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US 3,938,827 AGranted
Bicycle interconnecting apparatus
OwnerCharles L. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
Interconnecting bars are employed to connect two standard bicycles in a side-by-side relationship. The bicycles are interconnected adjacent the respective rear axles thereof, adjacent their respective seats and adjacent the front of the frames thereof, for stabilizing the bicycles and are also interconnected at their respective steering mechanisms with a tie rod that is adjustable to allow setting of wheel toe-in for proper steering and handling characteristics.
Claims6
An apparatus for interconnecting a pair of bicycles comprising:
- a) a pair of bicycles positioned in a side-by-side relationship, each of said pair of bicycles having a frame, a rear wheel axle, a seat and a steering mechanism;
- b) a first interconnecting bar extending between said pair of bicycles and coupled on the opposite ends thereof to the frames of said bicycles adjacent the rear wheel axles thereof;
- c) a second interconnecting bar extending between said pair of bicycles and coupled on the opposite ends thereof to said pair of bicycles adjacent the seats thereof, said second interconnecting bar comprising,
- a V-shaped hollow tubular member a portion intermediate the opposite ends of which is connected to said first interconnecting bar,
- a rod axially slidably mounted in each of the opposite ends of said V-shaped hollow tubular member for adjusting the length of said second interconnecting bar, each of said rods coupled to a different one of said pair of bicycles, and
- means on said V-shaped tubular member for optionally allowing axial sliding movement of said rods relative to said V-shaped tubular member;
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- means extending between the steering mechanisms of said pair of bicycles and connected thereto for causing the steering mechanisms to turn in unison, said means for interconnecting the steering mechanisms of said pair of bicycles being adjustable for setting the toe-in relationship of the steering mechanisms of said pair of bicycles.
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