Quick release assembly with integral lock

A bicycle wheel quick release assembly for securing the wheel to the fork of a bicycle frame comprising:

• a central mounting shaft having a first end threaded to receive locking nuts and an end cap and a second end formed of a cylindrical shaft extension having a transverse bore therein;
• cylindrical housing means including a first chamber having an opening to receive said cylindrical shaft extension for reciprocal movement therein, and a second chamber having an opening to receive a locking mechanism including a locking pin;
• drive means, including a rotatable lever and eccentric drive shaft, said eccentric drive shaft having a transverse bore therein adapted to receive said locking pin, said eccentric drive shaft being rotatably mounted within said shaft extension transverse bore for longitudinally moving said central mounting shaft and said shaft extension relative to said bicycle frame fork for loosening and tightening said assembly relative to said fork;
• said locking pin being in communication with said eccentric drive shaft whereby, in use, said locking pin is selectively moveable to engage and disengage said drive shaft transverse bore of said eccentric drive shaft to prevent and permit rotational movement thereof respectively, in turn preventing and permitting longitudinal movement of said central mounting shaft relative to said bicycle frame fork.