Bicycle chainring with offset and full wide teeth
AssigneeWick Werks, LLC
InventorChristoper A. Wickliffe
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Abstract
A bicycle chain ring having a plurality of teeth extending radially about an axis of the chain ring, the plurality of teeth including a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth. The first group of teeth has a first width at a tooth base that is sized to be received within a chain cavity defined between parallel links of a bicycle chain. The second group of teeth has a second width at the tooth base, the second width being different from the first width. Further, the first group of teeth have a tooth tip that is substantially centered on a plane defined between an inner surface and an outer surface of the chain ring and the second group of teeth is at least partially offset from the plane.
Claims20
A bicycle chain ring, comprising:
- a plurality of teeth extending radially about an axis of the chain ring, the plurality of teeth including a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth;
- wherein the first group of teeth has a first width at a tooth base that is sized to be received within a chain cavity defined between parallel links of a bicycle chain;
- wherein the second group of teeth has a second width at the tooth base, the second width being different from the first width;
- wherein, the first group of teeth have a base that is sized to be substantially centered on a central plane defined through a center portion of the chainring;
- wherein, the second group of teeth have a base that is at least partially offset from the central plane.
A bicycle chain ring, comprising:
- a plurality of teeth extending radially about an axis of the chain ring, the plurality of teeth including a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth;
- wherein the first group of teeth has a first width at a tooth base that is sized to be received within a chain cavity defined between parallel links of a bicycle chain;
- wherein the second group of teeth has a second width at the tooth base, the second width being different from the first width;
- wherein, the first group of teeth have a width sized to substantially span an inner link gap of a chain and the second group of teeth have a width sized to substantially span an outer link gap of the chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.