Accessory cross bar for a bicycle trailer
AssigneeThule Child Transport Systems Ltd.
InventorsDaniel W. Britton, Wesley Justin Fleming, Paramjit Singh
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An accessory cross bar for a passenger carrier bicycle trailer comprising a bicycle carrier frame with a coupling arrangement at a front end of the frame for coupling of the bicycle trailer to a bicycle and a push-handle at a rear end of the frame. The accessory cross bar is adapted for horizontal mounting at the rear end of the bicycle trailer frame and has a non-circular cross-section.
Claims10
An accessory cross bar for a passenger carrier, said passenger carrier comprising a frame and a push-handle at a rear end of said frame, characterized in that said accessory cross bar is adapted for horizontal mounting at said rear end of said passenger carrier frame and wherein said accessory cross bar is hollow and comprises an outer wall and an interior cavity, said accessory cross bar being a profiled accessory cross bar having an upper part and a lower part in a vertical direction and having a uniform shape in a longitudinal direction, said upper part having a rounded surface and said accessory cross bar having an asymmetric shape in a horizontal direction;
- said lower part comprising an elongated opening in the form of a track such that said elongated opening uniformly extends along a length of the accessory cross bar and the width of said elongated opening is narrower than a width of said interior cavity, said elongated opening extending along said outer wall to permit access to said interior cavity and adapted to receive a cover sheet having a predetermined thickness.
An accessory cross bar for a passenger carrier, said passenger carrier comprising a frame and a push-handle at a rear end of said frame, characterized in that said accessory cross bar is adapted for horizontal mounting at said rear end of said passenger carrier frame and said accessory cross bar comprising:
- a hollow member having a uniform shape along a longitudinal direction, further having an outer wall and an interior cavity and an elongated opening uniformly extending along a longitudinal direction of said outer wall and having a width smaller than a width of said interior cavity;
- an upper part and a lower part in a vertical direction, said upper part having a rounded surface;
- an asymmetric shape in a horizontal direction;
- and
- wherein said interior cavity is arranged to receive and retain an end portion of a cover sheet for covering of said passenger carrier frame and where said interior cavity comprises a subcavity in a lower part of said interior cavity;
- wherein a cover sheet for covering of said passenger carrier frame is secured to a rod and said rod is inserted into a portion of said interior cavity to secure the rod and the cover sheet to said accessory bar with said cover sheet extending through said elongated opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.