Self-storing security device
AssigneeWinner International Royalty Corporation
InventorRex A. Godfrey
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Abstract
A bicycle security device comprises a receiver which is adapted to be mounted to the frame of a bicycle and a U or J-shaped shackle. In the locked position, the shackle engages a locking mechanism in the receiver to secure the bicycle to an immoveable object or alternatively to secure the wheel of the bicycle to the frame. In the stored position, the shackle is held in the receiver to avoid contact with the bicycle rider. The locking mechanism preferably comprises a pawl-ratchet arrangement or a lock pin adapted to engage one of a plurality of semi-circular grooves along one arm of the shackle.
Claims14
A bicycle locking and storage device mountable on a bicycle frame member in proximity to the rim and tire of a wheel of said bicycle, said frame member having an axis and said rim and tire having laterally opposite sides with respect to said axis, said device comprising a receiver having a body portion mounted on said frame member and an arm extending from said body portion laterally outwardly of one of said opposite sides of said rim and tire and having an outer end spaced from said body portion for said rim and tire to be between said outer end and said body portion, a U-shaped shackle having first and second parallel legs joined by a bight, said body portion and said outer end of said arm respectively having first and second openings therein for respectively receiving said first and second legs of said shackle in a locking position of said shackle in which said first and second legs receive said rim and tire therebetween and extend transverse to said axis for said bight to be on the other of said opposite sides of said rim and tire, said body portion including lock means interengaging with said first leg to releasably lock said shackle in said locking position, and said receiver and said shackle including means interengaging for said receiver to support said shackle in a storage position of said shackle in which said first and second legs of said shackle are in a plane parallel to said axis of said frame member.
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