Flexible protective cover for the drive train elements of a bicycle

A flexible protective cover adapted for use with a bicycle which is not in use and which includes a frame having a right side and a left side, a front wheel, a rear wheel having at least one sprocket gear, a front driver mechanism and an endless drive chain, the frame including a hub, seat tube which extends upwardly from said hub, an angle bar which extends upwardly from said hub, right add left lower struts which extend rearwardly of said hub, said right and left lower struts having respective right and left mounting brackets at their rearward ends, and right and left seat stays which extend upwardly from said respective mounting brackets;

• said front driver mechanism including a crank arm which extends through said hub, at least one drive sprocket attached to said crank are so as to be located on the right side of said frame, and pedals attached to the opposite right and left ends of said crank arm;
• said rear wheel being attached between said mounting brackets, said endless drive chain being wrapped around a portion of said at least one drive sprocket, said at least one sprocket gear, and having upper and lower runs,
• said flexible protective cover comprising an elongated main panel part and a skirt part, said elongated main part and said skirt part providing said flexible protective cover with upper and lower elongate peripheral edges and fron and rear peripheral edges and said skirt.part providing said flexible protective cover with elasticized upper and lower inner edges and elasticized front and rear inner edges, said flexible protective cover being divided into a front portion which is adapted to extend over most of said drive sprocket(s) of the bicycle and the associated portion of the endless drive chain, a rear portion which is adapted to extend over most of sAid sprocket gear(s) and the associated portion of the endless drive chain, and a middle portion of the endless upper and lower runs of the endless drive chain, said elongated main panel part having an opening therein through which the pedal attached to the right side of the crank arm can pass, and said skirt part including two generally U-shaped openings for extending around separate parts of said frame and attachment means around separate parts of said frame and attachment flexible protective cover including at least one drainage hole located along its lower peripheral edge.

A flexible protective cover adapted for use with a bicycle which is not in use and which includes a frame having a right side and a left side, a front wheel, a rear wheel having at least one sprocket gear, a front driver mechanism and an endless drive chain, the frame including a hub, a seat tube which extends upwardly from said hub, an angle bar which extends upwardly from said hub, right and left lower struts which extend rearwardly of said hub, said right and left lower struts having respective right and left mounting brackets at their rearward ends, and right and left seat stays which extend upwardly from said respective mounting brackets;

• said front driver mechanism including a crank arm which extends through said hub, at least one drive sprocket attached to said crank arm so as to be located on the right side of said frame, and pedals attached to the opposite right and left ends of said crank arm;
• said rear wheel being attached between said mounting brackets, said endless drive chain being wrapped around a portion of said at least one drive sprocket, said at least one sprocket gear, and having upper and lower runs,
• said flexible protective cover comprising an elongated main panel part and a skirt part, said elongated main part and said skirt part providing said flexible protective cover with upper and lower elongated peripheral edges and front and rear peripheral edges and said skirt part providing said flexible protective cover with elasticized upper and lower inner edges and elasticized front and rear inner edges, said flexible proteciive cover being divided into a front portion which is adapted to extend over most of said drive sprocket(s) of the bicycle and the associated portion of the endless drive chain, a rear portion which is adapted to extend over most of said sprocket gear(s) and the associated portion of the endless drive chain, and a middle portion which is adapted to cover the upper and lower runs of the endless drive chain, said elongated main panel part having an opening therein through which the Pedal attached to the right side of the crank arm can pass, and said skirt part including two generally U-shaped openings for extending around separate parts of said frame and attachment means for closing said two generally U-shaped openings;
• wherein said skirt part provides a first channel which extends along the upper inner edge of said flexible protective cover between said two generally U-shaped openings and a second channel which extends around the rest of the inner edges thereof, and wherein said skirt part includes a first elastic attachment band which extends through said first channel and a second elastic attachment band which extends through said second channel, said first and second attachment bands being connected to the skirt part to provide elasticity to said upper, lower, front and rear edges of said flexible protective cover and each having opposite associated ends which can be connected together to provide said attachment means for closing said two generally U-shaped openings.