Sound producing accessory for bicycles
AssigneeCarole Paar
InventorRein S. Randmae
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Abstract
An accessory for bicycles or tricycles for producing a motorcycle-like sound appealing to youngsters. The device being constructed of a strip of relatively hard but flexible material formed into a shape having: a flat region (32) engaging the spokes of the bicycle wheel; an "S" shaped region (28) providing flexibility thereby allowing the flat region to move as the spokes impinge on it; a semi-tubular region (30) lined with a hook type fastener material for attaching to a fork element of the bicycle; and a handle (34) as an aid for spreading apart the semi-tubular region to attach the accessory to the fork element.
Claims20
A sound producing accessory for bicycles having spoked wheels comprising a strip of flexible material much greater in width than its thickness formed into a shape having:
- (a) a substantially flat region which in cooperation with the spokes of the wheel produces a slapping or rumbling sound,
- (b) a semi-tubular region adjacent and directly joined to said flat region, said semi-tubular region having an opening at an area of its circumference,
- (c) said semi-tubular region having a liner on the inner surface thereof, said liner providing fastening means, whereby said sound producing accessory may be attached to a frame element of the bicycle, such that said flat region lies in a direct path of the wheel spokes.
A sound producing accessory for bicycles having spoked wheels comprising a strip of thin, flexible material of reasonable width having a series of bends along its shorter dimension to form said strip into a shape having:
- (a) a substantially flat region which, when inserted into the path of the spokes of the bicycle wheel, emits a slapping or rumbling sound,
- (b) a circularly shaped semi-tubular region directly attached to said flat region, said semi-tubular region encompassing at least a part of the circumference of a circle,
- (c) a lining situated on the inner surface of said semi-tubular region, said lining having adhesive properties, whereby said sound producing accessory may be attached to a frame element of the bicycle, such that said flat region lies in a direct path of the wheel spokes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.