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US 6,279,803 B1Granted
Bicycle handlebar-mounted carrier
OwnerE. Thomas Smerdon, Jr.inventor
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An article carrier for food and other small items that is supported forward of the junction of a bicycle handlebar and handlebar stem. The carrier is comprised of a frame, a means for stabilizing the frame, and, in the preferred embodiment, a flexible bag. The frame of the carrier has a middle section that passes under the handlebar stem and two sides that pass over the handlebar and extend away from each other and then converge toward each other, with each side having an end that terminates roughly in front of its respective side of the handlebar stem. A stabilization means, which is preferably an elastic shock cord, is attached to one side of the frame at a point in front of the handlebar and passed under the handlebar, over the handlebar stem, and back under the handlebar to a point of attachment on the other side of the frame. The flexible bag of the preferred embodiment has a removable top cover and a sleeve running along an upper section of the bag, with the sleeve being adapted to slide onto the sides of the frame and the bag being dimensioned so that the top of the bag is maintained in an open configuration when the bag is fully inserted onto the frame. In an alternative embodiment, a rigid molded carrier is adapted to be inserted into the frame and engage the sides of the frame.
An article carrier for mounting on the handlebar of a bicycle, including a bent wire carrier support frame having a roughly U-shaped middle section adapted to engage the underside of the handlebar stem and frame sides adapted to extend over the handlebar on each side of the handlebar stem and to support a carrying means forward of the handlebar, the improvement comprising
An article carrier for mounting on a bicycle having a handlebar and handlebar stem, said carrier including a bent wire carrier support frame having a roughly U-shaped middle section which is adapted to engage the underside of the handlebar stem, and two frame sides adapted to extend over the handlebar on each side of the handlebar stem and to support a carrying means forward of the handlebar, the improvement comprising:
An article carrier for mounting on the handlebar of a bicycle, including a bent wire carrier frame having a roughly U-shaped middle section adapted to engage the underside of the handlebar stem and frame sides adapted to extend over the handlebar on each side of the handlebar stem and to extend away from each other and then converge toward each other so that the frame sides terminate opposite one another on their respective sides of the handlebar stem in front of the handlebar, the improvement comprising:
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