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US 12,662,210 B2Granted
Cargo pack for attachment to a bicycle
AssigneeTailfin Limited
InventorsNicholas Broadbent, Robert Phillips, Olivia Cowley, Martyn Long
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AssigneeTailfin Limited
InventorsNicholas Broadbent, Robert Phillips, Olivia Cowley, Martyn Long
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A cargo pack for attachment to a bicycle comprises an outer casing of a flexible material provided with an opening for loading the pack. The outer casing has oppositely disposed side walls and an attachment wall extending between the side walls and intended to lie adjacent a frame member of the bicycle. The attachment wall is provided with at least one mounting block having a surface for contact with the frame member and a securing flange situated within the outer casing and secured to the material of the outer casing. The outer casing is provided with a stiffening structure for enhancing the rigidity of the attachment wall, the stiffening structure comprising a pair of rods which extend along the attachment wall adjacent the respective side walls, the rods engaging the securing flanges to retain the rods with respect to the mounting blocks.
A cargo pack for attachment to a bicycle, the pack comprising an outer casing of a flexible material provided with an opening for loading the pack, the outer casing having oppositely disposed side walls and an attachment wall extending between the side walls and intended to lie adjacent a frame member of the bicycle, the attachment wall being provided with at least one mounting block having a surface for contact with the frame member and a securing flange secured to the material of the outer casing, the outer casing being provided with a stiffening structure for enhancing the rigidity of the attachment wall, the stiffening structure comprising a pair of rods which extend along the attachment wall adjacent the respective side walls, the rods engaging the securing flange to retain the rods with respect to the mounting block.
A method of assembling a cargo pack for attachment to a bicycle, the pack comprising an outer casing of a flexible material provided with an opening for loading the pack, the outer casing having oppositely disposed side walls and an attachment wall extending between the side walls and intended to lie adjacent a frame member of the bicycle, the attachment wall being provided with at least one mounting block having a surface for contact with the frame member and a securing flange secured to the material of the outer casing, the outer casing being provided with a stiffening structure for enhancing the rigidity of the attachment wall, the stiffening structure comprising a pair of rods which extend along the attachment wall adjacent the respective side walls, the rods engaging the securing flange to retain the rods with respect to the mounting block, wherein the outer casing is provided with an aperture for the passage of a flexible supply element, the method comprising inserting the rods through the aperture into engagement with the securing flange.
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