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US 2015/0175239 A1Published application
Bicycle Frame Rear suspension with Flexing Frame Segment
OwnerWayne Lumpkininventor
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Abstract
A bicycle frame includes a substantially rigid front frame portion and a substantially rigid rear frame portion. A link is connected to the rear frame portion by a first pivot and to the front frame portion by a second pivot. A frame segment is rigidly connected at a first end to one of the the rear frame portion and the front frame portion and pivotably connected at a second end to other of the rear frame portion or the front frame portion by a third pivot. The frame segment is flexible parallel to an axis of the third pivot.
Claims18
A bicycle frame comprising:
- a substantially rigid front frame portion;
- a substantially rigid rear frame portion;
- a link connected to the rear frame portion by a first pivot and connected to the front frame portion by a second pivot;
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- a frame segment rigidly connected at a first end to one of the rear frame portion or the front frame portion and pivotably connected at a second end to the other of the rear frame portion and the front frame portion by a third pivot, the frame segment being flexible parallel to an axis of the third pivot.
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