Bicycle carriers and skewer assemblies
AssigneeThule Sweden AB
InventorJoseph SETTELMAYER
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Abstract
An assembly secures a bicycle having first and second fork prongs to a vehicle. The assembly includes an elongated skewer for mounting the first and second fork prongs of the bicycle thereon. The elongated skewer defines a longitudinal axis, and has a first end portion and a second non-threaded end portion. The assembly also includes a stop removably coupled to the second non-threaded end portion of the elongated skewer, and a sleeve movably coupled to the elongated skewer and removably coupled to the stop to lock the stop on the elongated skewer.
Claims19
An assembly for securing a bicycle having first and second fork prongs to a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- an elongated skewer for mounting the first and second fork prongs of the bicycle thereon, the elongated skewer defining a longitudinal axis, and having a first end portion and a second non-threaded end portion;
- a stop is configured to be removably coupled to the second non-threaded end portion of the elongated skewer;
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- a sleeve is configured to be movably coupled to the elongated skewer and configured to be removably coupled to the stop to lock the stop on the elongated skewer.
An assembly for securing a bicycle having first and second fork prongs to a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- an elongated skewer for mounting the first and second fork prongs of the bicycle thereon, the elongated skewer defining a longitudinal axis, and having a first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion defining a notch;
- a stop having a protrusion configured to be received within the notch of the elongated skewer such that translation of the stop relative to the elongated skewer in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated skewer is substantially prevented;
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- a sleeve configured to be movably coupled to the elongated skewer and configured to be removably coupled to the stop such that translation of the stop in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongated skewer is substantially prevented.
An assembly for securing a bicycle having first and second fork prongs to a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- an elongated skewer for mounting the first and second fork prongs of the bicycle thereon, and having an end portion;
- a lever rotatably coupled to the end portion of the elongated skewer and having a cam portion;
- a cam follower movably coupled to the elongated skewer, wherein the cam follower engages the cam portion of the lever such that the cam follower moves along the elongated skewer as the lever rotates;
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- a lock assembly separate from the lever and the cam follower that locks the lever at the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.