US 5,683,093 AGranted

Device attachable to a bicycle to allow stabilizing of a learning rider

AssigneeBike-Rite USA, Inc.

InventorGary Hayes

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Abstract

A device is provided which is readily mountable to the rear axle and frame of a bicycle and provides a graspable distal end to be held by a person walking or running alongside or just behind a bicycle on which another person is learning how to ride. The device includes three substantially tubular elements connected to each other by a single bolt, washer and nut assembly, and the entire device is mounted in a three-point manner to the bicycle thereby ensuring a strong rigid connection thereto. In one aspect of the invention, the person helping stabilize the rider grasps a suitably textured grip aligned with the plane of the bicycle frame. In another aspect of the invention, one particularly suitable for use by children or when the person learning to ride the bicycle is rather heavy, a pair of grips are mounted transversely of the plane of the bicycle to facilitate a two-handed grasping of the device by the helper.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A device

attachable to a bicycle to enable a helper walking or running alongside or behind the bicycle to provide stability and support to a rider learning to ride the bicycle, the device comprising:
a first element comprising a pair of arms having distal ends formed to attach to a rear axle of the bicycle and an oppositely directed connection arm;
a second element having a first end formed to attach to the bicycle beneath a seat thereof and a second end formed to attach to the connection arm of the first element;
and
a third element having a connection end formed to attach to the connection arm of the first element and a graspable distal end,
wherein the first element is of substantially tubular integrated form,
wherein said pair of arms are arms of a tube bent to a U-shape,
wherein the connection arm is also tubular and is welded to an outside center of the U-shape, and
wherein each of the distal ends of the pair of arms is flattened and formed to have an open end slot of a width sized to receive the rear axle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.