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US 8,893,897 B2Granted
Secure, quick attachment and release bicycle support systems
AssigneeFeedback Sports LLC
InventorsJonathan Workman, Donald H. Eason
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Abstract
A device and method of clamping bicycles in a mouth (6) having a moveable jaw (8) and a stationary jaw (7) to which a high load potential may be utilized within a toggle joint (18) and ratchet mechanism (14) and a release (12) may be triggered to open a mouth in a quick movement(s). In embodiments, a multisized object securement grip (9) may be located on a contact surface of a moveable jaw and stationary jaw to allow for universal gripping of various sized objects.
Claims33
A quick trigger release bicycle support apparatus comprising:
- a clampable mouth having a stationary jaw and a moveable jaw;
- a slide moveably attached to said moveable jaw and configured to linearly move said moveable jaw with respect to said stationary jaw;
- a threaded ratchet mechanism having a pawl with a plurality of notches and a threaded ratchet, wherein said pawl with said plurality of notches is configured to releasably engage a substantial portion of said threaded ratchet, and wherein said pawl with said plurality of notches and said threaded ratchet are configured to hold said moveable jaw in a closed mouth position when engaged until released;
- an open jaw spring bias on said slide which is connected to said moveable jaw when said moveable jaw is in said closed mouth position;
- a tightening mechanism connected to said threaded ratchet mechanism to tighten said moveable jaw after placed in said closed mouth position;
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- a separate depressable low force push button release configured to substantially simultaneously disengage said pawl with said plurality of notches from said threaded ratchet of said threaded ratchet mechanism and configured to substantially simultaneously trigger said open jaw spring bias on said slide and said moveable jaw when said depressable low force push button release is depressed allowing said slide and said moveable jaw to automatically spring open from said closed mouth position to an open mouth position.
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