Suspension mechanism
AssigneeInternational Bicycle Corporation
InventorAbel O. Coetzee
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Abstract
A suspension mechanism includes a pair of generally oppositely directed support arms which may be connected to support forks for the wheels of a bicycle, the support arms being pivotably mounted about a common with respect to a load bearing member to which a bicycle saddle may be mounted. The support arms are urged away from the load bearing member by a biasing arrangement which may be in the form of a leaf spring set.
Claims19
A vehicle frame having a suspension machanism including a hub comprising outer, middle and inner concentric members which are relatively rotatable within predetermined limits on a common axis, two generally oppositely directed support arms and a centrally located load-bearing member each mounted to a respective one of said outer member, said middle member and said inner member, said load-bearing member extending transversely to said common axis, and biasing means extending between each support arm and said load-bearing member for biasing the support arms to support loads applied to said load-bearing member in a direction transverse to said common axis.
A hub for use in a bicycle suspension mechanism and the like, comprising a generally cylindrical outer member, a generally cylindrical middle member received coaxially within said outer member, and a generally cylindrical inner member received concentrically within said middle member, said outer, middle and inner members being rotatable relative to one another on a common axis, said middle member having first means for mounting an end of a first support arm thereto and said inner member having second means for mounting an end of a second support arm thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.