Article carrying bag for bicycles and the like
AssigneeMcNeill Favia Co.
InventorRobert M. McNeill
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Abstract
An article carrying bag and a structure affording removable mounting of the bag to a bicycle or like vehicle. The bag is formed of two separate compartments which are joined at their upper edges by a relatively narrow web so that when the bag is carried it resembles a briefcase. The mounting structure includes a rigid, relatively small diameter tube; the web of the carrying bag includes a resilient member forming a channel having walls which frictionally engage the tube. The support structure for the tube includes a guard member which supports the tube and keeps the inner surfaces of the compartments of the carrying bag outward of the vehicle wheel.
Claims9
An article carrier for a bicycle or like vehicle having a wheel and a frame supporting the wheel for rotation in a generally vertical plane comprising a rigid elongate member, mounting means for mounting said elongate member on said frame above said wheel within said plane, an article container having an elongate central web and means for defining first and second article compartments on opposite sides of said web, said compartment defining means depending from opposite sides of said web to afford disposition of said compartments in flanking relation to said elongate member and said wheel, and attaching means fastened to the underside of said web for removably attaching said web to said elongate member, said attaching means including first and second flanges depending from the underside of said web in spaced apart relation, said flanges having respective inner surfaces that confront one another to define a slot having a width corresponding to the outer dimension of said elongate member, said flanges having converging edge surfaces remote from said web and being elastically deformable so as to resiliently engage said elongate member and being yieldable to afford selective disengagement from said elongate member.
An article carrier for a bicycle or like vehicle having a wheel and a frame supporting the wheel for rotation in a generally vertical plane comprising a rigid elongate member, mounting means for mounting said elongate member on said frame above said wheel within said plane, an article container having an elongate central web and means for defining first and second article compartments on opposite sides of said web, said compartment defining means depending from opposite sides of said web to afford disposition of said compartments in flanking relation to said elongate member and said wheel, attaching means fastened to the underside of said web for removably attaching said web to said elongate member, a semi-rigid stiffener having a central portion substantially coextensive with said web and fixed thereto, said stiffener having first and second planar portions integral with and extending perpendicularly from opposite sides of said central portion, said planar portions being substantially coextensive with respective said compartments, and means for joining said compartment defining means to respective said planar portions.
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