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US 12,630,246 B2Granted
Bicycle cable retention and storage system
AssigneeENVE Composites, LLC
InventorsNavarro Peña Guerra, Scott M. Neperud, Kevin E. Nelson, Clint L. Child
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Abstract
A bicycle may include a frame comprising a hollow tube having an interior, a cable passing through the interior, and a cable retainer within the interior. The cable retainer may include a flexible panel, in a closed state, wrapped about the cable, and a connector releasably securing the flexible panel in the closed state.
Claims26
A bicycle comprising:
- a frame comprising a hollow tube having an interior;
- a cable passing through the interior;
- and
- a cable retainer within the interior, the cable retainer comprising:
- a flexible panel, in a closed state, wrapped about the cable, wherein the flexible panel is adhesively secured to an inside of the tube;
- and
- a connector releasably securing the flexible panel in the closed state.
4 more elements
A bicycle comprising:
- a frame comprising a hollow tube having an interior;
- a cable passing through the interior;
- and
- a cable retainer within the interior, the cable retainer comprising:
- a flexible panel, in a closed state, wrapped about the cable;
- and
- a connector releasably securing the flexible panel in the closed state, wherein the flexible panel comprises:
- a first portion adjacent to an interior surface and of the tube;
- and
- a second portion pivotable relative to the first portion between a first position outside the tube and a second position adjacent the first portion, wrapped about the cable in the closed state;
- and
- a spring retaining the first portion against the interior surface of the tube.
9 more elements
A bicycle comprising:
- a frame comprising a hollow tube having an interior;
- a cable passing through the interior;
- and
- a cable retainer within the interior, the cable retainer comprising:
- a flexible panel, in a closed state, wrapped about the cable;
- and
- a connector releasably securing the flexible panel in the closed state, wherein the connector comprises a hook and loop fastener.
4 more elements
A bicycle comprising:
- a frame comprising a hollow tube having an interior;
- a cable passing through the interior;
- and
- a cable retainer within the interior, the cable retainer comprising:
- a flexible panel, in a closed state, wrapped about the cable;
- and
- a connector releasably securing the flexible panel in the closed state, wherein the flexible panel includes a pocket for receiving articles.
4 more elements
A bicycle comprising:
- a frame comprising a hollow tube having an interior;
- a cable passing through the interior;
- and
- a cable retainer within the interior, the cable retainer comprising:
- a flexible panel, in a closed state, wrapped about the cable;
- and
- a connector releasably securing the flexible panel in the closed state, wherein the tube comprises an access opening providing access to the interior and wherein the bicycle further comprises:
- a cover closing the access opening;
- and
- a latch releasably securing the cover to the tube, the latch being movable between a latched state and unlatched state, wherein the cover and the latch have corresponding exterior surface shapes and are flush when the latch is in the latched state and wherein the cover and the latch have perimeter exterior surfaces flush with adjacent exterior surfaces of the tube about the access opening.
7 more elements
A bicycle comprising:
- a frame comprising a hollow tube having an interior;
- a cable passing through the interior;
- and
- a cable retainer within the interior, the cable retainer comprising:
- a flexible panel, in a closed state, wrapped about the cable;
- and
- a connector releasably securing the flexible panel in the closed state, wherein the tube comprises an access opening providing access to the interior and a cover closing the access opening and wherein the bicycle further comprises a flexible tether connecting the flexible panel to the cover.
4 more elements
A bicycle comprising:
- a frame comprising a hollow tube having an interior;
- a cable passing through the interior;
- and
- a cable retainer within the interior, the cable retainer comprising:
- a flexible panel, in a closed state, wrapped about the cable;
- and
- a connector releasably securing the flexible panel in the closed state, wherein the flexible panel comprises:
- a first panel portion held adjacent to an inside interior surface of the tube so as to have an inwardly facing concave face conforming to an internal shape of the inside interior surface of the tube;
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- a second panel portion pivotable relative to the first panel portion between the closed state in which at least portions the second panel portion are held adjacent to the first panel portion so as to have an outwardly facing convex face conforming to an internal shape of the inside interior surface of the tube.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.