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US 9,174,696 B2Granted
Grip for handlebars of a bicycle and similar vehicle and method therefore
AssigneeSelle Royal S.P.A.
InventorsVincent Bourgeois, Stefano Segato, Matteo Mason
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Abstract
A grip includes a substantially tubular body equipped with ends and having a substantially cylindrical cavity with a longitudinal axis (X), the body being able to be fitted on an end of the handlebars, a padding associated with the body, a cover positioned above the padding, means for fastening the grip to the handlebars, the cover including a thermoshrinking and/or thermoformable material, so that, following a heating and/or cooling, the cover takes the form of the padding.
Claims25
A grip for handlebars of a bicycle or similar vehicle, comprising:
- a substantially tubular body equipped with ends and having a substantially cylindrical cavity with a longitudinal axis (X), said body being suitable for being fitted on an end of the handlebars;
- a padding made of a soft material and associated with said body;
- a cover positioned above the padding having two ends;
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- a fastening element for fastening the grip to the handlebars, wherein said cover comprises at least one part made from thermoshrinking and/or thermoformable material, so that, following a thermal variation by heating and/or cooling, a shrinking step and/or a forming step of the cover on the padding is caused, thereby said cover taking the form of the padding, and wherein said padding has a longitudinal length, according to said longitudinal axis, that is shorter than the length of the body, so as to leave at least one of the ends of the body itself uncovered, and in that said cover has a longitudinal length, according to said longitudinal axis, that is equal to the length of said body, so that the two ends of the cover are flush with each end of the body and cover the ends of said body that are uncovered by said padding.
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A grip for handlebars of a bicycle or similar vehicle, comprising:
- a substantially tubular body equipped with ends and having a substantially cylindrical through cavity passing through an entire length of the tubular body and connecting the ends and having a longitudinal axis (X), said body configured for being fitted on an end of the handlebars;
- a padding made of a soft material and associated with said body;
- a cover positioned above the padding having two ends;
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- a fastening element for fastening the grip to the handlebars, wherein said cover comprises at least one part made from thermoshrinking and/or thermoformable material, so that, following a thermal variation by heating and/or cooling a shrinking step and/or a forming step of the cover on the padding is caused, thereby said cover taking the form of the padding, and wherein said padding has a longitudinal length, according to said longitudinal axis, that is shorter than the length of the body, so as to leave at least one of the ends of the body itself uncovered, and in that said cover has a longitudinal length, according to sais longitudinal axis (X), that is substantially equal to the length of said body, so that the two ends of the cover are flush with each end of the body and cover the ends of said body that are uncovered by said padding.
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A grip for handlebars of a bicycle or similar vehicle, comprising:
- a substantially tubular body equipped with ends, each end having at least a slot and a recess and said tubular body having a substantially cylindrical cavity with a longitudinal axis (X), said body being suitable for being fitted on an end of the handlebars;
- a padding made of a soft material and associated with said body;
- a cover positioned above the padding having two ends;
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- a fastening element for fastening the grip to the handlebars, wherein said cover comprises ends, each end having at least one cover slot and at least one cover recess analogous to the slot and the recess of the tubular body, and wherein said padding has a longitudinal length, according to said longitudinal axis (X), that is shorter than the length of the body and leaves at least one of the ends of the tubular body uncovered, and wherein said cover has a longitudinal length, according to said longitudinal axis (X), that is equal to the length of said body, wherein the two ends of the cover are flush with each end of the body and covers the ends of said body that are uncovered by said padding.
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