Locking bicycle handlebar grip
OwnerLee Griswoldinventor
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Abstract
A handle bar locking assembly for rigidly fixing a handle bar grip to a handle bar, the locking assembly engaging with the inside diameter of the handle bar by means of laterally or radially spreading wedge member(s) that are displaced radially outwardly upon the turning of a drive element. The drive element axially displaces a locking member having a surface that engages with a surface of the wedge member(s) to cause the radial displacement.
Claims20
A bicycle handle bar grip locking assembly for securing a handle bar grip to a handle bar comprising:
- a handle bar grip substrate for fitting over an outside of the handle bar;
- a locking element for securing said handle bar grip substrate to the handle bar, said locking element engaging with an inner surface of said handle bar and including:
- a first locking member having a first locking member surface;
- a second locking member having a second locking member surface, said second locking member being axially movable along a length of said handle bar grip substrate relative to said first locking member;
- at least one wedge member having a wedge surface that is engagable with the first and second locking member surfaces and a locking surface that is engagable with the inner surface of said handle bar;
- a drive element for moving said second locking member relative to said first locking member;
- wherein when said second locking member is moved axially with respect to said first locking member, said wedge member is laterally displaced to engage with the inner surface of said handle bar.
A bicycle handle bar grip locking assembly for securing a handle bar grip to a handle bar, the handle bar having an Outside Diameter (OD) and an Inside Diameter (ID), the assembly comprising:
- a handle bar grip substrate for fitting over the OD of the handle bar;
- a locking element for securing said handle bar grip substrate to the ID of the handle bar including:
- a locking member having a locking member surface;
- a wedge member having a wedge surface that is engagable with the locking member surface and a locking surface that is engagable with the ID of said handle bar;
- a drive element for moving said locking member relative to said wedge member;
- wherein when said locking member is moved axially with respect to said wedge member, said wedge member is laterally displaced to engage with the ID of said handle bar.
A bicycle handle bar grip locking assembly for securing a handle bar grip to a handle bar, said assembly comprising:
- a handle bar grip substrate adapted to be fit over an outside of the handle bar;
- a locking element for securing said handle bar grip substrate to the handle bar, said locking element engaging with an inner surface of said handle bar and comprising:
- a first end, a second end, and a middle portion disposed between the first end and the second end;
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- a drive element for moving the second end axially toward the first end and for causing the middle portion to expand radially so as to engage the inner surface of said handle bar, thereby securing the handle bar grip to the handle bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.