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US 4,815,635 AGranted
Cyclist water supply apparatus
OwnerWillie E. Porterinventor
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Abstract
A water supply apparatus is utilized in conjunction with a bicycle to enable a rider to receive either a spray of cooling water or a stream for drinking purposes. A diaphragm-type pump supplies the water. Plural reservoirs enable a plurality of liquids to be transported and utilized, such as water for cooling the rider and a sucrose solution for energy.
Claims4
A cyclist refreshment appartus for use in combination with a bicycle comprising,
- reservoir means for containing and
- separating plural liquids, and
- valve means operably associated with said reservoir means for selectively utilizing one of said plural liquids, and
- nozzle means operably associated with said valve means for selectively directing one of said liquids, and
- force means to direct one of said liquids from said reservoir means outwardly of said nozzle means, and
- wherein said valve means is operably associated with said reservoir means by plural conduits for directing each of a plurality of said plural liquids, and
- wherein said reservoir means includes a plurality of separate elongate reservoirs directing a liquid through each of said conduit means, and said elongate reservoirs are clamped together by upper and lower clamp members,
- and each of clamp members are formed with spaced clamps to secure said elongate reservoir togehter and each of said clamp members are further formed with a central clamp portion intermediate with spaced clamps to secure said reservoir to an elongate tubular frame portion of a bicycle;
- said upper clamp member aligned and overlying said lower clamp member in a spaced relationship thereto, and
- wherein said conduits are formed of rigid tubing material to maintain a pre-set configuration in association with said bicycle, and
- wherein said valve means is operably associated with said nozzle means by means of a flexible conduit connecting said nozzle means to said valve means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.