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US 6,089,675 AGranted
Quick release bicycle hub assembly
OwnerRaphael Schlangerinventor
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Abstract
Assembly includes a bicycle hub assembly, a control shaft having opposed ends passing through the hub assembly, bicycle frame members operative to receive and retain the opposed ends of the control shaft, wherein one of the frame members includes an open slot to receive and retain one end of the control shaft and the other of the frame members includes openings for a releasable, fixed connection with the opposed end of the shaft; and a handle for manual rotation of the shaft to engage and disengage the shaft with the frame members.
Claims43
Quick release bicycle hub assembly, which comprises:
- a bicycle hub assembly;
- a control shaft having opposed ends and passing through said hub assembly;
- first and second bicycle frame members operative to receive and retain the opposed ends of said control shaft;
- wherein at least the first of said frame members includes an open slot to receive one end of said shaft, and said second frame member includes means formed on the second frame member for a releasable, fixed connection with the opposed end of said shaft to limit rotation of the opposed end of said shaft;
- and means for retaining said shaft relative to said frame members to engage and disengage said shaft with said frame members.
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Quick release bicycle hub assembly, which comprises:
- a bicycle hub assembly;
- a control shaft having opposed ends and passing through said hub assembly;
- first and second bicycle frame members operative to receive and retain the opposed ends of said control shaft;
- wherein at least the first of said frame members includes an open slot to receive one end of said shaft, and said second frame member includes means for a releasable, fixed connection with the opposed end of said shaft;
- and means for retaining said shaft relative to said frame members to engage and disengage said shaft with said frame members, wherein a first of said frame members includes an open slot and the second of said frame members has a threaded hole, wherein said shaft has a threaded end for threadably engaging said threaded hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.