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US 6,659,483 B2Granted
Telescoping bicycle fender
OwnerSimon Blytheinventor
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Abstract
A telescoping bicycle fender for use on the rear wheel of a bicycle can be easily and quickly mounted and removed. The fender has three sliding sections which can be telescoped between a compact position in which the sections are nested together and an extended position in which the sections are telescoped out to extend around a substantial part of the wheel.
Claims9
A telescoping bicycle fender for attachment to a bicycle frame, comprising:
- (a) first, second and third interconnected fender sections;
- (b) said first section having a first sleeve therein proximate a first end thereof, configured to support said second fender section and to permit longitudinal sliding movement therethrough of said second fender section, from a first position in which said second fender section is nested within said first fender section to a second position in which said second section extends longitudinally beyond said first end of said first fender section, wherein said first sleeve comprises a longitudinally-spaced pair of transverse slots in said first fender section, sized and configured to receive said second fender section, and a segment of said first fender section between said slots configured to engage an inner surface of said second fender section and to slidingly hold said second fender section between said segment and an inner surface of said first fender section;
- (c) said first section having a second sleeve therein proximate a second end thereof, configured to support said third fender section and to permit longitudinal sliding movement therethrough of said third fender section from a first position in which said third fender section is nested within said first fender section to a second position in which said third fender section extends longitudinally beyond said second end of said first fender section, wherein said second sleeve comprises a longitudinally-spaced pair of transverse slots in said first fender section, sized and configured to receive said third fender section, and a segment of said first fender section between said slots configured to engage an inner surface of said first fender section and to slidingly hold said third fender section between said segment and an inner surface of said first fender section;
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- (d) connectors on said first fender section to attach said first fender section to said bicycle frame.
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