Flexible, multi-gauge attachment device
OwnerThomas Kahaninventor
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Abstract
A flexible, multi-gauge attachment device for mounting pinwheels, flags and other objects supported by posts onto various parts of the frames of bicycles, bicycle trailers, scooters, strollers, wheelchairs and other vehicles and products with tubular components.
Claims10
A device for securely attaching one elongated post of a first predetermined diameter to another elongated mounting support of one of a range of other different predetermined diameters, comprising:
- (a) a mount made from a flexible, rubber-like material and having a pair of opposite ends with a hollow, post-receiving barrel at one end and a base at the other end,
- (b) said hollow, post-receiving barrel made from a flexible, rubber-like material and sized to receive and hold said post,
- (c) said base made from a flexible, rubber-like material and comprising an elongated sleeve-clamp having a pair of opposite end portions and a C-shaped configuration when seen from either end, said C-shaped configuration being sized to wrap and extend around at least a major portion of any elongated mounting support having a diameter within a predetermined range of diameters,
- (d) said hollow, post-receiving barrel being connected to said base and being oriented upright from and extending out from said base,
- (e) said hollow, post-receiving barrel being joined to a midportion of said base so that said two end portions of said base extend out on either side from said hollow barrel,
- (f) said end portions of said base being secured to said elongated mounting support by a pair of ties or other strapping means, with one of these ties or other strapping means wrapped around each said end portion of said elongated mounting support when said base is affixed to said elongated mounting support so that said mount will be able to hold said post in an upright orientation extending out from said mounting support.
In an attachment device of the type comprising a mount having a base that includes an elongated sleeve-clamp having a pair of opposite ends, said sleeve-clamp having a C-shaped configuration when seen from either end, said clamp being sized to wrap around and clamp onto a mounting support of a predetermined diameter and extend around at least a major portion of said support, and holding means for attaching a post to said base, the improvement wherein said base is made from a flexible, rubber-like material so that it can wrap around and clamp onto at least a major portion of a mounting supports having a diameter within a predetermined range of diameters, said holding means comprising a hollow, post-receiving barrel for removably receiving and holding a plurality of different posts that support pinwheels, mini-flags and other devices, said opposite ends of said elongated sleeve-clamp together having a plurality of circumferential grooves, holes, or other tie-positioning recesses therein, and a corresponding plurality of ties or other strapping means, each positioned in their respective groove, hole or other tie-positioning recess and wrapped around each opposite end portion for securing said attachment device and mounting support together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.