Bicycle handlebar with palm support
OwnerJames W. O'Reillyinventor
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Abstract
An integrated drop style handlebar including a left and right palm support. Each palm support is attached to the forward portion of the handlebar frame adjacent to a hood. Each palm support extends laterally outward away from the handlebar's middle portion. An upward facing surface on each palm support is positioned to support a distal lateral portion (the portion of the palm distal to the thumb and proximal to the fifth metacarpal bone) of a rider's palm while the web of the hand is placed on a hood. Each palm support preferably also provides a large enough surface to support substantially all of a rider's palm when the web is not placed on a hood.
Claims16
A bicycle handlebar assembly, comprising:
- a middle portion;
- a forward portion connected to said middle portion by a horizontal bend;
- a vertical bend connected to said forward portion;
- a brake/shift lever assembly attached to said handlebar assembly proximate said vertical bend, said brake/shift lever assembly having a hood extending vertically upward, said hood having a rearward portion;
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- a palm support attached to said forward portion proximate said hood, said palm support extending laterally away from said forward portion in a direction that is opposite a direction of said middle portion, said direction of said forward portion also being approximately perpendicular to said vertically extending hood a forward wall in said palm support;
- a rearward wall in said palm support;
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- wherein a vertical position of said forward wall is adjustable with respect to a vertical position of said rearward wall.
A bicycle handlebar assembly, comprising:
- a middle portion;
- a forward portion connected to said middle portion by a horizontal bend;
- a vertical bend connected to said forward portion;
- a brake/shift lever assembly attached to said vertical bend, said brake/shift lever assembly having a hood extending vertically upward, with said hood having a rearward portion;
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- a palm support attached to said forward portion proximate said hood, said palm support extending laterally away from said forward portion in a direction which is approximately perpendicular to said vertically extending hood and in a direction which is opposite a direction of said middle portion, said palm support having a forward portion which lies proximate said rearward portion of said hood a forward wall in said palm support;
- a rearward wall in said palm support;
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- wherein a vertical position of said forward wall is adjustable with respect to a vertical position of said rearward wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.