Bicycle handlebar arm rests
OwnerCedric J. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A bicycle handlebar that connects to a steering post foreward of the bicycle seat has an adjustable support pad assembly for the rider on which to support his body at his forearms or elbows including a support member having a top side and a bottom side, of which the top side is adapted with cushioning to accommodate the rider's forearm or elbow in support thereof and clamped to the bicycle handlebar by a clamp assembly at said bottom side of said support member. The clamp assembly has a clamp band, a nut member within said band, a bolt member that engages said nut member and a hood member that spaces the band member from said bottom of the support member so that the support pad assembly is attachable to said handlebar and is adjustable thereon in two degrees of translational freedom and two degrees of rotational freedom.
Claims12
On a bicycle handlebar that connects to a steering post forward of the bicycle seat and consists of one or more bar portions, an adjustable support pad assembly for use by the rider to support his body at his forearms or elbows comprising,
- (a) a support member having a top side and a bottom side, the top side being adapted to accommodate the rider's forearm or elbow in support thereof,
- (b) a clamp assembly attached to said bottom side of said support member,
- (c) said clamp assembly having a clamp band, a nut member within said band, a bolt member having a head and a threaded shaft of which said head engages said support member and said shaft threadably engages said nut member and a hood member that spaces said band member from said bottom of said support member, and
- (d) said band member fits around said handlebar bar portion and is secured thereto by tightening said bolt,
- (e) whereby said support pad assembly is attachable to said handlebar and is adjustable thereon in two degrees of translational freedom and two degrees of rotational freedom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.