Retaining device for personal vehicle with handlebars
OwnerLarry Stephen Wilson, Edward John Hosch, IIIinventors
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Abstract
A retaining device is fitted into the end of the handlebar of a personal vehicle such as a bicycle or motorcycle. The device has a shackle, a cable, or a spring loaded lever which extends out of the distal end of the handlebar whereby it can be used to retain such items as a motorcycle helmet or a flotation vest. The retaining device may include a lock. A cable can be used, and a cap fitted over the retaining device attached to the distal end of the cable.
Claims5
A retainer device for a personal vehicle that has tubular handlebars for steering comprising, a lug with an annular groove sized to be mounted partially within a handlebar with a lug end projecting outwardly from an end thereof that has a lug portion adjacent the handlebar end of a thickness less than the thickness of the handlebar end, and a sleeve having a spring loaded bearing adapted to be forced into said lug groove for locking the sleeve upon the lug thus being removably mountable upon said lug end in a position spaced from said handlebar end with at least a portion of the less thick lug end portion providing a gap between the sleeve and handlebar end in which an object may be releasibly captured and retained.
A retainer device for a personal vehicle that has tubular handlebars for steering comprising, a lug sized to be mounted partially within a handlebar with a lug end projecting outwardly from an end thereof that has a lug portion adjacent the handlebar end of a thickness less than the thickness of the handlebar end, and a sleeve removably mountable upon said lug end in a position spaced from said handlebar end with at least a portion of the less thick lug end portion providing a gap between the sleeve and handlebar end in which an object may be releasibly captured and retained and wherein said lug has a spring loaded bearing adapted to be forced into a groove in said sleeve for locking the sleeve upon the lug.
A retainer device for a personal vehicle that has tubular handlebars for steering comprising, a lug sized to be mounted partially within a handlebar with a lug end projecting outwardly from an end thereof that has a lug portion adjacent the handlebar end of a thickness less than the thickness of the handlebar end, a sleeve removably mountable upon said lug end in a position spaced from said handlebar end with at least a portion of the less thick lug end portion providing a gap between the sleeve and handlebar end in which an object may be releasibly captured and retained, and a foam collar mounted to an end of said sleeve adjacent the handlebars to reside within the gap and inhibit rattling of an object retained therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.