aperture, a lower aperture opposing the upper aperture of the sidewall of the second attachment bracket, a second bracket channel separating the upper and lower apertures of the sidewall of the second attachment bracket and axially aligned with the first bracket channel, and a second bracket fastener aperture, the cantilevered handle member selectively removably coupled to the first and second attachment brackets with a first fastener spanning through one of the plurality of handle attachment apertures and the first bracket fastener aperture and with a second fastener spanning through another of the plurality of handle attachment apertures and the second bracket fastener aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.