Bicycle frame having thru the tube cable routing
AssigneeHuffy Corporation
InventorsFreedus A. McDermitt, Jr., Fred R. Hemmelgarn, Larry D. Trout
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Abstract
A bicycle frame is disclosed wherein the down tube component comprises at least one aperture therein adapted for reception of an operating cable of the bicycle therein. The down tube is connected to the head tube and the bottom bracket of the frame, An open end portion of the down tube extends below the bracket so that cable threaded through the aperture may exit thereat below the bracket. A ferrule surrounds the aperture and helps to seal same from water which may otherwise penetrate into the tube.
Claims7
In a bicycle frame assembly of the type having a seat tube with a top and bottom portion and a head tube with a top and bottom portion, a top tube spanning between and connecting said seat tube portion and head tube top portion, a down tube spanning between and connecting said seat tube bottom portion and said head tube bottom portion at a bracket junction, a bottom bracket located at said bracket junction adapted for receipt of a crank arm assembly therein, said bottom bracket comprising a horizontally extending center line, the improvement wherein said down tube has a generally elliptically-shaped transverse cross-section having a major arcuate portion and a minor arcuate portion, one of said arcuate portions defining an open end portion extending below said center line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.