Shield for road bicycle handlebars
OwnerJay Austin Small, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A handlebar shield device for attachment to road bicycle handlebars and a means of attachment is disclosed. The shield is comprised of a plurality of somewhat rigid shell components covering the control levers and some portions of the handle bars so that a rider's hands are protected from driving rain. The shield is attached to the handlebar by means of attachment to an auxiliary bar which is then attached to the bicycle handle bar. The said shield covers some or all sections of the handlebar made to be gripped by the rider.
Claims18
A shield device for road bicycle handlebars comprising a plurality of impermeable shield coverings which when taken together comprise
- a:
- a dorsal apex, closely juxtaposed above each brake control handle and configured with sufficient length to shield rain to a rider's hand and wrist when grasping thereon,
- b:
- a leading apex situated forward and in close proximity to each brake lever and configured with sufficient length to substantially cover the same, preventing impact of rain thereto,
- c:
- an outer apex situated about the outside of each handlebar reach section and connectively configured to the said dorsal and leading apexes to form a shell protective of water impingement from the forward, downward and sideways directions,
- d:
- a substantially open lower face, having a boundary defined by the edges of the said dorsal, leading, and outer apexes and configured with sufficient area to permit air exchange there through.
A removable adaptor device for dropped style road bicycle handlebars for providing a mounting structure for the attachment of accessories thereon comprising:
- a:
- a conforming body configured to conform generally to the underside of the handlebar hook section with sufficient length to prohibit rotation within a hook section plane, the plane containing the said handlebar hook section and the handlebar drop section, and further configured to generally conform to the handlebar tubing radius with sufficient width and curvature to impair the said conforming body from slipping out of the said hook section plane when in forced contact with the said handlebar.
- b:
- a plurality of retention features suitable to receive the end of a stretchable fastener.
- c:
- a plurality of stretchable fasteners configured to couple to the said retention features and to loop around the said handlebar, securing the said adaptor device to the said handlebar.
- d:
- an attachment feature rigidly disposed from said conforming body and configured to receive an attachable device compatibly configure therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.